...so you can cling to them along with your guns.
ROFLMAO!

This is a must have for their collection.

Biden, in an act of cultural appropriation, turned WH Easter celebration into a non-religious holiday by banning any mention of its religious origins, and also proclaimed Easter day a trans appreciation day.  
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Trump associated himself with Bibles.

Joe regularly attends church on Sundays and will do so on Easter.  
Trump regularly golfs on Sundays and I would not be surprised if he did so on Easter.
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Joe reads the Bible.
Trump sells Bibles.

There should be a complete separation of church and state so this is appropriate. Egg hunts and easter bunnies, which are what will be celebrated at the white house, are of pagan derivative and have nothing to do with Christianity. March 31 was declared trans awareness day 15 years ago, it just happens to land on Easter this year, Biden had nothing to do with it.  
I support individual Liberty so I don't give two shits if Trump or Biden go to church on Sunday, just like I do not care if any other human goes to any other religious ceremonies.  
Do you guys spend any time actually verifying information before spouting this nonsensical mumbo jumbo? I have not spent much time on this board and was really hoping for some philosophical discussions, but I guess at this point just a pipe dream.  
Disappointing.

biden goes to church doesn’t mean he is a good Catholic
I go to MLB games, doesn’t mean I’m a major league player

Thanks for the tip!!

Yeah, the dearth of trans holidays forced Biden's hand.

Easter timing is based on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox.  Therefore Easter can occur anywhere within a month period between late March and late April. This was done in order to associate it with the Jewish Passover, which Christians believe is when Jesus was crucified.  Unlike Passover, Easter is always on a Sunday.  Easter usually follows Passover, but due to Jewish calendar differences, sometimes Easter is about a month earlier than Passover.
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There is no reason for pagans to follow either Christian or Jewish calendars.  If pagans celebrate spring it would be on or about the vernal equinox which would be March 20/21 time frame.

71% of the population of the USA are Christians. (2014 survey)
6% are non-Christian (Jewish 2%, Muslim 1%,  other world religions 3%)
7% atheist/agnostic
0.5% new age
16% undecided
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Paganism is a religion, the government should not celebrate paganism if being religious neutral.  And it looks like only one in two hundred people might be pagan (new age?)  

OK, I will go over this again, really slow, for those in the back. Paganism can be dated back to 10,000 years, much older than Christianity. There is no logical reason for pagans to follow the Christian or Jewish calendars, just like there is no logical reason for Christianity to also use pagan symbols of eggs and rabbits, but they do. I do not care if the majority of humans in the US worship Jesus or another entity, our constitution was clearly written that there is to be a compete separation of church and state, which is the way it should be. So yes, the celebration being done at the White House today  is constitutionally correct. If you consider yourself a Christian you have the ability to celebrate this day anyway you wish, just like anyone else, but no, political figures should NEVER be using tax payer dollars to fund a celebration that is focusing and highlighting one faith, which they are not doing today, which I support.

As of 2020 the percent that identify as Christians is currently 64%. It is in decline about 1% per year per the trending data.  

Now I know who decides if someone is "good" and "devout" enough to be a member of a particular religious cult. I guess being a MAGA cultist qualifies swallowme. Good to know.

The question about paganism should not be celebrated because of it being a religion I think is valid. The problem though is that different sects of pagans worship just about everything including trees, flowers, animals, to the earth to even sex.

Two points, just like everyone else  

NOT committing adultery by fucking a pornstar while his wife is at home with his newborn son does not make Biden a good Catholic.
NOT fucking prostitutes does not make Biden a good Catholic.  
  (http://www.cnn.com/2018/03/22/politics/karen-mcdougal-donald-trump/index.html )
  (After Trump fucked Playboy Model Karen McDougal he tried to give her money.)
NOT running a fake charity does not make Biden a good Catholic.
NOT running a business convicted and fined for business fraud does not make Biden a good Catholic.  
NOT being charged with racial discrimination against blacks -- TWICE -- for not letting them lease apartments on his properties does not make Biden a good catholic.
(Do you really want me to keep going?)
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Biden has regularly attended church services most of his life. ~50 Sundays per year x 50+ years = ~2500 sermons. If those were the ONLY occasions that Biden opened his bible to follow along with the pastor, that would more bible reading than Trump will ever do. ... probably more reading of ANYTHING than Trump will ever do.
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As a Catholic, Biden is against abortion. As POTUS, Biden is President of ALL Americans, including Catholics who are pro-choice and non-Catholics who are pro-choice. Biden believes in the Constitution and the separation of church and state. The US is governed by the Constitution and NOT by the Jerry Falwell's interpretation of the Bible. The Bible does not mention abortion at all. Abortion was NOT a political issue for Catholics at all UNTIL bible-thumping Falwell made it an issue for personal reasons.  
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Bible-thumpers, such as Falwell, are those with pretensions to superior sanctity that want to impose **their personal** Christian Values on EVERYONE.  
Bible-thumper: (1) an aggressively zealous advocate of Christian fundamentalism (2) a person who expounds or follows the teachings of the Bible in an aggressively evangelical way.
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http://www.christianity.com
Christianity.com
*****How Christians and Bible Thumpers Are Not the Same*****
"A Bible thumper is defined as being “an aggressively zealous advocate of Christian fundamentalism.” Bible thumpers are similar to the Pharisees ..."

