CA has a new state holiday - Diwali — the Hindu “Festival of Lights”

[StatesRightsForever]

Diversity is a horrible idea. These Indians come here and go on welfare and destroy our way of life. Democrats say great.

oct 7 2025 LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has become the third U.S. state to designate Diwali — the Hindu “Festival of Lights” — as an official statewide holiday.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Tuesday to go into effect on Jan. 1. It would authorize public schools and community colleges to close on Diwali. State employees could elect to take the day off and public school students will get an excused absence to celebrate the holiday. The new law recognizes that Diwali is also celebrated by Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists.

Pennsylvania was the first U.S. state to make Diwali a statewide holiday in 2024, followed by Connecticut earlier this year.

Assemblymember Ash Kalra, a Democrat from San Jose who coauthored the bill with Darshana Patel, an assemblymember from San Diego, said he grew up celebrating the festival with family members, but it was an experience that was isolated from the rest of his life.

California makes Diwali an official statewide holiday

California is the third U.S. state to designate Diwali as an official statewide holiday. The law, newly signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, takes effect January 1.

apnews.com

 

[Zincwarrior]

Diversity is a horrible idea. These Indians come here and go on welfare and destroy our way of life. Democrats say great.

California makes Diwali an official statewide holiday

California is the third U.S. state to designate Diwali as an official statewide holiday. The law, newly signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, takes effect January 1.

apnews.com

No white MAGAs are on welfare. Indians are some of the wealthiest in the US you ignorant racist cracker mouth breathing Jr. High dropout.

 

[Rambunctious]

No white MAGAs are on welfare. Indians are some of the wealthiest in the US you ignorant racist cracker mouth breathing Jr. High dropout.

You are really going to say no one from India living here are on welfare?.... you had better do some research on that...

 

[Zincwarrior]

You are really going to say no one from India living here are on welfare?.... you had better do some research on that...

Nope I am nit saying that. I am saying They ARE SUBSTANTIALLY WEALTHIER AS A CLASS THAN MOUTH BREATHING MAGA WELFARE CHEATS.

 

[Rambunctious]

Nope I am nit saying that. I am saying They ARE SUBSTANTIALLY WEALTHIER AS A CLASS THAN MOUTH BREATHING MAGA WELFARE CHEATS.

So now you are saying Trump voters are cheating on welfare?....

 

[Bootstraps]

I genuinely have no problem with people celebrating this. Furthermore, of all the things to be outraged about, this is not one of them.

 

[StatesRightsForever]

No white MAGAs are on welfare. Indians are some of the wealthiest in the US you ignorant racist cracker mouth breathing Jr. High dropout.

You support affirmative action and that means you can't call anyone a racist.

 

[StatesRightsForever]

I genuinely have no problem with people celebrating this.

But should it be a state holiday.?

We need to get rid of MLK day too. Why honor a white-hating racist plagiarist rapist.?

 

[Bootstraps]

But should it be a state holiday.?

We need to get rid of MLK day too. Why honor a white-hating racist plagiarist rapist.?

Fine. Make it optional then. If people want to go into work that day for normal hours and pay, they should be free to.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

No white MAGAs are on welfare. Indians are some of the wealthiest in the US you ignorant racist cracker mouth breathing Jr. High dropout.

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Two posts in, and here's the board's most prolific troll.







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[OhPleaseJustQuit]

You are really going to say no one from India living here are on welfare?.... you had better do some research on that...

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She doesn't know how to do research. She just snarls at you and tells you to do it.

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[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Nope I am nit saying that. I am saying They ARE SUBSTANTIALLY WEALTHIER AS A CLASS THAN MOUTH BREATHING MAGA WELFARE CHEATS.

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And trolls even more, ALL IN CAPS.






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[whitehall]

Nobody is going to complain about another day off in Tinseltown even if it costs California municipalities millions in lost time.

 

[Winco]

So now you are saying Trump voters are cheating on welfare?....

Not ALL of them, but there are plenty of trump voting cult members on welfare.
Deny that ^^^^^^.

Two posts in, and here's the board's most prolific troll.

Thanks for your opinion.
So sweet.

 

[Winco]

Diversity is a horrible idea.

Here in Washington State, Monday, Oct 13th is a State Holiday.

Indigenous Peoples' Day (United States) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

At least 14 states do not celebrate Columbus Day (Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin), as well as Washington, DC; South Dakota officially celebrates Native American Day instead. Various tribal governments in Oklahoma designate the day as "Native American Day", or have renamed the day after their own tribes.

 

[Rambunctious]

Not ALL of them, but there are plenty of trump voting cult members on welfare.
Deny that

There are plenty of mostly women... single mothers who voted for Trump... but they are not classic MAGA...

 

[1srelluc]

Makes more sense than fuckin' Juneteenth.

 

[Unkotare]

Diversity is a horrible idea. These Indians come here and go on welfare and destroy our way of life. ...

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How is this holiday "destroying our way of life"?

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[The Sage of Main Street]

Nope I am nit saying that. I am saying They ARE SUBSTANTIALLY WEALTHIER AS A CLASS THAN MOUTH BREATHING MAGA WELFARE CHEATS.

Hindu Dindu

By stealing high-paying jobs because our birthclass-biased indentured servitude education system is inadequate. It is not the American Way at all.

 

[drudge X]

Hindu Dindu

By stealing high-paying jobs because our birthclass-biased indentured servitude education system is inadequate. It is not the American Way at all.

Blame American companies for doing this. If they don't come here, the jobs will be outsourced to India.