Something else i found today, someone with this same thoughts.
'For the Greater Good
Something dangerous has happened. I've been thinking.
In an increasingly secularised and multicultural society, public holidays based upon Christian celebrations are highly discriminatory or totally inadequate. There are a few answers to this conundrum, and I think I've got one that would very much please the Australian public, and I assure you that it will be the first measure I implement if elected.
Solution 1.
Ban all religious public holidays. This proposal, although it ends favouritism towards Christians, is highly discriminatory to the lazy and slothful, an increasingly important demographic in Australian society. Therefore we turn to:
Solution 2.
There are two grounds of justification for this, but the result is the same.
i)Why are Christians allowed days specifically set aside by Parliament for the celebration of important religious dates if Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus etc. are denied this right? Surely in a multicultural society in which equality of opportunity and treatment are dearly-held beliefs, Chinese New Year and Ramadan should be public holidays just as much as Good Friday and Christmas.
ii)If Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Taoists etc. can take advantage of Christian festivals to take a day off, surely it is logical that those from a Christian background have an equal right to not turn up for work on Tet or Hanukah?
Australia is a diverse society, and our population comprises over one hundred ethnic groups, each with their own religion with its attendant train of festivals and saint's days. If government were to play their cards right in a fair and even-handed manner, every day would be classified as a religious holiday for one sect or another, with the net result being that no-one need ever work again.
Think about it.'
'For the Greater GoodSomething dangerous has happened. I've been thinking.
In an increasingly secularised and multicultural society, public holidays based upon Christian celebrations are highly discriminatory or totally inadequate. There are a few answers to this conundrum, and I think I've got one that would very much please the Australian public, and I assure you that it will be the first measure I implement if elected.
Solution 1.
Ban all religious public holidays. This proposal, although it ends favouritism towards Christians, is highly discriminatory to the lazy and slothful, an increasingly important demographic in Australian society. Therefore we turn to:
Solution 2.
There are two grounds of justification for this, but the result is the same.
i)Why are Christians allowed days specifically set aside by Parliament for the celebration of important religious dates if Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus etc. are denied this right? Surely in a multicultural society in which equality of opportunity and treatment are dearly-held beliefs, Chinese New Year and Ramadan should be public holidays just as much as Good Friday and Christmas.
ii)If Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Taoists etc. can take advantage of Christian festivals to take a day off, surely it is logical that those from a Christian background have an equal right to not turn up for work on Tet or Hanukah?
Australia is a diverse society, and our population comprises over one hundred ethnic groups, each with their own religion with its attendant train of festivals and saint's days. If government were to play their cards right in a fair and even-handed manner, every day would be classified as a religious holiday for one sect or another, with the net result being that no-one need ever work again.
Think about it.'