Posted on 04/06/2026 6:37:41 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Rep. Riley Moore, R-West Virginia, is once more calling on Congress to pass his bill to enshrine Easter Monday as a federal holiday.
“In just seven years, we mark the 2,000th anniversary of the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. That milestone will be one of the most significant moments in the history of the world. We should be preparing for it,” Moore wrote in an April 6 social media thread.
“More than 80% of Americans — Democrats and Republicans — celebrate Easter,” Moore said. “Most other Western nations already observe Easter Monday as a public holiday. The U.S. is the outlier. It’s time to fix that.”
Moore also pointed out the “practical benefits” of the bill, which he named the Easter Monday Act, saying it would give families who travel for Easter “the breathing room to be fully present — with their relatives, in their churches, and at their dinner tables” rather than having “to rush home Sunday night to make it to work Monday morning.”
“Just as Christ continued appearing to his apostles for 40 days after his resurrection, our celebration of Easter should not end at the strike of midnight,” he said. “Easter Monday is an invitation to carry the meaning of Easter into our daily lives — and into the public life of our nation, which has been gripped by a culture of death for far too long.”
U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Brian Burch responded to Moore’s post, writing: “It’s actually quite shocking Easter has never been a national holiday, owing only to the fact that it’s always on a Sunday.”
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It’s not an entirely unworthy idea, but we have enough holidays as it is.
Well, the reason they wont is because its a Christian holiday. Cant have that anymore!
Famous people to be honored if their birthday falls on a Monday, in priority order....
There shall not be more than ten per year since enactment.
9:30AM - quitting time
9:32AM - ice cream time
From “The Wizard of Oz”......
“We get up at noon and start to work at one,
Take an hour for lunch and then at two we’re done,
Jolly good fun...”
Stupid
Nope. If people would actually do their job and do it well (focus on work during work time, be efficient and accurate, etc) maybe they would feel well accomplished instead of trying to find more escapes from having to work like creating more holidays is.
BUT WHOLE FOODS did a whole thing with “Lunar New Year” and “Ramadan” promotions, but NOTHING for LENT!
Everything Whole Foods does annoys me...I only go when they have Rummo pasta and Frankies 457 evoo on sale.
Then I have to come home and wash off the wokeist stink...
Whenever I’ve had to go there, I wear a MAGA hat and carry a concealed firearm. Both are against the rules there.
Glad to see some real world data. Seems like it would work if employees were made to commit well in advance and stick with it.
Another USAF holiday.
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