District Restores Religious Holidays After OutcryAmid controversy followed nationwide, a Florida school board restored religious holidays to its calendar after removing them due to a request by Muslims to have an observance of their own.
The Hillsborough County School Board in the Tampa Bay area voted 5-2 Tuesday night to adopt a 2006-2007 calendar that gives children a day off on Yom Kippur, Good Friday and the Monday after Easter.The school board's vote Tuesday came after 24 citizens were allowed to voice their opinion, including one man who brought his Bible, the Times reported.
"You forgot our creator who created you," Cynthia Forde told board members. "You keep saying he don't exist. You ain't the boss. We are. We voted you in.
"You've got to change your mind."
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