(In)tolerance

I have been livid all day!  I did something I rarely do, I read the paper this morning.   Apparently, 2 of the elementary schools in our district will not be doing the Halloween costume parade, and school party, because the celebration "Violates some families beliefs".  Our Superintendent thinks that there should be "a district wide talk about the issue" of having Halloween parties and parades in the school.

Historically, All Hallows Eve was the day the veil between the living world, and the spirit world was the thinnest.  People disguised themselves so evil spirits could not take them, and carved frightening visages in gourds to frighten off the spirits.

Historically, when a person sneezed, the belief was an evil spirit was being expelled, and someone would say "God Bless you" so said spirit couldn't re-enter the body.
I bet those "families" that feel Halloween is not something that should be celebrated in school, the ones that feel violated, I *bet* they still say "Bless you" when someone sneezes.

 So much for tolerance.  Isn't that what you hear all the time? We should practice tolerance toward those that want to illegally enter our country, get free medical, housing, and food, or live 12 to an illegal basement apartment so they can send all the money they earn back home and live like kings.   We should be tolerant of radical Muslims that want nothing more than to see our entire Country blown to bits.  Tolerant of awful children because they had a rough upbringing, tolerant of anyone that doesn't have pink skin doing whatever they please because their great- great- grandparents *might* have been slaves, or been some other way oppressed by our great-great- grandparents.

Apparently we are not to educate in schools, we just go with allowing fear, ignorance, and intolerance to reign free.  And as usual in America, the wants of the few, outweigh any input from the many.