My dude you are falling for blatant propaganda
Joe Biden did not “replace” nor “cancel” Easter to make room for Trans Day of Visibility. TDoV falls on March 31st every year (and has for over 15 years) and happens to coincide with Easter this year. He celebrated both with posts on Twitter, even posting about Easter first.
Furthermore, the waffle about “banning religious imagery from White House Easter Celebrations” is blatantly false. This policy has been in effect for decades; Joe Biden had no part in it. If anything, this policy is religious freedom in action. By openly utilizing Christian imagery, the government would be promoting Christianity, and thus would violate the First Amendment’s freedom of religion, which prevents the government from directly supporting a specific religion.
I do not like Joe Biden. He is a war criminal, an ineffective leader, and is too old and senile to be in office, but he did nothing remotely wrong here and you are getting mad over nothing. These holidays can—and should—coexist. Trans people deserve to have their voices heard and to live as they want without fear of violence or persecution. Trans Day of Visibility does not at all take away from or diminish Easter. Acknowledgement that Trans people exist is not at all a violation of religious liberty.
As a fellow Christian, get real and do better.
Happy Trans Day of Visibility to all the Trans folks out there. You are seen and loved by God, however you live.
Happy Easter, he is risen.
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Bc celebrating a holiday, regardless of its origins, isn’t necessarily an endorsement of any religious practices associated with it. Plenty of atheists celebrate Easter or Christmas or wish their Muslim friends a happy Ramadan.
Then why is religious imagery banned? It’s just a way to celebrate a holiday.
I’m not entirely sure. I imagine it’s a case-by-case basis depending on how much secular imagery is available, but I imagine since there’s plenty of readily available secular imagery available to use (bunnies, pastel colors, eggs, chicks, etc.) choosing to prioritize religious imagery over more neutral or secular imagery is pretty blatantly going out of one’s way to promote the religious elements of the holiday. If I’m simply wishing a happy Easter to a broad audience is completely neutral, but if I’m passing around cross coloring pages with bible verses on them to kids, it’s pretty clearly closer to proselytizing and is not neutral. The White House incorporating religious imagery into their celebrations is not at all the same as neutrally celebrating a holiday that’s grown to be a bit more secular as decades pass.
Adding on to that, christians are not being oppressed no matter how much alt right conspiracy theorists tell you otherwise. 65% of normal Americans and 88% of Congress are Christian so how Christians could possibly end up being oppressed is beyond me.
Exactly. Christians will never have to face violence persecution just for being who we are or believing what we want to believe, unlike Trans people or those who adhere to other religions. Christofascism is becoming more and more prevalent and is threatening the liberties and lives of other marginalized groups far more than the majority of Christians want to admit. If any singular group is doing the oppressing, it is Christians. That is sickening to me.
This is a decent response! I do agree that Joe Biden didn’t try and cancel easter