Should Government Observe Good Friday & Easter?
Do state and local laws or policies which create holidays on Good Friday violate the separation of church and state? Is making Good Friday a public or school holiday is unconstitutional, or can there be a secular purpose behind making Good Friday an official holiday? Indeed, is Good Friday still a religious holiday anymore or has it become a secular holiday? Some Christians want government should to make Good Friday an official public holiday, but others are pushing back. An Establishment of Religion? Many argue that creating a public holiday out of a purely religious holy day — closing schools and/or government offices — amounts to an establishment of religion. Because Good Friday falls on a regular work day, making it a public holiday entails paying government employees just as if they were working. Businesses remain open and most people are expected to be at work, a real problem if their children are given a day off from school, further penalizing non-Christian parents. Is it approp
