Conservative War on Halloween steps up

It's that time of year again! Every year, some dominionist whack-a-doo complains about their local public school system celebrating Halloween - and the school, which is usually run by dominionists itself (because most schools are), happily buckles under and cancels the whole holiday.

This year it's happened again - this time at Kohl Elementary School in Broomfield, Colorado. The school has banned its Halloween festivities and replaced it with a tame fall festival in which kids won't be allowed to wear Halloween costumes. All because Halloween offended one fundamentalist loudmouth. The school did not bother to consult parents before electing itself the Grinch who stole Halloween. This fall festival even prohibits bringing in cookies that have jack-o'-lantern faces on them because this design is Halloween-related.

These days, all it takes is one religious zealot to steal Halloween for hundreds of children. Just one. Every time even one person complains about Halloween, the whole event gets canceled. Just as silly is the school falling over itself to come up with better sounding excuses for why it banned Halloween - and falling flat on its face. Even more pathetic, conservatives are already trying to shirk blame for the entire debacle.

The school is still allowing Halloween costumes at its annual carnival, which is on a weekend. But that's a fundraiser for the school, you see, and requires paid admission. So I guess costumes are just fine and dandy as long as the school can Make Money from it.

Inroads by the Far Right have been made at some other public schools that prohibit Halloween costumes that feature fake weapons or anything gory.

What a bunch of petty dictators the educrats are. They can't stand people having fun. And they don't understand separation of church and state either.

(Source: http://dailycamera.com/news/2007/oct/03/costumes-ruled-out-at-kohl-this-year)