[NU Sports] NU-Nevada game to conflict with Rosh Hashanah

[Evan Bradley]

Respectfully, I have to delurk to make a point in this discussion. 
Regardless of my (or anyone else's) opinion on when games are
scheduled, religiously-oriented music at a game and scheduling around
holidays don't contitute the same overlap of church and state/school. 
In the latter case, the religious content isn't brought into the
arena, whereas in the former, it is.

I don't think Jim B's points are mutually exclusive.  His opinion on
whether games should be scheduled on holidays shouldn't negate his
preference that, when he goes to a game (on a holiday or not), he not
encounter religious content.  Respecting the religious beliefs of
others isn't the same as including those beliefs in a program.

This is probably getting further and further off-topic, but I just
wanted to make that distinction before this devolved into something
unrecognizable as a sports discussion...

Evan

On 2/27/06, Jim Leonard <jleonard518 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Jim,
>
> I agreed with your point about El Paso, but I think it conflicts with your
> point about Nevada. If the Christian (Jesus) music on a state campus was an
> overlap of church and state, then from where I stand, considering one
> religion's holidays when scheduling a game on a state campus would also be a
> conflict. So long as we win, I'll enjoy the game whenever it is played.
>
> Regards,
> Jim
>
>
>
> > Jim Bendat wrote:
> >
> >> Back home from El Paso.  I agree with everything Chuck wrote, except
> >> for the country music band.  I felt their Jesus music was
> >> inappropriate, particularly with the game being held on a state
> >> university campus.
>
> --- Jim Bendat <thehaze at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > That Friday night is the first night of Rosh Hashanah.  This change
> > doesn't sit well with me at all.  I wonder whether our administration
> > even bothered to check out the possibility of a conflict with a
> > significant religious holiday.
> >
> > Jim B.
>
>
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