A Halloween Debacle

This year, Halloween fell on a Sunday.

To most places in the US that I'm familiar with, or know someone living in that area, this is not a problem.  In Utah, however, this is a serious issue for the many Mormon faithful who live here, and an equally frustrating issue for the rest of the population that disagrees (many Mormons included).

Some of the people connected to my personal Facebook account have seen me holding a disagreement with those who find it perfectly acceptable to change the day that a holiday falls on for religious reasons.  Some will argue that it's cultural and not religious, to which I would point out that in a heavily concentrated are of people of like faith, culture IS religion, and Utah is a gleaming example of that fact.

There are many people in my are a who disagree with me.  But who are they to decide how and when I celebrate a holiday?  Well, they'll say that they are, since part of that holiday involves visiting their home for candy.  I'm fine with that.  Don't decorate your house.  Turn off your porch light.  Hold true to your beliefs, however irrational and unfounded they seem to be to the rest of us.  Next year, when I decide to observe Halloween on October 29, 2011 - a Saturday - you would do well to not judge ME for observing the holiday as I see fit.  Once you can show me that such an act is accepted by your own standards, I will accept your standards when Halloween falls on a Sunday (Sabbath), Monday (Family Home Evening), Tuesday (Young Men), or any other day where there happens to be a conflict that means nothing to me.

Thank you.