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Replacing it with another, secular, holiday seems the responsible thing to do. Joel Send a noteboard - 27/05/2012 11:15:11 PM
We like our days off. But in all seriousness, nobody thinks very much of the religious aspects of most holidays.

(right, pentecost monday has actually been replaced as a holiday by some silly national day lately, but whatever)

Well, but it is a non-trivial matter: A purely secular state should not promote any religion, which granting its "holy days" federal sanction undeniably does. That is doubly true for secular states that DO "enshrine" religious equality in federal law. If many holidays of one religion receive federal recognition but all holidays of all others are ignored, that is not very equal, is it? It is government tacitly but firmly endorsing one religion over all others.

In light of the conversation I just had with one your countrymen, about difficulties with Malmös immigrant Muslim enclaves (he brought it up, not I,) I think "non-trivial" a mild description of the issue.
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Replacing it with another, secular, holiday seems the responsible thing to do. - 27/05/2012 11:15:11 PM 520 Views
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YES! *NM* - 27/05/2012 10:48:06 PM 576 Views
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There is a Campaign for an English Parliament. - 03/06/2012 10:12:21 AM 556 Views

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