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SCHOOLS OK RAMADAN PRAYERS
NY Post ^
| 11/15/01
| CARL CAMPANILE
Posted on 11/16/2001 1:15:23 PM PST by YankeeReb
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:02:16 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Muslim students will be permitted to pray in school during the holy period of Ramadan - with restrictions, Schools Chancellor Harold Levy's office said.
The prayers can't disrupt classes or impinge on the rights of other students, said Levy spokeswoman Margie Feinberg.
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So the question is, WHERE"s the A.C.L.U. now? Oh never mind I know, they're busy gearing up to protest local nativity scenes for the Christmas holiday
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:23 PM PST
by
YankeeReb
To: YankeeReb; *Christian_list
OK looks like Christians have a right to pray since the Moslems get to.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:23 PM PST
by
Khepera
To: YankeeReb
Prayers for Ramadan is fine by me. Hope the surveillance cameras are running.....
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:24 PM PST
by
Uncle Fud
To: YankeeReb
CULT: 1 REAL RELIGION: 0
To: YankeeReb
"The prayers can't disrupt classes or impinge on the rights of other students, said Levy spokeswoman Margie Feinberg."
As an agnostic I ask the question: Why, when the prayers are to a Christian god, do prayers always seem to impinge on the rights of other students even before they are performed?
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:25 PM PST
by
Feckless
To: Khepera
I totally agree , but you and I both know this isn't how it'll work. I remember a few years ago in these same NYC schools a teacher being fired for telling a student that her faith in Christ sustains her in troubled times. Right away the ACLU jumped in and said she was promoting religion and was being insensitive because the kid happened to be Jewish. I have no problem letting muslems pray, but then it must be accross the board, and liberals (and make no mistake, NYC schools are a bastion of liberalism) are NEVER evenhanded when it comes to this issue
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:25 PM PST
by
YankeeReb
To: YankeeReb
Christian parents must now instruct thier kids to drop to thier knees during shool hours to pray, preferably in groups.
Now is the window of opportunity to retake our schools.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:25 PM PST
by
Psalm 73
To: Psalm 73
Unfortunately, it seems like you must be disruptive in order to make any progress. In the past, Christians and conservatives have lost ground because they wanted to be accommadating.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:31 PM PST
by
Tai_Chung
To: YankeeReb
Does this mean the Christians can openly pray and give thanks before meals, and the Jewish children pray, say the Sh'mah and give thanks before and after meals? Or is it only freedon of religion for those whose extremist elements murder innocents in vasts numbers, while complaining of religious intolerance.
To: YankeeReb
NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT.
CHRISTIAN AND JEW NOW NEEDS TO STEP OUT AND SAY THAT THEY WISH TO HAVE THEIR TIME FOR PRAYERS.LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS AT GRADUATION THIS YEAR!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:32 PM PST
by
michwm
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To: OkieGrit2
they are only opposed to the public practice of Christianity and Conservative Judaism which opposes their political, social and moral agenda. It's pure power politics in its rawest form.
How true I am willing to bet if Indians in some southwestern state school wanted to do some religious celebration the schools would fall all over themselves to accommodate them
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:33 PM PST
by
uncbob
To: YankeeReb
This went on last year too.
If it's Christian it's hate.
If it's a minority, it's culture.
To: YankeeReb
I just contacted via email the ACLU asking that they respond back to me with an answer to this situation.
Can't wait to see what is said.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:33 PM PST
by
michwm
To: YankeeReb
Hey, they're fasting. They can gather during their lunch hour and pray... and later in the day? That sounds a lot like after school. Other than that, more power to them.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:34 PM PST
by
Mercat
To: michwm
In the interest of appeasing the Muslims, we must allow their prayers and refuse to let Christians pray. Ain't the war on terrorism great?
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:34 PM PST
by
meenie
To: YankeeReb
"
So the question is, WHERE"s the A.C.L.U. now?"Good Question. But we all know A.C.L.U.= Anti-Christian Litigation Union.
To: YankeeReb
Yes I agree but we must take a stand and force them to recognize our rights are just as important as theirs.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:35 PM PST
by
Khepera
To: YankeeReb
I don't know. But if I were a Chritian in school, I'd be asking for all sorts of special accomodations during Lent this year. "But my Lenten pomise is to pray 5 times a day......and always during Algebra. :)
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:35 PM PST
by
joathome
To: YankeeReb
You know this is hard to believe, Christian kids aren't given this opportunity, what gives? Well I'll be praying during Ramadan to, praying that they kill that Bastard Bin Laden, LET'S ROLL!
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