Papageorgio
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- May 18, 2010
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You're just full of it, Papa. Thanksgiving religious....lol. Jesus didn't have a Christmas tree, either, in the manger.Okay. If that's the way you want to be about it, go for it. Thanksgiving isn't a religious holiday, btw and Easter is on Sunday, when the government isn't working, anyway, but you could ban Christmas if it makes you feel better, Ebeneezer.If you folks are going to go so far as to put up monuments to the Christian faith on state property and outside of schools, you have to be fought. It is not alright to foist your religion on others. I keep telling ya and telling ya. Tend to yourself and leave the rest of us alone, please. Put your monuments in front of your church or on your front lawn, but the government should be mute on the subject.Displaying a historical object or text is not indoctrination.
It's called education.
Perhaps instead of pulling out 3rd graders from class to go protest guns, teachers can instead teach them a little about a document that is the most read and famous in all of human history.
So then government should not be paying for religious holidays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter and so on, they are religious holidays. No Christmas trees on government property.
You said you want separation, you either want it or you don’t. Thanksgiving is a religious US holiday, it is steeped in Christianity.. Government employees get paid for Easter. Make up your mind, religion or not. The Christmas tree is a Christian religious symbol, therefore it is a violation of church and state, paying employees for a Christian holiday is a violation of church and state, be consistent.
I'm not sure how respecting an employee's religious holidays (since not just Christian ones are allowed) is "sponsorship" of a particular religion. It sure doesn't equate to putting up monuments to the 10 commandments in the front yard. But hey, since you're calling Thanksgiving a religious holiday, I guess anything goes with you.
You're just full of it, Papa. Thanksgiving religious....lol. Jesus didn't have a Christmas tree, either, in the manger.Okay. If that's the way you want to be about it, go for it. Thanksgiving isn't a religious holiday, btw and Easter is on Sunday, when the government isn't working, anyway, but you could ban Christmas if it makes you feel better, Ebeneezer.If you folks are going to go so far as to put up monuments to the Christian faith on state property and outside of schools, you have to be fought. It is not alright to foist your religion on others. I keep telling ya and telling ya. Tend to yourself and leave the rest of us alone, please. Put your monuments in front of your church or on your front lawn, but the government should be mute on the subject.Displaying a historical object or text is not indoctrination.
It's called education.
Perhaps instead of pulling out 3rd graders from class to go protest guns, teachers can instead teach them a little about a document that is the most read and famous in all of human history.
So then government should not be paying for religious holidays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter and so on, they are religious holidays. No Christmas trees on government property.
You said you want separation, you either want it or you don’t. Thanksgiving is a religious US holiday, it is steeped in Christianity.. Government employees get paid for Easter. Make up your mind, religion or not. The Christmas tree is a Christian religious symbol, therefore it is a violation of church and state, paying employees for a Christian holiday is a violation of church and state, be consistent.
I'm not sure how respecting an employee's religious holidays (since not just Christian ones are allowed) is "sponsorship" of a particular religion. It sure doesn't equate to putting up monuments to the 10 commandments in the front yard. But hey, since you're calling Thanksgiving a religious holiday, I guess anything goes with you.
Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving a National Holiday. This is what he said: "Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens," to be celebrated on the last Thursday in November. The Father was Abraham Lincoln’s God, who was a Christian.