Re: "Speak Out Loudly Against This Evil": Internet Erupts Over Biden Declaring Easter "Trans Day Of Visibility"

On Tue, 02 Apr 2024 13:14:34 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
wrote:
 

On Tue, 02 Apr 2024 04:30:51 -0400, Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net>
wrote:
 

I also suspect this announcement would not have been made if it
were during a Moslem holy holiday, like Ramadan.
 

That's my entire point.
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(Though to be fair Ramadan is a month long and this year is from
March 10 - April 9 whereas Good Friday and Easter are both single day
Christian days though Easter is the highest of all Christian "high
holy days" even above Christmas.
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(As far as Good Friday goes "Friday isn't important without
Sunday...."  - in fact Christianity - St. Paul specifically - says
that one cannot be a Christian without believing in the Easter
narrative)
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Again Biden is a seasoned enough pol that he KNOWS what kind of
reaction would be coming and therefore in my view both knows and
doesn't CARE. I cannot believe he has forgotten what day Sunday was.
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As I said earlier, he's either ignorant or not caring of the feelings
of the predominant religion in America and whichever of the two it is
it isn't a personal quality I would expect to see in any presidential
candidate particularly in an election year. 

 
Or as a long time Catholic and church going Christian he doesn't have
the same feelings that you and BTR appear to think all Christians
have. Luckily they aren't a monolith that all think the same and a
significant number feel that we should be accepting of our fellow Gay
and Trans people.