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University Of Minnesota Officials Label Santa, Dreidels, Christmas Trees ‘Not Appropriate’
December 20, 2017 By Bre Payton
Officials at the University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences has deemed images of Santa, Christmas trees, dreidels, and nativity scenes inappropriate.
The dean’s office encouraged students and faculty to “consider neutral-themed parties such as a ‘winter celebration'” instead of Christmas or Chanukah-themed parties.
“Decorations, music, and food should be general and not specific to any one religion,” it reads.
Ironically, the pamphlet discouraging displays of religious symbolism was distributed at an event entitled “Respective Religious Diversity” on campus earlier this month. Some religious freedom advocates say this is a perverse misunderstanding of religious diversity.
“It makes little sense to celebrate religious diversity by banning any sense of actual holiday celebration,” said Montse Alvarado, executive director of Becket, a religious freedom-focused law nonprofit. “What do they have against color schemes, are we living in communist Cuba?”
The firm has named the university as the winner of the firm’s annual Ebenezer Award, which goes to the biggest Christmas scrooge of the year.
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please stop the madness
America is turning out to be Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. In that novel, the protagonist ends up hanging himself.
Trump's an Epsilon!
For those who have not read the novel, Epsilon is the lowest intelligence class of humans.
Lol, thanks for backing up my Trump claim, Buzz!
I didn't back it up, I just explained it for those who are English Literature deprived (or is the PC word "challenged"?)
You did indeed back it up, my friend, 'lowest intelligence' and 'Trump' are extremely closely related!
You call me "my friend", but I note from your personal page that you have no friends. Why so?
Nobody loves me...
Ever wonder why?
I like depraved.
Aren't they sitting next to each other in the dictionary?
Here ya go.
My first "puppy love" was for Elizabeth Taylor, but unfortunately she wouldn't have anything to do with me. LOL
Understandable.
Why so nasty, Buzz, you really take your love for Trump seriously I guess...
Nah, that's too easy, Trump would lose.
LOL, I don't know why. Was she still with Richard?
I didn't mean to be nasty. Please don't misinterpret my meaning. When you called me "my friend" I went to your page and was surprised to see that you had none listed, so my question was out of CONCERN, not attempting to insult. I actually enjoy the banter that has developed between us.
Oh, and I don't "love" Trump. The only thing I appreciate about him is that he is actually doing for Israel what others have promised and failed to implement.
Let me guess, you bought one of those books with an IQ test in it, right?
Trump against a mentally retarded baboon might be a good contest.
That's understandable, even though I don't hold the same view as you on Israel, but the man is an absolute horror show as a president.
Ok, I have never officially 'friended' anyone on line, not even Butterfies, and we've been discussion site friends for years. I guess I've never started the habit because, well, who don't you 'friend' then? There were so many people at Newsvine, many I got along with, should I have 'friended' all of them? I'm pretty busy, perhaps when I retire I'll start 'friending' on line.
If that is the case how ignorant must clinton be since she wasnt smart enough to beat him.
No, the people who voted for Trump in the states he won weren't smart enough to know they were being conned.
You've said you have a 100 million dollar business. And as such I'm sure your business pays a lot in taxes.
But do you actually get an income tax refund ?
No, actually she was with her first of many husbands then, Conrad Hilton Jr., and I didn't have any hotels to give her except the ones in my Monopoly game. I was 14 in 1951 when "A Place in the Sun" was released, and I don't know if I fell in love with her or Angela Vickers who she played in the movie.
Nope they figured out that clinton didnt give a rats ass about them and couldn't even be bothered to campaign in their states.
And, I bet ya didn't have any large diamonds either.
LOL, and, they think Trump cares? WOW, they really do have low IQ's.
At least he took the time to go to them. Even if he didn't care anymore for them than clinton did , he did at the very least made it appear as though he did. Clinton couldn't be bothered.
Charles Manson did the same thing, how did that turn out?
Wow, you should really go to "Gamblers Anonymous".
The only thing I knew about diamonds in those days was when I played scrub baseball on my school grounds. I never bought a diamond for my first wife or my present one.
He went to Wisconsin and Michigan an several other states ignored by clinton? Who knew?
Even if nothing else, there is an advantage to befriend someone - it means you can send to and receive from them private notes.
I love that movie. I love Shelly Winters as an actress, but her character wasn't very sympathetic in that movie. She was too whiny
I knew what an Epsilon was, I read the book several times. There was imagery that I couldn't quite get without a second or third reading
You're right. She WAS really whiney, but I guess that was what the Director wanted for her to be for that role.
it is getting ridiculous...soon religious ornaments will be banned in stores.
Then you might have to come to China to see them:
Maybe, Christians can stop stealing "religious items" from other religions?
This is something for right wingers to lose their minds over. The rest of us don't even have to pay any attention to it.
It has no effect on Christmas, it has no effect on anything except to the extent that people let it.
The PC police go full batshit crazy around Christmas.
No Bells? If they see Bells, students are encouraged to report it to the Brainwashing and Reprogramming Dept.