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Mailbag: Name press box for Roger Carlson
As the longtime former publisher of the Daily Pilot, I would offer my full support of the naming of the press box at Davidson Field at Newport Harbor High School for former Sports Editor Roger Carlson. Roger was tireless in his commitment to reporting...Tags: John Wayne, Newport Beach, High School Sports, Politics, Education
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On Faith: Extremism, intolerance exists all over
Osama bin Laden is dead, but his brand of religious extremism lives on. This is not to say that such religious extremism is exclusive to Islam and Muslims. Extremism infiltrates the minds of religious zealots, nationalists, racists, environmentalists,...Tags: Spain, Drugs and Medicines, Science, Politics, Health
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Bill calls for stronger parental consent
Assemblyman Allan Mansoor (R-Costa Mesa) has introduced a bill that he says would strengthen laws that require parents' written consent before a school can let students out early for confidential medical procedures or to teach them about sex, gender and...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Diseases and Illnesses, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Politics
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Mailbag: Interfaith leaders speak out on attack
As members of the Newport-Mesa-Irvine Interfaith Council Board of Directors, we are appalled at the implied violence found in the graffiti attack on St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church in Irvine on Jan. 11. A graffiti attack and the implied violence on...Tags: Christianity, Newport Beach, Jesus Christ, Landforms, Politics
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In Theory: Appropriate ways to observe 9/11
The Dove World Outreach Center, a church in Gainesville, Fla., will mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by hosting an "International Burn a Koran Day" event on church property. A Facebook page created for the upcoming event proclaims...Tags: Christianity, National Security, Jesus Christ, Terrorism, Gainesville
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In Theory: The location of religious buildings
According to an article in the Arizona Republic, Arizona lawmakers passed a law earlier this year "that prohibits cities and towns from using zoning codes and land-use rules to restrict where religious facilities such as churches, mosques or synagogues...Tags: Christianity, Government, Civil and Public Service, Elections, Health
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Mailbag: Disney employee shows capricious complaining
I am truly all for religious freedom. I am not at all for a religious organization flexing its power to sue anybody or any company for discrimination where none exists ("Disney host: Could not wear hijab," Aug. 19). A 2.5-year employee of Disneyland,...Tags: Tourism and Leisure Industry, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Career and Workplace, Disneyland Park
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Muslim worker taken off Disneyland's schedule
ANAHEIM — A Muslim woman who is fighting for the right to wear her religious scarf to her hostess job at Disneyland has been taken off the schedule. Disney officials say they stopped putting Imane Boudlal on the schedule during the ongoing issue....Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Disneyland Park, Politics, Hotels and Accommodations
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Mailbag: Disneyland dress code distress is making Mickey 'ashamed'
Imane Boudlal was given compromises and different positions with Disneyland where she could wear what she wanted ("OC Now: Muslim worker taken off Disney's schedule," Aug. 25). Instead, she refused and did so very visibly in front of her entourage...Tags: Corona, Civil Rights, Disneyland Park, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics
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In Theory: Freedom of religion at Disneyland
A female Muslim worker at Disneyland, Imane Boudlal, made headlines by becoming embroiled in a dispute with her employer about whether she could wear her hijab, an Islamic head scarf, to her job as a hostess at the amusement park. Boudlal, who has filed a...Tags: Christianity, Snow White (fictional character), Eyewear, Work Rules Contract Issues, Culture
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It's A Gray Area: Government needs to step out of center debate
So should the Muslim community be "allowed" to build a mosque or religious center two blocks away from the former World Trade Center site? Actually President Obama gave us the answer. Numbers of times in these pages I have been critical about some of...Tags: Oklahoma City, Christianity, San Clemente (Orange, California), United Air Lines, Church and State Relations
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In Theory
A recent installment of "In Theory" focused on a project by a Muslim group to build a YMCA-like community center a block from the old World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan. The project's promoters in the Muslim community said they didn't see this...Tags: Christianity, Newport Beach, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Clubs and Associations, Civil Rights
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