Good Friday vs MLK Day

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 23:23:00 -0400

Does anyone think it is wrong that schools are using Good Friday as a snow day makeup and MLK day was not? Before anyone makes this conversation a race discussion, I am married to a woman of color. I want to know people's thoughts on the change of focus in the values in our country. One man died for all man's sins and the other was a great civil rights leader. Thoughts?

Response by MSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member made May 20 at 2014 8:04 PM

MSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 20 May 2014 20:04:55 -0400

Uhhh. Who are you? Do you not wanna show your face or name because you KNOW this will end up a race discussion? I dunno. That's my answer. Hope it helped.

Response by CSM Private RallyPoint Member made May 21 at 2014 12:14 AM

CSM Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 21 May 2014 00:14:19 -0400

Old Thread is Old! But I'll bite.

MLK Day is a Federal Holiday; Good Friday is not. It's that simple.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 21 at 2014 10:32 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 21 May 2014 22:32:46 -0400

How is asking the difference between a religious holiday and a federal holiday a race issue? It's a simple question, and deserves a simple answer. 1SG Whitman beat me to the punch; MLK day is a federally recognized holiday while Good Friday is not.

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 14 at 2014 12:44 PM

CW3 Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 12:44:47 -0400

I think the original backbone-less poster said what he said because he was specifically picking MLK Day and not some other holiday, like Columbus Day, and knew it would turn into a race discussion anyway. There are plenty of those who still look at us black folk as something less than human and undeserving of equal treatment.

Plus, the hyper-religious want us all to live under their rules anyway. My next door neighbor is Muslim, and objected to me and the wife eating dinner out on our deck during Ramadan. I laughed at him. One of my sisters, when I was back home in Rhode Island, insisted I not order a steak off the menu because it was Friday during Lent (I'm *not* Catholic). I laughed at her.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 14 at 2014 12:48 PM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 12:48:12 -0400

I read the first 2 sentences and stopped at "one died for our sins". A bit presumptuous perhaps? There's a few billion people in this world who would find that statement completely wrong (including every Jew and Muslim and Atheist currently serving). I would also suggest that MLK died for our sins as a country, if we're going to bring that into the discussion.

Response by SCPO Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 14 at 2014 1:05 PM

SCPO Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 13:05:15 -0400

Educational calendars are set up thruogh a calendar committe composed of school based personnel and community members. The proposed calendar is them open for public comment before radifocation by the school board. This question plays little relevance across the country, it sounds like a specific regional issue. Where I am, we have no snow days built into the calendar, if it snows we are open. If you don't want to send your kid to school--call them in sick. If it snows so much we cancel school, we make it up in June.
Snow days are not religious or secular issues. They should simply be a safety issue.

Response by PO2 Rocky Kleeger made Jun 14 at 2014 1:54 PM

PO2 Rocky Kleeger — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 13:54:01 -0400

I guess that would depend on how religious you are. MLK day is an American holiday to commemorate a man in US history - whether you like him, or not. Good Friday is a religious holy day in remembrance of something that not everyone believes.

That's the difference

Response by MAJ Jim Woods made Jun 14 at 2014 11:28 PM

MAJ Jim Woods — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 23:28:28 -0400

I suspect that even MLK was not in favor of having his day take the place of Good Friday.

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 18 at 2014 6:34 PM

CW3 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 18:34:49 -0400

Furthermore, if ANY public school is using Good Friday as a holiday, they're wrong. Good Friday is not a Federal or State civil holiday, it's a religious holiday. If your local private, Catholic school wants to take it off, I don't have an issue with that.

Public schools should not be taking religious holidays off anyway, and it's just wrong to go straight to MLK Day when other options are available. It's not an either-or choice. If a school district needs to make up snow days, they can reduce Spring Break or go longer in the summer or both. There is no need to compare a civil holiday with a religious holiday.

Even if we take the OP at his word (something I doubt, but I'll get to that in a moment), about being married to a woman of color, why go right to MLK Day when there are plenty of other options???

Response by SGT Jay Ehrenfeld made Oct 8 at 2014 6:07 PM

SGT Jay Ehrenfeld — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 18:07:13 -0400

The blacks want this holiday will be Mon makeup period me a few think it should be a normal day we have go to school on president's day so I don't believe he should have special day period. Then school should be open

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 8 at 2014 6:07 PM

CW5 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 18:07:15 -0400

MLK Day is a federal holiday; Good Friday is not. That makes it an easy decision, I would say.