>>Funny, except you are mixing up the issue of religion in politics/government and the right for people to follow their own religion.
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>>The reason you have Sunday off, and the other holidays mentioned, is that a large portion of your population are Christian. Jewish people take off on their holy days, as do Muslims with theirs.
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>How about celebrating all religious holidays and beliefs? Perhaps we would not have to work as every day would be a "holy day"! :)

I think most people in government already practice this ...