If religious practice are to be separated from the public, relative federal benefits should as well

org. The First Amendment was established to not only protect an individual's right to practice the religion of their choice, but to also protect that individual from [the religions] of others. It also sought to establish a boundary as to where no religions could be created by, and for, our government. The establishment clause of the First Amendment was designed to extend the understanding and capability of that protection by limiting the ability of the government to not only create religion, but promote one religion over another, or religion over non-religion. "The endorsement test, proposed by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, asks whether a particular government action amounts to an endorsement of religion. According to O’Connor, a government action is invalid if it creates a perception in the mind of a reasonable observer that the government is either endorsing or disapproving of religion. " From <. http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org...; "In Lynch v. Donnelly, the U. S. Supreme Court considered whether the inclusion of a crèche in a municipality's Christmas display was a violation of the Establishment Clause. This case involved the city of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, which owned a crèche and included it as part of an overall, elaborate Christmas display on the grounds of a park owned by a non-profit. The city's display included a depiction of Santa, reindeer, a Christmas tree, carolers, cut out figurines, and candy-stripes poles, in addition to the nativity scene. " From <. http://ffrf.org...; The Court deemed the crèche, or manger was unconstitutional as it favored Christianity over other religions in a display. As a precedent to my arguments, The application of separation and establishment had to be made. This example of separation depicts a certain amount of irony, as the holiday season (aside from the meaning of the actual word holiday) itself promotes religion, whether a particular religion, or religion itself. According to 5 U. S. Code § 6103 - Holidays From <. https://www.law.cornell.edu...; "The following are legal public holidays: New Year’s Day, January 1. Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. , the third Monday in January. Washington’s Birthday, the third Monday in February. Memorial Day, the last Monday in May. Independence Day, July 4. Labor Day, the first Monday in September. Columbus Day, the second Monday in October. Veterans Day, November 11. Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November. Christmas Day, December 25. " These dates and terms were confirmed at <. http://www.archives.gov...> . "Though other institutions such as state and local governments and private businesses may use other names, it is Federal policy to always refer to holidays by the names designated in the law. " From <. http://www.archives.gov...; The creation of these dates and names, especially Christmas Day, into law, is a direct violation of the establishment clause. Partially in the term holiday, originally crafted from the word holy, and day Though it has been accepted later in history to also mean a vacation or celebration unrelated to religion, it shares meaning with religious connotation, not excluding it. Wholly, however, in the Definition of Christmas, previously established as a Christian holiday. From <. http://dictionary.reference.com...; As the correlation of legal precedence and religious connotation associated with the aforementioned dates has been established, it is reasonable to conclude that the policy regarding endorsement of religious activities is not extended to the benefits encouraged by the government in the form of the new definition of holiday.