Spring Bunny

Yeah, 5 years and NOW someone's crying...

What people need to understand is the words connotate *christian* beliefs...of which not all Americans share. To me it's not PC, it's establishing a new mindset of what our country is. All the time christians use justification for trying to push yet MORE religious doctrine through our legislature (gays can't marry?) with well, we ARE a christian nation. Guess what, we're not, and there's one way to make sure you start thinking of us as a nation of PEOPLE and not a nation of CHRISTIANS...remove the christian parts of anything governmently backed.

If it REALLY doesn't matter if it's an Easter bunny or a Spring bunny because it no longer is treated religiously by the public, then why does it matter if they change the name? I'm not offended by the word Easter, but I AM offended that the christians think it's ok to promote Easter publicly and scream at anyone, ANYONE, else that has the gall to try to have their faith in public, let alone practice it there. http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/mass4.htm And while some of the things done may have been a bit off...I believe these statements are VERY telling:

Rev. Paula P. Durrant of the Congregational Christian Church of Somerset declared that it is "a sign of sad times" when opinions of religious leaders are not promptly acknowledged by politicians.

According to the Herald News, signatories of the letter warned: "In our region there are a variety of groups, witches, Devil Worshippers and representatives of many other religious beliefs. We fear that the creche and the menorah would be compromised even more should other groups seek to have their symbols included."

If your religious beliefs are compromised over something like that, then hey, your faith must be on pretty shaky fuckin' ground.