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Mayor: Muslim Holy Days Shouldn't Be School Holidays

Submitted by Gailedge, Mar 22, 2008 11:15

I agree that these Muslin "Holy" Days shouldn't be school Holidays!!

I don't care if they do make up 10% of the school system. 10% isn't that much as far as percentages go. If they want to celebrate their "Holy" days, let them do it on their own time or stay home from school, but don't try to force Muslim Customs and "Holy" days into our School Systems! Better yet, build your own schools. Only use your own funds, we've got quite enough freeloaders Thank You!

This is "AMERICA"!!!!! If they don't like the way things are here, (where they evidently came to escape some kind of persecation in their homeland; or else, why are they here?) they can always go BACK to where their "Holy" days are celebrated or forced, as one writer said.

America is the Land of the FREE and the Home of the BRAVE. If you want to stay in with "customs", which many say are persecutions, then why move to the Land of the FREE. Stay in your Country where you have all your religious freedoms. Don't come to AMERICA and try to force us to live as you do!! Why do you think AMERICA was founded??? To escape Religious Persecutions!!!! Now, they want to bring us back to that!!

It's time the AMERICAN people grow a backbone and say enough is enough. If you want FREEDOM, by all means, come to AMERICA!! If you want your religion, "Holy" days, customs and so on, and you don't like our HOLY days, customs and celebrations, then for your sakes and ours, PLEASE, stay in YOUR OWN COUNTRY!!!

I guess I'm sounding pretty radical just about now and I am! I'm sick and tired of the minority ruling. The majority of Americans don't want to be forced into changing our customs to support the customs of foriegners. Either come to America to become American, or stay in your own Country. If your American born and decide to follow foriegn customs, then move to the Country you choose to follow, but leave America to be America!!

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I agree that these Muslin "Holy" Days shouldn't be school Holidays!! I don't care if they do make up 10% of...	Gailedge	Mar 22, 2008 11:15
I think that the entire month of September and especially 9/11 be be used as a holiday to educate the... [MORE]	Gene	Mar 15, 2008 11:09
Clearly, Muslims would rather have their children in Madrasses than in school. This reflects their general disdain for secular education,... [MORE]	Scott Baker	Mar 12, 2008 09:43
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