It looks like there is a lot of work to do in greater New York!
Why are we letting these people get away with this?
It’s time for separation of school and state.
I think it's the part about how, if you're not Christian, you're going to Hell. I'm pretty sure that bothers some people.
It would seem paganism as the focus is being shifted to celebrating the Winter Solstice.
"And now, South Park Elementary presents the happy, non-offensive, non-denominational Christmas Play, with music and lyrics by New York minimalist composer, Philip Glass!"
“how stupid can they be? what religion is being established?”
they are not stupid. they are concerned about establishment of a state religion. they just don’t want it to be something other than theirs. they’re fighting their culture war with the constitution as their camouflage and all that they are is bigots, bullies and scoundrels. (one would hope that someday the bully is recognized as such and sent packing.)
A winter concert held in the winter would quickly find its rightful place if held at approximately the end of January. That would put it near the middle of winter.
Everyone who wants winter concerts should do just that.
They can have big concerts about snowflakes. Kids can be off school during the winter, and no one is worse off.
We had a similar incident at our school about five years ago, when a counselor insisted that we replace the traditional Christmas tree in the school lobby with a “peace tree” which was more inclusive than a Christian-only celebration.
I am proud to report that we fought fire with fire. E-mail flooded administration about bigotry and hatred against those who practiced Christianity. The students gathered to protest, saying that they had free speech rights to put up a tree. Speaking for myself, I pointed out that the Constitution protected my right to the “free expression” of religion. Every time this counselor insisted that we shouldn’t have a symbol of a religious holiday in our school, we responded that he had no right to censor our thoughts and expression, and he especially had no right to replace our symbol with his own symbol, which appeared to be as religiously motivated as our own tree.
Eventually, the school gathered to sing Christmas carols around the Christmas tree.
I would highly recommend throwing the words and actions of the left back in their face when they try these stunts. It certainly shocks them. When a person wants to eliminate Christmas, label them a bigot and hater of religion. Tell them they have no right to impose their morality on you. Say that they are imposing their beliefs on you. Call them christophobic and reactionary. And always, always use the legal system to harass them with complaints, letters, protests, and general threats. I think of the left as the bullies I used to deal with in junior high school - you have to punch back once they hit you, or they’ll just keep on hitting you.
I'm pleasantly surprised. New Hyde Park SD enrollment is nearly 1/4 Asian and close to 10% Jewish. I thought for sure this was going to go the other way. In the neighboring Herricks SD(roughly 1/3 each) any argument against the change would never have made it to the meeting agenda.