You see there? This is what I’m talking about! This is everyone’s fight.
A Schaumburg company allegedly fired a woman, and one employee is accused of calling her a “devil worshipper” after she disclosed she practiced Wicca — a pagan religion viewed by some as witchcraft.
Hat tip to Jason.
I’ve been reading about this story everywhere. In short, a Jewish family in Delaware was driven out of town by the aggressive Christianity of the school district.
A large Delaware school district promoted Christianity so aggressively that a Jewish family felt it necessary to move to Wilmington, two hours away, because they feared retaliation for filing a lawsuit. The religion (if any) of a second family in the lawsuit is not known, because they’re suing as Jane and John Doe; they also fear retaliation. Both families are asking relief from “state-sponsored religion.”
The Bush White House and its fundie-sponsored Republican majority thrives on strife. It needs an end to pluralism; it needs people to hate and fear one another. It’s called a “wedge issue.” That’s what’s behind the phony campaign to “do something” about immigration. They don’t want to change the law (which is why attempts to do so have been blocked by Repugs), they just want people riled up and full of hate.
And it’s just so classic to hate Jews. » Read more..
