CNS News - NY University Will No Longer Observe Jewish, Christian Holidays

March 23, 2012

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By Brittany Smith, CNSNews.com

The American Center for Law and Justice is urging the president of New York's Stony Brook University to reverse a decision that ends a long-standing practice of closing school in observance of major Christian and Jewish holidays.

The ACLJ calls the move "an unnecessary, ill-advised change that demonstrates hostility to members of all religious faiths."

The university decided earlier this month to no longer cancel classes for Christian and Jewish holidays in what it says is an effort to ensure that some religions aren't given special treatment.

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