The Easter Address
by The Hill-Man
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posted Oct 25 2011 3:57PM
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Let’s try to figure out why President Obama didn’t release a traditional Easter Statement, like most of his predecessors have. Does the man hate peeps or something?
In 2007, President Bush said “Let us join together and give thanks to the Almighty for the glory of his grace”. In 2008, he said “Easter commemorates our Savior’s triumph over sin and we take joy in spending this special time with family and friends”. On Sunday, it appears President Obama most likely said “what time are we teeing off this afternoon?”
In a country built on judeo-christian values, with a predominately Christian population, there is something odd about ignoring an Easter statement or message. Is he doing it just to screw with his critics? Or is he concerned about acknowledging this country’s Christian tradition to the muslims around the world he seems hell-bent on bending over backwards to placate?
I don’t care if the President issues religious holiday statements or not. But why would he go out of his way to issue statements on all of the major Muslim holidays but ignore Easter? It’s like Cam Neely thanking everybody but Michael Ryder for that game five win the other night. Most of this country was celebrating Easter Sunday. At Church, with family, or chomping at a Honey-Baked Ham, it’s what we were doing. I’m sorry, but most of us were not observing Hajj, or Eid-ul-Adha, as much as this “citizen of the world” might wish we were. And, of course, we got full presidential statements for those days.
There’s nothing wrong or offensive with this country’s religious history. I’m not a religious person but I can appreciate the role it played in the founding and formation of our country. I’m tired of those who walk around on Easter egg shells, terrified of owning up to what we are. We are a country that, for the most part, celebrates religious holidays like Christmas and Easter. There’s nothing wrong with that.
The White House began the traditional Easter Egg Hunt in 1878. It seems like next year, it ought to be called the Christ Hunt. Let’s see if we can find what happened to any mention of Jesus when it comes to Easter. By the way, there was an 8 page statement commemorating Earth day.
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