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
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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] wrote:
Jerusalem Post
Jewish
students want new date for Yom Kippur game
By
JTA
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
are working to change the date of next year's
football game against rival Oklahoma
because it falls on 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."
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