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Dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus, part of the growing repentance remnant:
As an example of how far we have to go in this nation to restore our Godly Judeo-Christian roots through His Solution: repentance, look at a current bill in the once "golden" State, California.
The legislature in the State of California is today specifically anti-Christian. It's supportive of false religions including Hinduism and Islam.
In October 2025, Governor Newsom signed AB 268 into law, making Diwali, a Hindu celebration, an official California state holiday. Public schools were authorized to close. State employees were authorized to take paid time off. And California public schools were authorized to hold exercises “acknowledging and celebrating the meaning and importance” of Diwali, with a State Board of Education curriculum guide to follow.
Now, six months later, Sacramento is moving to do the same thing for Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, the two most significant holidays in Islam. AB 2017, authored by Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco), has passed two Assembly committees without a single no vote. The Assembly Committee on Appropriations will decide this week if the bill will proceed to a vote by the full Assembly, which would occur by the end of the month.
Two bills. Two minority faith traditions. Two sets of school celebration exercises authorized in statute.
Christmas gets December 25 as a state holiday. Good Friday gets three hours of partial recognition (noon to 3 p.m.). Easter gets nothing. And no California statute has ever authorized public schools to hold exercises celebrating the meaning and importance of any Christian holiday.
This is not a coincidence. It is a pattern.
What are Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha?
Most Californians are not familiar with these holidays. Understanding what they are matters, because the question of whether Sacramento should be celebrating their religious meaning inside public schools is exactly what is at stake.
Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Muslims observe Ramadan by abstaining from food and drink during daylight hours, concentrating on prayer, reading the Quran, and giving to the poor. Observing Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam, the five foundational obligations that define Muslim religious practice. Eid al-Fitr is the joyous celebration that follows: communal prayers, feasting, giving gifts, and visiting family. Its religious significance is deep. It marks the completion of a month-long act of submission and worship to Allah.
Eid al-Adha, known as the Festival of Sacrifice, commemorates the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham in the Islamic tradition) to sacrifice his son Ismail in obedience to God’s command. In Islam, Ismail, not Isaac, is understood to be the son Ibrahim was prepared to sacrifice. Eid al-Adha marks the culmination of the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, which is itself another of the five pillars of Islam. The holiday is observed with communal prayer, the ritual slaughter of livestock, and distribution of meat to the poor. It is a day of reflection on submission, obedience, and sacrifice in the path of God.
These are not cultural festivals with religious overtones. They are explicitly theological observances rooted in Islamic doctrine, the five pillars of the faith, the Quran’s account of Ibrahim, and the obligation of hajj. AB 2017 would authorize California public schools to hold exercises “acknowledging and celebrating the meaning and importance” of both holidays and direct the State Board of Education to develop a curriculum guide for doing so.
AB 2017 adds Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha to California’s Government Code Section 6700 list of state holidays. It excludes both days from judicial holiday status, so courts remain open. But within public schools and state employment, the bill’s reach is significant.
For public schools and community colleges, governing boards may close campuses on both Eid holidays if they negotiate that closure into a union memorandum of understanding. On the day of closure, or on an alternate day, schools are authorized to hold exercises “acknowledging and celebrating the meaning and importance” of the holidays. The State Board of Education may adopt a model curriculum guide for those exercises.
For state employees, the bill allows eight hours of existing vacation, annual leave, or compensating time off to be used for Eid observance.
The bill also adds Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha to Education Code Section 48205 as required excused absences, removing principal discretion to deny the absence when a parent submits a written request. No other named religious holiday carries this automatic guarantee in the Education Code.
Celebrating Islamic Theology in Public Schools
California Family Council believes every student should be able to take time off for any religious holiday. That is not our objection here.
Our objection is to the state authorizing and promoting the celebration of specific religious holidays inside public school classrooms.
When CFC Vice President Greg Burt testified against AB 268 last year, he made this point directly: if you are teaching students to celebrate a religious holiday, that is not neutral. The state is not simply accommodating the beliefs of Muslim or Hindu families; it is directing public school teachers to lead exercises that acknowledge and celebrate the religious meaning of these observances. That is the government taking sides on religion, and it is constitutionally different from simply excusing a student’s absence.
No California statute authorizes public schools to hold exercises celebrating the meaning of Christmas, Easter, or Good Friday. Schools cannot teach the Resurrection or the Nativity. They cannot celebrate Yom Kippur or Passover. Yet, after AB 268 and now AB 2017, public school teachers will be authorized and curriculum-guided to celebrate the end of Ramadan and the Festival of Sacrifice.
Please join me in this prayer: " Heavenly Father, this is the spirit of anti-Christ taking over our public education in California. Please help me find others willing to set aside again a day of repentance in California to block this spirit of anti-Christ, and to replace it with your Holy Spirit. Help us come together as Your Believers in Jesus Christ to boldly speak Your Truth to our legislature, to our citizens. Please help us restore to this State Your Righteousness, Your Truth, Your Sovereignty over all false religions. I pray this in the Name above all names, Jesus Christ our LORD. Amen and amen. "
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Thanks to you, we are waking up His Bride with His Gift of repentance, bringing freedom to MANY. Thank you !
Pastor Jeff Daly
National Day of Repentance
Box 246
Middletown CA. 95461
pastorjeff@repentday.com
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