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So the other day I re-posted an post about the continuing ban on alcohol sales on good Friday and I got alot of comments. And I think this one sums it up.
I think it’s a disgrace that any law which prohibits any purchase or action on any day of the year because of a catholic tradition still exists. I have a right not to have the laws of somebody elses religion pressed on me.
But there is another side to that coin.
Not only is the law banning alcohol sales enforcing something due to a catholic tradition. But also having a bank holiday Monday and Friday is as well. All business is forced by law to work in the same manner as a public holiday due to a catholic tradition. If I want to open my bank (imagine I have one), can I? No because the law imposed due to a catholic tradition is saying no. It is not a secular decission that the monday after Easter Sunday is a bank holiday is off it is religious. Yet few disagree about that with the same passion as disagree with banning alcohol sales on Good Friday. Why?
As we are at it what about the downtrodden who enjoy a drink and a smoke or the harassed motorists (Dunnes Stores now give less points than the Minister for Local Government) 365 days a year???
Good Friday isn’t a bank holiday. It’s a work day just like any other day. Lots of employers choose to give employees that day off though.
If it makes you feel beter consider the bank holiday Monday to fall on the first Monday after the Spring Equinox. Now it’s a pagan festival.
Why should it matter if it is a pagan festival. If people object to not being able to drink on a day defined by a religious practice. Why should there be a holiday definded by a religious practice? I am not saying there should not be a bank holiday in April. But why if you object to a religion determining one law why let it define another? It is the same arguement.
Scrap the religious aspect and make it national holiday weekend. Its when the state commemorates the declaration of the republic we live in.
Alternatively easter is important for many people still so i can see why they would want to retain it.
I suppose by the same yardstick you could question christmas day.
Actually Jer the declaration was the 24th of April. And yes you could indeed question Christmas day. The question I am propossing is if you object to religious influence on one law should you object to it for all laws.
Simon, the real reason people would object to the drink ban but not the holiday is simply that people like drink and they like holidays. No great mystery.
Simon, the real reason people would object to the drink ban but not the holiday is simply that people like drink and they like holidays. No great mystery.
So anyone that claims they are against the Alcohol Ban based on being against religious interference in law is not honest?
Honesty isn’t a requirement for having a valid argument. While we might suspect that the motivation behind somebody attaching themselves to a particular cause is not linked to the arguments they use to promote it, it really doesn’t matter in evaluating a policy suggestion. If BP have a valid argument regarding why a carbon tax is not a good idea, do we really care that their primary concern is not the health of the planet or the finances of the Irish state?
People who would willing embrace arguments about not allowing Catholic tradition to influence when pubs and clubs open will suddenly discover the importance of our Christian heritage if you suggest that we work on Christmas or Sunday.
well easter is an important festival and if drink is sooo important why not buy it the day before and have a house party or something! and as already stated Good Friday is a normal work day and even though most companies give their employees the day off it is usually taken out of there holidays.