[url=http://vdare.com/pb/050326_easter.htm]VDARE reports[/url]:
“Fans of our ever-popular annual competition to determine the most egregious attempt to [url=http://vdare.com/pb/2004_christmas_p20.htm]abolish Christmas[/url] will not be surprised that Easter is being abolished too, even in its most inoffensive furry form. ([url=http://www.nbc5i.com/family/4307679/detail.html]‘Easter’ Bunny Gives Way To ‘Spring’ Bunny: Local Mall Goes P.C. For Religious Holiday,[/url] Dallas-Fort Worth nbc5i.com)
Needless to say, this inspires us at VDARE.COM to wish all our readers a determinedly incorrect Happy Easter.”
I’ll echo that – Happy and Blessed Easter, Mr. Kalb and fellow Turnabout regulars!
and it isn’t just confined to Texas:
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/001757.htm Michelle Malkin notes the same phenomenon going on in Florida: see http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2005/03/11/s3b_bunny_0306.html here.
The Secularization of Easter
Ditto to Will S. One way to combat this tendency is to wish everyone a Happy Easter, which I have done more than ever this year. Will S. deserves a God Bless You for reminding us of our situation.
I hope our contributors who happen to be Jewish are encouraged to help us in this respect as the Christians among us are mindful of our Jewish roots.