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http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/12/22/christmas-for-everyone-the-graland-christmas-pageant/ (edit: nonpaywalled version: https://reason.com/volokh/2014/12/22/christmas-for-everyone-the-gra/)
About 10-15% of the student body was Jewish as were some of the teachers. Almost all of them went along with the whole thing in the spirit of seasonal goodwill.
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In an ideal world, majorities stage their celebrations in a way which promotes universal goodwill. Minorities can partake of these celebrations in that same universal spirit.
FUCK SEASONAL UNIVERSAL GOODWILL. SERIOUSLY, FUCK IT. I just want to celebrate Chanukah with my friends and family and not celebrate Christmas. Is that really so much to ask?
And pity poor Ken Greenberg, who probably just wanted to be in a play with his friends at school and in order to do that was forced to embody a symbol of a religion he didn't believe in as part of a play embodying a religious ritual that meant nothing to him. And who certainly didn't sign up to be David Kopel's "my Jewish friend" in heinous stories like this one.
About 10-15% of the student body was Jewish as were some of the teachers. Almost all of them went along with the whole thing in the spirit of seasonal goodwill.
...
In an ideal world, majorities stage their celebrations in a way which promotes universal goodwill. Minorities can partake of these celebrations in that same universal spirit.
FUCK SEASONAL UNIVERSAL GOODWILL. SERIOUSLY, FUCK IT. I just want to celebrate Chanukah with my friends and family and not celebrate Christmas. Is that really so much to ask?
And pity poor Ken Greenberg, who probably just wanted to be in a play with his friends at school and in order to do that was forced to embody a symbol of a religion he didn't believe in as part of a play embodying a religious ritual that meant nothing to him. And who certainly didn't sign up to be David Kopel's "my Jewish friend" in heinous stories like this one.