Good Friday cancellation

[Jim Henderson]

I think the most obvious explanation in post-Christian America for the
transformation from holydays to holidays is the need/desire to allow
observations of such days while, through the fiction of merely serving the
secular purpose of rest and recreation, avoiding perceived Establishment
Clause problems.

I have kids.  We visit many playgrounds, searching for the perfect swing, the
best slides, etc.  One of our favorite parks, a regional park here in
Northern Virginia, will be hosting a free event for children in which the
unhatched offspring of barnyard fowls, decorated with dies and stickers are
hidden and the children invited to search for same.  I would call such an
event an "Easter Egg Hunt."  The marquee at the entrance to the park
announces, "Spring Egg Hunt."  Whoever came up with that idea needs
counselling.

Jim Henderson
ACLJ