article_snippet: After all, for decades, kids have gotten Christian and Jewish holidays off.
article_snippet: Why not add Muslim holidays to the list?
article_snippet: Conservative Family Research Council president Tony Perkins position is that kids get Easter and Christmas off, but we call those holidays "winter break" and "spring break.
article_snippet: Such a mentality has no place in a secular country -- even if we have a history of recognizing some Abrahamic religions' holidays.
article_snippet: This is not to say that I disapprove of any "cultural" days off, or even simply pragmatic decisions.  
article_snippet: I see no problem with kids taking religious days off, if kids taking religious days off family's beliefs require kids taking religious days off to.  
article_snippet: Those days are simply "days off" as far as the government is concerned.
highlights_snippet: schools should not be observing any religious holidays .
  
highlights_snippet: Official observance of religious holidays has no place in secular society .