Public School Bans Easter Bunny
Robert Paul Reyes
April 08, 2007
From ABC News:
A Rhode Island public school has decided the Easter bunny is too Christian and renamed him Peter Rabbit, and a state legislator is so hopping mad he has introduced an “Easter Bunny Act” to save the bunny’s good name.The Easter bunny was scheduled to make an appearance at a craft fair on Saturday at Tiverton Middle School in Tiverton, R.I.
But the district’s schools Superintendent William Rearick told event organizers to change the bunny’s name to Peter Rabbit in ‘an attempt to be conscious of other people’s backgrounds and traditions.’”
At first glance this seems like a case of political correctness hopping out of control, but in my humble opinion Rearick is doing the right thing.
Children from diverse religious backgrounds attend public schools; it’s incumbent on our school officials to remove all vestiges of religion.
I’m not anti-Christian; I’m anti- religious symbols in our public schools. I would be just as upset at a Ramadan Rat making an appearance at a public school.
I don’t see why some Christians are up in arms anyway, it’s not like a giant rabbit is a holy Christian symbol. Christians need to get with the program, and accept the fact that the days when they could get away with pushing their religious symbols down our collective throat is over.
A Rhode Island public school has decided the Easter bunny is too Christian and renamed him Peter Rabbit, and a state legislator is so hopping mad he has introduced an “Easter Bunny Act” to save the bunny’s good name.The Easter bunny was scheduled to make an appearance at a craft fair on Saturday at Tiverton Middle School in Tiverton, R.I.
But the district’s schools Superintendent William Rearick told event organizers to change the bunny’s name to Peter Rabbit in ‘an attempt to be conscious of other people’s backgrounds and traditions.’”
At first glance this seems like a case of political correctness hopping out of control, but in my humble opinion Rearick is doing the right thing.
Children from diverse religious backgrounds attend public schools; it’s incumbent on our school officials to remove all vestiges of religion.
I’m not anti-Christian; I’m anti- religious symbols in our public schools. I would be just as upset at a Ramadan Rat making an appearance at a public school.
I don’t see why some Christians are up in arms anyway, it’s not like a giant rabbit is a holy Christian symbol. Christians need to get with the program, and accept the fact that the days when they could get away with pushing their religious symbols down our collective throat is over.
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