On a related note, just before I finished working at a London local authority about three years ago, I received an internal communications email stating that (I kid ye not) people who followed religions were entitled to an extra three days off per year. The message was accompanied by an enormous list of dates of supposed religious significance (most of the Christian ones, I'd never heard of) from which you had to pick. Atheists were apparently not entitled to these days off!
[/quote]

Just let them try!So by the same argument do are atheists not permitted Xmas Day, Good Friday off? If most so called Christians in the UK were required to demonstrate their religious committment then Bank Holidays would be no more. However these days usually coincide with the pagan festivals which gave them their name, ie Easter...