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Rep. Riley M. Moore@RepRileyMoore · Apr 6, 2026

There's no federal holiday for Easter — the most important day in the Christian faith. @SenEricSchmitt and I think…

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A U.S. senator proposes legislation to make Easter Monday a federal holiday, arguing that Easter is the most important day in Christian faith and deserves official recognition on the national calendar like Christmas and Thanksgiving. The proposal aims to reflect the historical and cultural significance of Easter to American Christians and provide practical benefits for families celebrating the holiday.

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  1. #1

    There's no federal holiday for Easter — the most important day in the Christian faith. @SenEricSchmitt and I think that should change. We’ve introduced a bill to make Easter Monday a federal holiday. Here's why. 🧵

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    For hundreds of millions of American Christians, Easter isn't just a holiday. It's the central event in all of history. As Paul wrote: "If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain." But He is risen. And our public calendar should say so.

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    For centuries, Christians understood this truth. Easter inspired the greatest art, literature, and philosophy the world has ever seen — Dante, Shakespeare, Michelangelo, Mozart, Aquinas. All of them draw from Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection.

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    But our current public calendar does not reflect the central importance of Easter. We have federal holidays on New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, but as Easter always falls on a Sunday, we don’t set aside a day of celebration in federal law.

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    This must change. The law is a teacher. Right now, it's teaching Americans that Easter is an afterthought. The Easter Monday Act corrects that. It says clearly: honoring the Risen Christ is a national priority.

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    This isn't a partisan cause. More than 80% of Americans — Democrats and Republicans — celebrate Easter. Most other Western nations already observe Easter Monday as a public holiday. The U.S. is the outlier. It's time to fix that.

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    There are other practical benefits too. Right now, families who travel for Easter are forced to rush home Sunday night to make it to work Monday morning. Our bill would give them the breathing room to be fully present — with their relatives, in their churches, and at their dinner tables.

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    Just as Christ continued appearing to his apostles for 40 days after His resurrection, our celebration of Easter should not end at the strike of midnight. Easter Monday is an invitation to carry the meaning of Easter into our daily lives — and into the public life of our nation, which has been gripped by a culture of death for far too long.

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    The timing matters. In just 7 years, we mark the 2,000th anniversary of the Passion, death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. That milestone will be one of the most significant moments in the history of the world. We should be preparing for it.

  10. #10

    The Easter Monday Act is a first step toward grasping the great commission that Our Lord Jesus Christ has given this great nation. Christ died so that we might live. Our law should recognize that — and our nation should never forget it.

  11. #11

    Read the full op-ed here in the @realDailyWire: dailywire.com/news/the-holid…