MIKE NETTER: California bill, AB 2017, pushes official state recognition of Muslim holidays while Christian traditions get erased from schools!!

California bill pushes official state recognition of Muslim holidays while Christian traditions get erased from schools!!

California lawmakers are advancing AB 2017 to add Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha to the list of official state holidays.

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— Mike Netter (@nettermike) July 23, 2026

California bill pushes official state recognition of Muslim holidays while Christian traditions get erased from schools!! California lawmakers are advancing AB 2017 to add Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha to the list of official state holidays. The bill would allow public schools and community colleges to close on those days and hold exercises “acknowledging and celebrating” their meaning and importance, with the State Board of Education developing a model curriculum guide. Supporters claim it prevents Muslim students and workers from having to choose between faith and obligations. Critics point out the glaring double standard. Many California districts have already removed or secularized traditional Christian holidays like Christmas and Easter, replacing them with generic “Winter” and “Spring” breaks to maintain supposed religious neutrality. Now the same institutions are being directed to actively celebrate and teach the importance of two major Islamic holidays. This is not neutrality. It is preferential treatment for one religion in taxpayer-funded schools while traditional American observances are sidelined. There are more Christians than any other faith in California. Do you think its time we spoke louder? Not encouraging bowing down to other faiths?  

Are you willing to call your state legislator over this?