Hennepin County Libraries to Close for Easter
The system has 19 libraries that are usually open on Sundays.
Editor’s Note: The following announcement comes from the Hennepin County Library.
Hennepin County libraries that are usually open on Sundays will be closed on Easter Sunday, March 31.
Hennepin County operates 41 libraries in the city of Minneapolis and suburban Hennepin County. Nineteen of Hennepin’s 41 libraries are usually open on Sundays.
Nationally recognized as one of the top libraries in the United States, Hennepin County Library serves 1.2 million residents in Hennepin County and offers approximately 5 million books, CDs, DVDs, newspapers, magazines and online resources — including data bases and downloadables, plus more than 1,900 public computers.
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Mike B.
7:46 pm on Friday, March 22, 2013
I am pleased that Hennepin libraries uses the word "Easter."
In the Edina quarterly booklet received by residents, city offices are shown to be closed for a "religious observance" or some such nonsensical phrase, on Good Friday.
And it's high time the schools referred to "Easter Break" and "Christmas Break" instead of the politically-correct phrases that are forced on residents.
rob_h78
9:25 pm on Saturday, March 23, 2013
So, if an area has a majority Muslim population - I suppose you are ok with perahps libraries being closed for "Ramadan Break".
Or if Hindu perhaps schools are closed for a few days for Diwali Break?
Mike B.
9:36 pm on Saturday, March 23, 2013
Rob_h78: Common sense prevails. 95% of the US population is Christian.
If I were to move to Saudi Arabia or another Muslim country, I would expect their signs to indicate the holidays and holyday you mention.
Just as I would expect people to say "Happy Hannukah" to me if I were visiting Israel in late December.
rob_h78
11:13 am on Sunday, March 24, 2013
Mike B. - The Christian percentage is about 75% - not 95% - and the Christian percentage is declining...
Do you really want to look at Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries as models of how to incorporate religion into a society?
We have Freedom of Religion in this country built into our Constitution something that Christians in these Muslim countries do no enjoy and in many of those countries they are quite oppressed....
Is it only the Christian Holidays that you believe should have the honor of being called out specifically by name for those occasions?
Be careful of the claim of the majority - because at some point you may not be in the majority and then where will you be?
Just look at "Gay Marriage" - the opponents used to be in the majority - and many of their arguments were predicated upon "Majority of People Oppose It so we should not allow it" - however, now that that the view of "Gay Marriage" is about split and in some age groups the large majority favors the ability of gay people to get married - then suddenly the "We are in the majority" folks suddenly didn't like that "Majority of People" argument any longer....
So - be careful - your "The Majority...." argument may well turn against you at some point :)
Edith Burnier
2:54 pm on Saturday, March 23, 2013
Mike, relax. Maybe there is no conspiracy. You know, there is Passover going on as well, maybe the writer was just reminding us of that. I think using the term "religious holiday" is not an exercise in political correctness. after all the writer did acknowledge the religious component of the holiday, which is usually what the conspiracy theorists complain about.
rob_h78
9:26 pm on Saturday, March 23, 2013
I bet when minority religions grow and if they start pushing for their religious days to be part of a name for a "Break" suddenly we will hear plenty of folks "See the Light" and demand that religious terms stay out of the public sector.
J.C. Horvath
3:08 pm on Sunday, March 31, 2013
Failing to recognize a person or a group as special is not oppression, it is indifference.