[Leifur]

Here in Iceland Christmas has allways been called Jól (same word as Yule), but it is still mostly a christian celebration. I though know of some leftwinged (mostly) atheist who celebrate jól without recognising it as a christian celebration, but as an older solstice celebration.

But thankfully our schools allow children to be taught the proper christian roots of Christmas and f.e. are in many school windows put up decorations celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Best wishes and good luck resurecting christianity to its proper place. Just do not do as we and establish a state church, nothing is more corrupting as to much government influence over religion.

[CharlesWayneCT]

If you choose to have a living or a harvested evergreen tree as part of your holiday decorations, call it a solstice tree and decorate it with pagan symbols

If you have an artificial tree, it's like spitting on the Pagan gods themselves, and you will burn in, well, I don't know where bad pagans go burn in......

Another reason to have a good fake christmas tree. :-)

[fredhead]

Is Paganism a religion?

If so, then this violates the First Amendment AS DEFINED BY LIBERALS!!!

[50sDad]

The flyer in question is from a group called NatureSpirit from the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church, a Unitarian Universalist congregation that also teaches "Exploring Islam," "Women Weaving Wisdom," "Discovering the Healing Power of Dreams" and other religious subjects.

There's your problem.

My eldest brother is a college chemistry professor, extremely smart, and a Unitarian. I don't get it. How can you believe in a religion where 2+2=5, or maybe 3.4, or possibly an attractive shade of blue, or "whatever you think it is" and integrate that with being a scientific person?

[Cap'n Crunch]

Gummint skewl ping.

Come and celebrate your pagan roots.

[NeoCaveman]

Yule have to see this, to belive this.

[ElectricStrawberry]

"In order to allow the YMCA to tell you about their soccer league, or the Boy Scouts to tell you about their new troop, we have to allow all nonprofits," she said. "That's why we're seeing this flyer."

So, if the YMCA want to talk about a soccer league, they have to allow the UUers to talk their religions?

...in Virginia???

[True-Stu]

What do you get when you cross a Unitarian Universalist with a Jehovah's Witness?....

Someone who comes to your door for no apparent reason!

[silverleaf]

It's a FLYER- not a school sanctioned event. As long as ALL groups can pass out flyers- including Christian groups-then people need to get a grip. Sounds like good fodder for kids to take home to discuss with their parents. I would use this to discuss with my kids how the powers of darkness try to appeal to people of faith, to subvert their faith by using "reason".

[Moderate right-winger]

pagan goddesses= modern day feminists. These "strong" women are the harbingers of evil. They are the messengers of Satan.

[steve-b]

School Board chairwoman Sue Friedman told WND the flyer was distributed because the school was forced to do so, following a decision by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Maryland.

The ruling concluded if one community group were allowed to use a flyer-distribution program at a school, then all groups must be given the same access. The group initiating that case objected to a policy that allowed school officials to arbitrarily discriminate against groups they did not like – in that instance, a Christian organization.

The district even made a policy adjustment this fall in order to accommodate that ruling, Friedman said.

Looks to me like everything is perfectly proper.