FFRF objects to S.D. Gov. Rhoden’s Good Friday state leave announcement

FFRF objects to S.D. Gov. Rhoden’s Good Friday state leave announcement

The Freedom From Religion Foundation strongly objects to South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden’s decision to grant administrative leave to all state employees for Good Friday and Easter Monday while explicitly urging them to “celebrate the resurrection of our good Lord.” FFRF was contacted by a nonreligious state employee who found the governor’s March 21 email announcing the decision exclusionary and alienating. The email was sent to all state employe…