How Ridiculous Can You Get?

The other parents should have banded together and forced them to put it back in. Why should one crackpot ruin everything for everyone else.

Honest to goodness, I am almost speechless at this (and it takes a LOT to make me speechless)......this is so sad and so pathetic.....hmmmm, well, is the school even going to have a Christmas program then? This is just so, so sad.......I guess, however, nothing should shock me anymore, the way this world is going.
Thanks for this very informative article!

Well - I guess we found out Scrooge is alive and well. But for all those people, including me, who think that was ridiculous - Christmas is also alive and thriving.

Bah humbug indeed.

sad

yeah, what Kelly said.

This is rather extreme.
If people want there child to not hear such things they need to home school there child.

Where was this at???

What exactly does Santa Claus have to do with Christianity??? I'm confused!

What does Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer have to do with Christianity?

Obviously you don't understand how it feels to have somebody elses religious beliefs shoved down your throat. It seems she is not shielding her child from Christmas, but standing up to having it happen in a public school. If you want to celebrate your holiday, have a great time, but do not impose it on me. If you want to sing Christmas songs in school, send your kids to a private school.

BTW, I'm sure she wouldn't want you to pray for her child. Does your view of heaven exclude non-Christians? If so, you are a hater.

There is no such thing as heaven or hell, so don't worry about it. Oh, BTW, man created god in his own image, and Jesus was just one of hundreds who was crucified, nothing special about him.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was almost grounded at Murrayville Elementary School this week after a parent complained about the classic Christmas song’s inclusion in her daughter’s upcoming kindergarten concert.

The objecting parent was upset about the words “Christmas” and “Santa” in the song, feeling that they carried religious overtones.

That prompted the song to be pulled from the upcoming holiday concert, which in turn upset more parents.

But Rudolph will be shining bright next Tuesday after New Hanover County school administrators and lawyers determined the song was just, well, a secular song about a make-believe reindeer.

“They’ve determined that it signifies just a day in time, Dec. 25, not the promotion of a religious symbol,”

The mother, who is Jewish, said she was trying to have a Hanukkah song added to the musical lineup but had not received a return phone call about it from school officials by mid-afternoon Friday.

http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20081209/articles/812092974

Rudolph - hard core Christianity - who knew?

And I think Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is not a Christian song. If she could she would asked the malls & other stores not to sell anything for X-mas and or Santa Claus. She'd felt at home in another deep religious but not in Christian faith countries all around the world but not Japan though (because although Japan is not a christian country but their people joyfully celebrate X-mas).

I've been in the country where some people won't shake your hands because you're a christian, why is that shoving my religion by just shake hands?

And they don't like the scarecrows nor the telephone poles or electric poles because those shapes resemble a cross.

I think that there are a few people on both sides of the fence that just go way too extreme on these things.

I am all for people believing in what they want and I guess they want to raise their kids to believe what they do, but in the end they can not shield them from everything that they object to...and maybe its better that they cant. To me its better to let them experience things and have an open line of communication to talk about them. Parents can still guide their kids in things without depriving them of experiences. I mean what happens when they get out into the real world? What if they have no reference point for things because their parents kept them so sheltered and rather than be open and talk to them about it they just tried to keep them away from all that went against their beliefs?

I dont know..I dont really get extremist at all. I feel bad for the child because not only are they robbed of experiences their parents have now made them an outcast among their peers and school authorities.

japan has no Christians in it? I had no idea!

What country doesn't like telephine poles? Japan?

Is this her only child?? I think she is OVER protective to the nth degree!!!!!!!!!

I really don't see how Rudolph the red nosed reindeer is a religious symbol. If she doesn't want her child to sing it then keep her out of the program. then again, I guess they shouldn't have a Christmas program at all.

I think there's more and more people who need medication and psych evaluations out there.