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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 249035" data-attributes="member: 4805"><p>Well, the petition was actually from a christian group. The mom in this particular instance was a muslim, but in a lot of places the ban on halloween has been pushed by evangelical christians, among others.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><a href="http://www.religionlink.org/tip_021007b.php" target="_blank"><em>[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"Halloween has become evil personified," said Steve Russo, a California evangelical pastor who promotes alternative Halloween observances. [/FONT]</em></a></span></p><p></p><p>and</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/story/48/story_4828_1.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10px">Banning Halloween</span></a></strong></p><p></p><p>and</p><p></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1031/p02s01-ussc.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Banned at the schoolhouse door: pint-size ghosts and goblins</span></span></a></strong></p><p></p><p>The real problem is state institutions bowing to religious fundamentalism in <em>any</em> form. I wonder if it's a coincidence that the whole footbath contraversy and this latest ban on halloween happened in the same state where they tried to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_evolution_hearings" target="_blank">replace science with creationism</a> in the classroom?</p><p></p><p> Once you start down the road of bowing to religious demands you never know where it will end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jones, post: 249035, member: 4805"] Well, the petition was actually from a christian group. The mom in this particular instance was a muslim, but in a lot of places the ban on halloween has been pushed by evangelical christians, among others. [SIZE=2][URL="http://www.religionlink.org/tip_021007b.php"][I][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"Halloween has become evil personified," said Steve Russo, a California evangelical pastor who promotes alternative Halloween observances. [/FONT][/I][/URL][/SIZE] and [B][URL="http://www.beliefnet.com/story/48/story_4828_1.html"][SIZE=2]Banning Halloween[/SIZE][/URL][/B] and [B][URL="http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1031/p02s01-ussc.html"][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=2]Banned at the schoolhouse door: pint-size ghosts and goblins[/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][/B] The real problem is state institutions bowing to religious fundamentalism in [I]any[/I] form. I wonder if it's a coincidence that the whole footbath contraversy and this latest ban on halloween happened in the same state where they tried to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_evolution_hearings"]replace science with creationism[/URL] in the classroom? Once you start down the road of bowing to religious demands you never know where it will end. [/QUOTE]
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