{"id":374,"date":"2004-05-17T21:54:13","date_gmt":"2004-05-18T04:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stefangeens.com\/?p=374"},"modified":"2004-05-17T21:54:13","modified_gmt":"2004-05-18T04:54:13","slug":"mandagsfyran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stefangeens.com\/2001-2013\/2004\/05\/mandagsfyran\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00e5ndagsfyran"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sweden is probably going to trade in a Christian holiday for a new national holiday. I approve, because I do not believe religious holidays should have state sanction, which makes this a small step in the right direction.
 
Meanwhile, one Swedish commune is taking a step in the wrong direction by proposing that, in addition to Protestant holidays, schools should also take days off for other religions, like Ramadan, the Orthodox Good Friday, and the Kurdish New Year, Newroz. While the intent may be admirable — to accommodate immigrants — the possibilities for unintended consequences are daunting. First off, Sigtuna commune is not suggesting that all ethnic groups be accommodated — only the fifteen most popular ones. Does the popularity of a religion then determine the legitimacy of its claim to a holiday? How is a government body going to decide and justify where the line is drawn? Will it find that there are not enough Jews locally to justify Hanukah as a holiday? Are strict Catholics going to be forced to take off two Good Fridays? Is Satanism or Scientology a religion?
 
I don’t think government, local or national, should concern itself with such issues, just as it should not concern itself with deciding what religious symbols students may wear. Give everyone X days, to use as they please. If many students and teachers at a particular school are Kurdish, then the school will simply have fewer classes on Newroz. The state should treat all religions fairly by ignoring all of them, rather than trying to accommodate all of them — which is impossible — or just some, which is unfair. Welcome to the multicultural Europe of the near future.<\/span>Q: Tydligen ska Nationaldagen bli helgdag och Annandag Pingst tas bort. \u00c4r det bra att Nationaldagen blir helgdag? (Tycker du det \u00e4r riktigt att man tar bort en annan? \u00c4r det f\u00f6r f\u00e5 helgdagar?)<\/span><\/p>\n

A: Ja, men bara om vi tar bort en annan helgdag. Vi m\u00e5ste jobba mer, inte mindre!<\/p>\n

Q: Vilken \u00e4r den b\u00e4sta helgdagen och varf\u00f6r?<\/span><\/p>\n

A: F\u00f6r mig, \u00e4ven om jag \u00e4r belgier, \u00e4r b\u00e4sta helgdagen amerikansk Thanksgiving i slutet p\u00e5 november. Det \u00e4r icke-politisk, icke-religi\u00f6s, popul\u00e4r, utan presenter, pro-familien — liten som Midsommar, min favorit svensk helgdag.<\/p>\n

Q: Stefan, vad tycker du verkligen?<\/span><\/p>\n

A: Tack f\u00f6r fr\u00e5gan: Det finns fyra sorter helgdag<\/a>: Patriotiska, som Nationaldagen, religi\u00f6sa, som Pingst, politiska, som F\u00f6rsta Maj, och popul\u00e4ra (eller s\u00e4songsbetonade) som Midsommar och Valborgsm\u00e4ssoafton. Av de h\u00e4r f\u00f6redrar jag mest de popul\u00e4ra, sedan de patriotiska, och minst de religi\u00f6sa och politiska. Varf\u00f6r? Staten b\u00f6r inte f\u00f6redra en religion mer \u00e4n en annan eller en politisk tilltro mer \u00e4n en annan, d\u00e4rf\u00f6r att medborgare b\u00f6r vara j\u00e4mlika i statens \u00f6gon. Om vi ska \u00e4ndra helgdagar, b\u00f6r vi minska religi\u00f6sa och politiska helgdagar, inte h\u00f6ja de.<\/p>\n

D\u00e4rf\u00f6r \u00e4r det bra att vi kommer att ha en ny patriotisk helgdag ist\u00e4llet av en religi\u00f6s helgdag.<\/p>\n

D\u00e4rf\u00f6r, ocks\u00e5, tycker jag inte om vad Sigtuna socialdemokraterna<\/a> f\u00f6reslog<\/a>: inte bara ha lovdagar p\u00e5 skolor till protestantiska kyrkans h\u00f6gtider, men ocks\u00e5, till exempel, till Ramadan, den ortodoxa kyrkans l\u00e5ngfredag, och Newroz<\/a>, det Kurdiskt ny\u00e5ret. J\u00e4mlikhetsproblemet l\u00f6ses inte upp med att ha mer religi\u00f6sa lovdagar, d\u00e4rf\u00f6r att Socialdemokraterna vill ha lovdagar bara f\u00f6r de 15 st\u00f6rsta etniska grupperna. F\u00f6r att ha j\u00e4mlikhet, b\u00f6r alla religioner i Sigtuna har deras lovdagar. \u00c4r det m\u00f6jlig? Hur ska man best\u00e4mma var finns gr\u00e4nsen? Om det finns bara n\u00e5gra Judiska familjer, far de inte har lov till Hanukah d\u00e5? Om jag k\u00e4nde mig Scientologisk, fick jag inte har lov till L. Ron Hubbards f\u00f6delsedag? Om jag \u00e4r strikt Katolsk, ska jag vara tvungen att ocks\u00e5 har lov till ortodoxa kyrkans l\u00e5ngfredag? Staten b\u00f6r inte avg\u00f6ra s\u00e5n saker (och inte heller vilka religi\u00f6sa symboler \u00e4r acceptabel). S\u00e4kert inte nu att Sverige kommer att ha \u00e4nnu mer invandrare.<\/p>\n

Det \u00e4r b\u00e4ttre att ge b\u00e5da studenter och l\u00e4rare X antal lovdagar, som de f\u00e5r anv\u00e4nda hur de vill. Det g\u00e4ller ocks\u00e5 f\u00f6r Protestanter, sj\u00e4lvklart, och f\u00f6r gudsf\u00f6rnekare. S\u00e5 blir staten riktigt neutral p\u00e5 religi\u00f6st \u00e4rendet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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