This more than irks me a little. Even if there is no established religion in America the country is at least 70 % Christian, and maybe more like 80 %. Christians in Israel don't ask special favors for Christian holidays, why should things be different here ? But look at where this is coming from, the most PC campus in the state, from Marxist-Leninst Jews, who can go to hell in a handbasket , IMHO. Billy ---------------------------------- In a message dated 9/27/2010 9:34:28 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.... Ain't gonna be changed. As the little note says, it is also scheduled for the holiday in 2014. They can start working on that one. Pulling a national game at this late date? Are they CRAZY?? David To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.--Thomas Jefferson On 9/27/2010 12:17 PM, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) wrote: Jerusalem Post Jewish students want new date for Yom Kippur game By _JTA_ (mailto:[email protected]) 09/27/2010 13:38 University of Texas Jewish students working to change date of a football game next year because it falls holy day. Jewish students at the _University of Texas_ (http://newstopics.jpost.com/topic/University_of_Texas_at_Austin) are working to change the date of next year's football game against rival _Oklahoma_ (http://newstopics.jpost.com/topic/Oklahoma) because it falls on _Yom Kippur_ (http://newstopics.jpost.com/topic/Yom_Kippur) . The university's Student Government voted unanimously last week to call for the rescheduling of the Oct. 8, 2011 game, the Statesman reported. At least 1,200 people have signed an online petition urging the rescheduling of the game. More than 4,000 University of Texas undergraduate students are Jewish. The Texas-Oklahoma game, widely known as the "Red River Rivalry," is traditionally played each year at the Cotton Bowl during the Texas State Fair. The game has been played on Yom Kippur five times in the past, the first time in 1940 and most recently in 1997, the Statesman reported. The 2014 game also is scheduled for Yom Kippur. The online petition reads: "Next year, Texas-OU weekend falls on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, a day dedicated to fasting and repentance. The event is more than the game itself. It is the state fair, the fried foods, college GameDay, and the atmosphere of a neutral site game that cannot be duplicated. Over ten percent of undergraduate students at the University of Texas (as well as countless alumni, season ticket holders, and other supporters) are Jewish. For them to be forced to choose between the holiest day in Judaism and the biggest day of the year for Texas football (and the events surrounding the game) is unfair." -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community _<[email protected]>_ (mailto:[email protected]) Google Group: _http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism_ (http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism) Radical Centrism website and blog: _http://RadicalCentrism.org_ (http://radicalcentrism.org/) -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: _http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism_ (http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism) Radical Centrism website and blog: _http://RadicalCentrism.org_ (http://radicalcentrism.org/) -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
