New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced yesterday that New York City schools would recognize two Muslim holidays, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. The second of those is also known as the Festival of Sacrifice, commemorating the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son to God.
(As an aside, I am of the opinion that Abraham, or Ibrahim as Muslims know him, was one sick puppy if he was willing to kill his own son because his god ordered him to. Give me a break.)
Now Asian groups would like the Lunar New Year recognized, and some Indian-American groups want a holiday for the Hindu celebration of Diwali.
This is one of the problems of being an atheist in America, besides being forbidden to run for public office in Pennsylvania. You don’t get any holidays. We ought to at least have a holiday on Feb. 12. That’s Darwin’s birthday.
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