OldLady
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Teachers Unions wouldn't be banning Christmas for 4 year olds. Believe me. Teachers Unions are made up of teachers.Are you saying the administrators misinterpreted the grant rules and restrictions? You realize they got holy hell for that ban X-mas in the Pre-K thing, from all the parents, relatives, other teachers, etc. So I'm sure they dug through the fine print again to be sure. Teachers aren't against kids having Christmas. If I'd been one of those parents, that fine print would have been changed or the administrator misinterpreting it would be working at McDonalds. That's for sure.I don't care if the House and Senate have a chaplain, or if they begin each session prostrating before Gozer the Destructor. What I want to know is how the House and Senate have been able to get away with praying and paying a man of the cloth since 17-something, when the Pre-K at one of our local elementary schools, which is funded entirely by Federal grants, could not decorate with so much as a Christmas tree or Santa or stocking, or participate in the Christmas parties that the rest of the school were involved in. All because the Pre-K was funded by a Federal Grant.
I would appreciate a serious answer to that. Every time I hear about the chaplain for Congress I think of those poor Pre-K kids with their window covered over so they wouldn't see all the other kids celebrating Christmas. True story.
In a reversal, Speaker Ryan says the House chaplain will remain in his post
If that block grant money passes through state and local school administrator's hands, there's your answer.
Solution: Vet your local politicians thoroughly.
Way back when...schools had zero Federal funding. They were funded by the state and local communities, so the taxpayers had more say. Also, there were no Teacher's Unions.
I believe I have gotten two straight answers, though.
-Misinterpretation of the Federal grant restrictions by an overly cautious Paper Pusher in Augusta, or
-None of this banning religion in Federally funded programs comes from the Feds; it is all a function of the Courts.