Via Weasel Zippers, the Lowell Sun reported:
After meeting with members of the Byam Elementary School PTO, two mothers asking to put the holidays back into the school’s annual holiday gift shop say Byam isn’t budging.
Kathryn McMillan and Kathleen Cullen, who both have children at Byam, asked school officials to allow all holiday items at the gift shop following a ban on Santa, candy canes, stockings, and all Christmas, Hanukkah and other “religious items.”
But a meeting with some PTO parents on Thursday night grew heated as emotions got in the way.
Red and green tissue paper to wrap presents was also crossed off the list because it looked too “Christmasy,” McMillan said.
“One of the parents said, ‘If we allow Santa, what do we say if a child brings in a swastika? Do we allow that too?’ ” McMillan said. “All I could think of was, are you kidding? You’re comparing a Christmas ornament to a swastika? It seems as if reason is lost somewhere and I just hope we can find it again.”Superintendent Donald Yeoman told The Sun on Tuesday that the rules for the gift shop are under the authority of Byam Principal Jane Gilmore. Ultimately, said Yeoman, the policy for the gift shop was set so no child would feel left out.
Who are these people? Unbelievable!
Homeschool–while it’s still legal.
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“No child left out?”
It’s really all about excluding Western Christian Tradition for some convoluted progressive view.
Two words come to mind: Brain washing.
And you wonder why young people have no clue about the Constitution or how the 3 branches of government work?
They voted for unspecified Hope and Change and an expansion of the entitlement mentality.
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In order to make it so no child feels left out, let’s leave them all out, right? What is so evil about having Christmas decorations? We had them when I was in school. We also had things from other religions as well. It wasn’t an issue. No one felt left out. In fact, learning about other religions, if anything, taught us to appreciate other ideas. No one complained. No one was offended. I don’t see why those in office freak out about the craziest things. I swear, they must start giving you brain-killing pills once you work for the government.
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