Good Friday cancellation

[Mark S. Kende - Thomas Cooley Law School]

The public school district that my kids attend wanted to have some sort of
a person dressed up as the Easter bunny to celebrate the holiday.  Aware
of the potential First Amendment problems with that figure, they came up
with the brilliant idea of calling this individual the "Special Bunny".
This has already been picked up by the local newspaper for ridicule.  I
told my con. law class about it and they were quite amused.

Prof. Mark S. Kende
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
217 S. Capitol Ave
P.O. Box 13038
Lansing, MI 48901
(517)371-5140
(517)334-5714 FAX
kendem at mlc.lib.mi.us


On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Jim Henderson wrote:

> 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
>