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| subject: | Re: Rhode Island School Bans Easter Bunny |
From: "Lucifer"
On Mar 23, 8:09 pm, c...{at}afone.as.arizona.edu (Cary Kittrell) wrote:
> In article "J Young"
writes:
> >http://catholicleague.org/07press_releases/quarter_1/070323_ri_bans_b...
>
> > William Rearick, Schools Superintendent of the Tiverton Public Schools in
> > Rhode Island, has banned the Easter Bunny from appearing at a fundraising
> > event tomorrow at the Tiverton Middle School. He has also banned the word
> > "Easter" from all school events. He told the Providence
Journal that during
> > the last year and a half, he has become "more aware of folks
who don't have
> > a Christian background." Taking the place of the Easter
Bunny will be Peter
> > Rabbit; children will be able to get their picture taken with him.
>
> So, the superintendent bans a pagan fertility symbol from the
> Christian rites of spring. There must be a special word for
> irony this deep.
>
> (how about that other pagan fertility symbol: eggs?)
>
> -- cary
Hmm...rites of spring. J Young probably isn't young, but he is most likely
still a virgin. Could we get him to dance himself to death, d'ya reckon?
--
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General Purpose Igor
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