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It will help teachers, school districts and so on. For example, I found an old paper back booklet on kid's activities that went with an old set of World Books my parents had. A friend of my daughter, who teaches first grade in Houston, picked it up and thumbed through it for classroom ideas. She loved the booklet, but there were many she couldn't use. Anything that referenced the slightest hint of a religious holiday was risky to use (we're talking something as simple as star cookies here). Apparently snowmen were big, they could use those. She herself was not that religious, yet thought it was stupid. It just takes some of the pressure off for folks like her.
Who exactly told her she "couldn't use" anything? My guess is she chose not to, and will continue to choose not to, because of her own knowledge of her students and their families and the diversity within the classroom. And everyone is going to have to be OK with those choices and stop complaining about lack of whatever....
Then I guess I'm glad that you don't mind our legislators spending what amounts to a very short amount of time passing this very short bill clarifying one aspect of religious freedom in our state - though actually your opinion doesn't mean a hill of black beans to Texans.
It must mean something to you if you took the time out of your extremely busy life to respond not once but twice.
Who cares? I don't even celebrate Christmas, and I really couldn't care less if someone told me "Merry Christmas". People are so boring and get upset about the most boring and arbitrary things imaginable. I don't feel oppressed when people tell me what basically amounts to, "have a great holiday". I don't care about Christmas so it is all meaningless to me anyway. If I celebrated some other holiday, I wouldn't expect people to look at me and be able to know exactly what I celebrate. Reverting to Happy Holidays is safe, but what if I despise holidays and don't believe in them? Best to say nothing I suppose... It is ignorant to expect people you come into contact with to have a clear understanding of your background and affiliation.
As a proud white guy, there is nothing more that makes me happy celebrating and wishing everyone a very merry white Christmas every year. The ACLU will not like this along with many liberals who have taken political correctness to extreme levels of absurdity. All states should adopt a bill like Texas.
State lawmakers in Texas have passed legislation that permits public schools to display nativity scenes, menorahs, or Christmas trees, and allows students and school district staff to use greetings such as, “Merry Christmas,” “Happy Hanukkah,” and “Happy Holidays.”
According to Fox News in Austin, the legislation (HB 308), introduced by Rep. Dwayne Bohac (R-Houston) and dubbed “The Merry Christmas Bill,” received overwhelming approval in the state house, by a margin of 145-2, and was passed unanimously in the state senate, 29-0. The bill will now be sent to Gov. Rick Perry (R) for his signature.
“I was a little flabbergasted and a little upset that we’ve become so politically correct that we can’t call a federal holiday by its name,” Bohac said. “Teachers have enough on their plate to worry about the school districts going to be sued or if they can call a Christmas tree a Christmas tree.”
So the republican Santa clauses saved Christmas but continue to play scrooge with the poor.
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Am i the only one that finds it funny that the OP said "protect holidays" instead of "protect Christmas".
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