Tony Perkins Slams NYC Mayor De Blasio Over Muslim Holidays For Public Schools

"In New York City schools, kids are learning Rs: reading, writing, and Ramadan. Thanks to the far-Left priorities of Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), city schools have added two Muslim holidays to the school calendar -- a concession that took even Big Apple parents by surprise. While the largest religion in the country fights to even be recognized, 'NYC schools will now close for Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha -- making (it) the largest school district in the nation to recognize the two holidays on the official school calendar.' Although families already had the option of taking excused absences for these days, Mayor de Blasio took it upon himself to close school for 1.1 million students in the single largest display of political correctness the district has ever seen. The reality is, America wasn't founded on Muslim principles -- but Christian ones. That doesn't mean ignoring other religions -- but it also doesn't mean surrendering our identity to a small minority either." - Hate group leader Tony Perkins, via email.

Fox News Diversity

This is getting passed around on Facebook this week, but I haven't found its original source.

Google: Bring Your Whole Self To Work

Posted to Google's diversity page:

Legalise Love: LGBT Rights Are Human Rights

Though our business and employees are located in offices around the world, our policies on non-discrimination are universal throughout Google. We are proud to be recognised as a leader in LGBT inclusion efforts—but there’s still a long way to go. At Google, we encourage people to bring their whole selves to work. In our more than 70 offices around the world, we’re committed to cultivating a work environment where Googlers can be themselves and thrive. Legalise Love is our drive to ensure that all of our employees have the same inclusive experience outside of the office as they do at work.

Diversity Discomfort

(Via - Zack Ford)

Oh Su-NAP!

Minorities Vie For Obama Appointments

Minority groups are "working overtime" to ensure their inclusion in Barack Obama's government. So far about half of Obama's selected candidates for Cabinet positions have been non-white.

Via the San Francisco Chronicle:

Of the 22 Cabinet-level positions Obama is expected to have, 15 candidates have been named so far. Of those, seven are white men, four are women, three are African Americans, two are Asians, and one is Latino. The fact that the president-elect himself is African American is a historic addition to the new administration's diversity, but it doesn't relieve Obama of the pressure for representation from other constituencies.

The above-linked story notes the Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute has been working for almost a year to get LGBT people considered for positions.

The Gay and Lesbian Leadership Institute began work last January on its own nonpartisan "presidential appointments project," and has so far collected and vetted 1,400 resumes, said spokesman Denis Dison. "This is the first time we've been this organized, this early," he said. "The mission of the program is to let the administration know that there are thousands of people willing to serve, and many are extremely qualified."

Here are the historical firsts for diversity in Cabinet appointments:

Woman: Frances Perkins, secretary of labor under Franklin D. Roosevelt
African American: Robert Weaver, secretary of housing and urban development under Lyndon Johnson
Latino: Lauro Cavazos, secretary of education under Ronald Reagan
Asian American: Norman Mineta, secretary of commerce under Bill Clinton
Native American: Charles Curtis, vice president under Herbert Hoover.
Openly gay or lesbian: None yet