Posted on 12/15/2004 7:52:59 AM PST by Kaslin
A New Jersey talk radio host has succeeded in forcing the Egg Harbor Township board of education to reverse its ban on the Christmas classic "Silent Night," which had been dropped from the school district's holiday program based a single parental complaint.
Last night's 7-0 vote by the panel means that "Silent Night" can now be included in this week's Holiday Singalong at the E.H. Slaybaugh Elementary School, where the controversy first erupted.
The complaining parent, an attorney who has not been publicly identified, asked that the holiday carol be dropped from the program, even though songs about other religious holidays, such as "The Dreidel Song" and "Kwanzaa's Here," were included. The controversy erupted last Wednesday after WOND Atlantic City radio host Jeff Whitaker received a tip about the Christmas music ban.
"I had on the air the lawyer for the school district, Will Donio, who advised them to do away with 'Slient Night,'" Whitaker told NewsMax.
The Atlantic City talker said he was deluged with calls as the controversy percolated through the week, including requests for more information from local pastors.
As a result, "four of five pastors wrote to the local school board," Whitaker said, prompting district officials to rethink the ban.
After Egg Harbor educrats voted to reverse the ruling in a special session on Monday, Whitaker declared victory, posting a message to his Web site crediting his audience with the success.
"The credit in this turn of events goes to the listeners of our radio show, the outrage and stand taken by many of Egg Harbor Township parents and the prayers of people all across the region," he said.
Two perhaps more people need to call into radio shows and get this nonesense stopped where on person can dictate his or her will for everyone else
Yes, but given the choice between being in the side of liberals, or the side of God, it appears God wins in the long run... :)
God has already won; humanity just hasn't reached that part of the time-line yet.
Must be a hard-boiled radio host...
The world's most famous Christmas song, "Silent Night," comes to us from Austria (Österreich in German). Called "Stille Nacht" in its original German, this beautiful Christmas carol is now sung and enjoyed around the world in hundreds of languages, even at E.H. Slaybaugh Elementary School.
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Kwanzaa is a religious holiday? What religion?
"Kwanzaa is a religious holiday? What religion?"
The secular kind.
Definitly
BTTT
Marxism.
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Beautiful Christmas song. And Egg . . Harbor? They've got what on their . . . no I won't.
Merry Christmas!!!
I am a conservative Jew and I love all the holiday songs. My advice to the secularists that want to eliminate Judeo/Christian songs from educational programs is, don't listen. It's a free country and you are free to have your own program. The other option is to include non-denominational songs into the holiday program.
I thought Liberals were the party of the inclusive.
The easily offended and hypersensitive should just STFU
The religion of murder, torture and violent overthrow of the government for a Marxist state. Now, isn't that wonderfully tolerant and understanding of us?
From http://www.tike.com/celeb-kw.htm
DEFINITION OF KWANZAA Kwanzaa is a unique African American celebration with focus on the traditional African values of family, community responsibility, commerce, and self-improvement. Kwanzaa is neither political nor religious and despite some misconceptions, is not a substitute for Christmas. It is simply a time of reaffirming African-American people, their ancestors and culture. Kwanzaa, which means "first fruits of the harvest" in the African language Kiswahili, has gained tremendous acceptance. Since its founding in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, Kwanzaa has come to be observed by more than18 million people worldwide, as reported by the New York Times. When establishing Kwanzaa in 1966, Dr. Karenga included an additional "a" to the end of the spelling to reflect the difference between the African American celebration (kwanzaa) and the Motherland spelling (kwanza).
Kwanzaa, is anti-whitey. That's what it's founders said.
Best bet is to find new friends.
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