Comment on Too many non-working holidays in America.
Penny7@lemmy.world 22 hours agoAs a Pagan, if you want federal holidays to be secular then solstices and equinoxes couldn’t be counted. Many Pagans (not all) observe them as holy days along with Feb 1-2 (Imbolc), May 1 (Bealtaine - there are multiple spellings this one), August 1 (Lammas/Lughnasadh), and Halloween (Samhain). And I’m sure Pagans that celebrate non-European traditions have other days, I just can’t speak to them personally.
Tja@programming.dev 18 hours ago
Secular doesn’t mean pagan.
Penny7@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Secular refers to things not religious or spiritual. Those days are religious holidays in various forms of Paganism which is an umbrella term for a set of religions/spiritual practices. If anybody wants truly non-secular holidays the equinoxes and solstices shouldn’t be included in that list.
Tja@programming.dev 16 hours ago
Secular means separate from religion. Any religion, including paganism. Equinoxes are as food a reason as any to enjoy some time with family.
jj4211@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
He’s agreeing with you on secular. The parent poster said equinoxes should replace a religious holiday, and he’s saying that equinoxes are not strictly secular, they are religious.