Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pegasus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!pegasus!naiman From: naiman@pegasus.UUCP (Ephrayim J. Naiman) Newsgroups: net.religion,net.religion.jewish,net.religion.christian Subject: Separation of Church and State ? Message-ID: <2413@pegasus.UUCP> Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 03:58:22 EDT Article-I.D.: pegasus.2413 Posted: Wed Jul 3 03:58:22 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Jul-85 00:40:49 EDT Organization: AT&T Information Systems, Lincroft NJ Lines: 25 Xref: watmath net.religion:7199 net.religion.jewish:2160 net.religion.christian:828I don't know if this has been debated before or if there is a simple answer; either way here goes -- If there is "Separation of Church and State" how can Christmas be considered a "National" Holiday ? Avi Feldblum proposed (correct me if I'm wrong Avi), that a "National" holiday does not mean from the "State". Rather, "National" means a collection of holidays, some of which are linked with the "State" (4th of July comes to mind), and some that are "National" holidays only because everybody would take that day off anyway. Can anyone add any input ? Does anyone have an official list of "National" holidays ? Are there other "Quasi National" holidays, like Avi proposed ? Does anyone have an official definition of a "National" holiday ? Is anyone reading this on the 4th ? :-) -- ==> Ephrayim J. Naiman @ AT&T Information Systems Laboratories (201) 576-6259 Paths: [ihnp4, allegra, mtuxo, maxvax, cbosgd, lzmi, ...]!pegasus!naiman