[PROCON]

As of this writing, the petition would need over 71 thousand additional signatures by this Thursday in order to qualify.

Sure, I'll sign, just think, we can have "Wear a Burka to Class Day", "Suicide Vest Making for Beginners Seminars", We Need Diversity! (Do I need a sarcasm tag?)

[Sacajaweau]

Time to dispute that Islam is a religion. It’s a social order using God and ignorant people as a cover.

[elpadre]

“..With the growing population of Muslims in he United States of America ..”

and this is scary, especially when it is so apparent it is part of the Islamic goal of world conquest.

[relictele]

What a novel idea. Let’s start with September 11th and move on to July 7 (even though it’s in the summer break). We can throw in the anniversaries of the USS Cole attack and the Beirut bombing.

[Flintlock]

Let’s celebrate with beer and a pig roast!

[yldstrk]

sure keep your Moslem child home on the holidays

[Maceman]

I do think we should recognize Muslim holidays in public schools . . . right after they start acknowledging Christmas and Easter in madrassas in Mecca.

[txrefugee]

The “growing population of Muslims in this country” is the problem. This should never have been allowed and all migration from Muslim countries should have been stopped after 9/11.

[Paladin2]

The muzzie calendar needs to be revised to fit in with the timing of holidays in real civilizations.

[skeeter]

I'd be willing to bet that at some point in the next three years the b*stard will whip out his pen and phone for this one.

Private school your kids, folks.

[Mr. K]

lets just declare the month of December “HanuRamaKwanzmas” and take the whole month off!

[high info voter]

My money says the petition was put up under the direction of Valerie Jarret; the puppet master with Iranian connections who runs this administration.

[Mr. K]

Quick! someone file a petition to recognize Christian holidays! and also Jewish holidays!

Let them try to seperate them and grant the muzzies special consideration....

[Buckeye McFrog]

Muslims, like gays, are substantially less than 5% of the population. But the MSM megaphone is building them into a virtual majority.

[I want the USA back]

It is not a religion. It is a world-domination movement cleverly disguised as a religion.

[Georgia Girl 2]

First it will be holidays, then the footbaths in every school bathroom. Then kneeling in the hall for prayers every 15 minutes and finally separate classrooms for boys and girls. It will never end. Just say no now.

[SECURE AMERICA]

I totally agree with this.
On the muslim holiday they can stone a couple of girls at every school and behead a homosexual. Shitting on the American Flag and burning Bibles would also be incouraged..

[Ray76]

These are the Virginia State Holidays:

January 1    New Year’s Day
January 17   Lee-Jackson Day
January 20   Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
February 17  George Washington Day
May 26       Memorial Day
July 4       Independence Day
September 1  Labor Day
October 13   Columbus Day
November 11  Veterans Day
November 26  4 hours additional holiday time
November 27  Thanksgiving
November 28  Day After Thanksgiving
December 24  4 hours additional holiday time
December 25  Christmas
December 26  8 hours additional holiday time

http://www.dhrm.virginia.gov/payandholidaycalendar2014.pdf

These are the Federal Holidays:

New Year’s Day
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Washington’s Birthday
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day

http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/snow-dismissal-procedures/federal-holidays/#url=2014

Christmas has long been a secular holiday. There are no state or federal holidays recognizing religious holidays.

Virginia public school holidays vary by county:

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/directories/sch_division_locales_schedules/division_calendars.pdf

Some districts' calendars align with Christian Holy Week, others do not.

According to wikipedia:

There are two official holidays in Islam: Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha.

• Eid Al-Fitr, also called Feast of Breaking the Fast, is celebrated at the end of Ramadan (a month of fasting). This is a day when Muslims around the world show a common goal of unity.
• Eid Al-Adha is where Muslims usually sacrifice an animal and distribute its meat among family, friends and the poor. It honors the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his young first-born son Ishmael.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_holidays
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_Al-Fitr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_Al-Adha

So this petition is for a holiday for Muslim unity. This is utterly unacceptable.

[Popman]

Since the Fedzilla has zero say on local school calendars, this seems like a pretty meaningless petition.....

Of course I am sure Obama thinks he would just wave his scepter and poof.... It is law...