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State University of New York at Stony Brook has decided to no longer cancel classes for major Christian and Jewish holidays in an effort to ensure that some religions are not given special treatment and to "afford equal support and equal respect to students and faculty from all faiths." Jewish students would be impacted on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Passover and Holy Week. Christian students would be impacted on Good Friday. The Christmas holiday is protected under a union contract and occurs when classes are traditionally not in session. "As a secular university, as a state-funded university our priority must...

As furtive as a thief skulking in the shadows, our government has absconded with our most cherished holidays. No one seems to notice nor care, sad. Whether it be Catholic or Orthodox Easter, the awareness of Good Friday by Government closure is gone with political correctness. It is no more. Like the expired driver's license that creeps up on us because we hardly show it to anyone anymore except for traveling and only then if one bothers to check the expiration date, cafeteria churchgoers are seen looking askance when confronted with the fact that it's a religious holiday. What? It's...