Easter has to be a “spring break” but the Mayor of New York City thinks adding Muslim holidays to the school calendar is perfectly fine.
New York Mayor Bill deBlasio and Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina announced Wednesday that all schools will close for the Muslim holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
“We are committed to having a school calendar that reflects and honors the extraordinary diversity of our students,” said Farina.
This is the same school district that is in court to prohibit Christian churches from being able to rent facilities while allowing all other groups to rent them.
“We’re here today to make good on a promise to our Muslim brothers and sisters that a holiday of supreme importance to the Muslim community will be recognized in our school calendar so that children can honor the holiday without missing school,” the mayor said.
The mayor claimed it’s about supporting families.
“Families are the fabric of our city. They’re the core of our city,” the mayor said. “All families deserve respect. Every kind of family deserves respect, and that’s what we’re noting today.”
We were founded as “One nation under (Christian) God, indivisible…” Why should a country that didn’t initially help create the USA – be given holidays in our public school calendar? Then — we need holidays for all other nationalities that are part of our melting pot or have entered the USA in one way or another. God Bless us All . . . .