Religious Holidays in Public Schools

[Manul]

Originally Posted by Corkey

From what I have gleaned from this thread is that we are talking about public primary and high school kids being exposed to religion, during their school year, what the names of those holidays are, and how others of differing religions are to be exposed to the primary religion taught, which is christianity. Not college or any other setting. As such my comments stand on the facts of my arguments. I do not want to see my tax dollars being spent on anything pertaining to any particular religion, Period.

Originally Posted by Corkey

My apologies to the thread starter. I realize you are after poll data. I am speaking from my life experiences.

LOL, I think the OP was:

what do you think about adding holidays to school calendars?
I think we need to be more inclusive and add other religious holidays
I think we need to pare it down, we have too many
I think we need to take all religious holidays out of public school calendars
I don't care

But as in any typical conversation, we touched on several various issues in reference to religion. I think the OP specifically referenced the inclusion of Muslim holidays into the school system in cities that have a higher population of those religious beliefs (Muslims seek to add holidays on NY school calendar).

I find it odd that in the evolution and application of federal holidays which many schools also use as a basis for their holidays there is no explanation as to why Christmas is a federal holiday as opposed to explanations for other holidays such as Thanksgiving, Columbus Day and the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. Is it just understood or arrogance?

If we are to be truly American, shouldn't we include Muslim Americans and their holidays?