Jean, I'll be glad to celebrate with you, whatever holidays you like! I'd be interested to know how the Islam resolution passed unanimously, and Christianity had nine votes against. Maybe for Islam a lot of Representatives were absent?
Are we getting too far off topic and annoying people here? If so, I'm sorry, and I'll stop. Susan Jean Dudley wrote: > On Dec 15, 2007, at Sat, Dec 15, 9:36 PM, Gordon James > Klingenschmitt wrote: > > >> Actually, Jean and Susan, you've already "lived long enough" to see >> a House resolution like this passed honoring other >> religions....including Islam....unanimously this year. >> > > I stand corrected, Mr. Klingenschmitt. Would you kindly cite the > resolution numbers for the following honored religions? > > Wicca > Buddhism > Shinto > Zorastrian > Judaism > Asatru > Secular Humanism/Atheism (prolly not religions, but hey, I've heard > Christians arguing that they were, so why not?) > > My point still stands. In a country dominated by Christians, isn't > it self-serving to "honor" themselves? Especially in light of the > recent attack on Jews in a New York subway by self-identified > Christians? Neither sounds very Christian to me. Christianity is > the default; Our legal holidays are based on many Christian > holidays. Non-Christians are ridiculed, attacked, defamed and have > to fight for our rights at every turn. > > Jean > Blessed Yuletide in the names of the Oak and Holly kings, and the > Maiden, Mother and Crone. I'll see your Jesus, and raise you a > pantheon. > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; > people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) > forward the messages to others. > > > _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
