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Old 06-22-2022, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill14564 View Post
Apparently, you are not aware that Easter Sunday and Good Friday are not Federal holidays. Christmas Day is, of course, but it's not going anywhere.

Federal employees already have sufficient leave to be able to take their religious holiday off. But if it's important to take something away then take away President's Day and MLKJ Day to make your two flex days.
Then eliminate just Christmas and swap it out with a "personal religious day." Christians should be able to take Christmas off with pay but have to work on Yom Kippur, Jews should be able to take Yom Kippur off with pay but have to work on Christmas, etc. etc.

The only reason that doesn't actually work, is because most people in this country are Christian, and you'd end up understaffed on Christmas. You would -not- be understaffed on Yom Kippur.

So rather than allow everyone to have their designated religious holiday off with pay in ADDITION to all the other days off their employer gives them, the country designated Christmas as a federal holiday. And Jews still have to use up one of their personal days to get THEIR holy day off with pay.