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Campaign to have St.Patrick's Day a holiday in the US

This is a discussion on Campaign to have St.Patrick's Day a holiday in the US within the Foreign Affairs forums, part of the Topical Discussion category on Politics.ie. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/nort ... 247272.stm Unlikely to happen but good luck to them....
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Unlikely to happen but good luck to them.
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Its a stupid publicity stunt. I cannot see the US congress recognising yet another religous holiday, which is what St. Patricks day is, even if that point has been lost on many to p*ssed to care on the day.
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Is May 5th a holiday?
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I see where the Americans are coming from on this. We wouldn't like it if every nationality here demanded their national day became a holiday here.
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Its a stupid publicity stunt. I cannot see the US congress recognising yet another religous holiday, which is what St. Patricks day is, even if that point has been lost on many to p*ssed to care on the day.
how about JFK day then,,and make that day march 17th,
God i love being Irish,,,
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Why is it under UK news?

PS. Sorry for the off-topicness!!
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It's under the Northern Ireland section, which as I'm sure you are aware, is in the UK.
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It's under the Northern Ireland section, which as I'm sure you are aware, is in the UK.
Fully aware, I was merely asking why the story as a whole was in that section, both the UK and Northern Ireland section?
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Why would anyone in AMerica adopt St. patrick's Day as a holiday? The Irish in Ireland have already abandoned it, it seems to be now just a holiday for the immigrants and a chance for them to dance around.
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The crucial unifying factor for the nation that American public holidays play is based to a large extent in their universality, in their not catering to specific ethnicities. Interestingly, the public holidays only apply to federal employees; the rest of the nation just generally plays along.
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