A long winded convoluted post dishonestly twisting and distort everything.
So many words to say nothing.  

I can understand succumbing to confirmation bias in regards to the plethora of literature that suggests the basis of everything comes from the pagans of antiquity.  However one has to realize we all live in the same reality.  So Christians raise chickens and eat eggs too.  And they are happy at the coming of spring, or the end of winter.  They didn't really need pagans to notice this stuff.
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Let start with Easter eggs.  Until the 17th century when the Church began to liberalize Lenten fasting, eggs were forbidden to be eaten during Lent (along with other animal meat and products.)  It is possible to keep farm fresh unwashed unrefrigerated eggs for "weeks" but not forever.  Therefore at the end of Lent there was always a surplus of eggs nearing the end of their edibility window.  Of course Easter Sunday is going to have a lot of eggs eaten in celebration.  Don't need pagans to point the way on that.
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The Easter bunny first appears in German literature also in the 17th century -- not antiquity.  The 17th century Germany was not a pagan age.  Christianity took root in Germany around the 7th century, so the German Easter bunny appeared 1000 years after Christianity was common in Germany.  So we have an abundance of eggs for Easter due to the Lenten fasting restrictions and a story arises about bunnies and eggs -- a fun activity for kids, probably to keep them eating the surplus of eggs day after day so as to not let them spoil and be wasted.   Where are the pagans in this?
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By the way, rabbits only became cultivated in European farming in the middle ages.  So it is likely that any association of spring with the Easter bunny rabbits was home grown Germany in the middle ages and not pagan antiquity.
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The defense rests.

You also misinterpreted, misconstrued, misrepresented what I said by making false, misleading, untrue, wrong and incorrect statement. But that’s OK I understand that happens with elderly people. However in your brief moments of lucidity if you think to actually read what I post you may actually learn something.
Unfortunately those moments may be few and far between these days.  

On more than occasion, Biden has addressed the difference. The most recent one:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-abortion-catholic-faith-roe-v-wade-got-it-right/
"I'm a practicing Catholic. I'm not big on abortion," Mr. Biden, who is only the second Catholic president in history, told supporters. "But guess what? Roe v. Wade got it right."  ...
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""Roe v. Wade cut in a place where the vast majority of religions have reached agreement," he said, noting that during "the first three months or thereabouts, in all major religions" the decision to obtain an abortion is between a woman and her family. ..."
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/07/joe-bidens-faith-comes-through-speech-quoting-hymn-bible-verse/6210854002/
Biden's faith comes through in speech, quoting Catholic hymn and Bible verse
[One of many quotes. Religious commentators note Biden's frequent use of the Bible in his speeches.]
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http://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2021/january/president-biden-inauguration-augustine-psalm-30-catholic.html
Biden Invokes Augustine in Call for American Unity.
Prayers, Bible verses, and reference to the ‘City of God’ set the stage for the inauguration of a Catholic president.
"In his inaugural address calling for national unity, President Joe Biden turned to Christian teachings, including the Psalms and Saint Augustine, to acknowledge the pain of the current political moment and his desire to bring Americans together around common values. ...
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"In his address, President Biden went on to quote Psalm 30:5, “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” ...
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When Trump was asked to name his favorite Bible he couldn't quote one. After thinking a bit, he said, "Well, I guess there's an eye for an eye."  
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Joe Biden's Easter message: "Jill and I send our warmest wishes to Christians around the world celebrating Easter Sunday. Easter reminds us of the power of hope and the promise of Christ’s Resurrection. As we gather with loved ones, we remember Jesus’ sacrifice. We pray for one another and cherish the blessing of the dawn of new possibilities. And with wars and conflict taking a toll on innocent lives around the world, we renew our commitment to work for peace, security, and dignity for all people. From our family to yours, happy Easter and may God bless you."
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Trump's Easter message (posted in all caps): "HAPPY EASTER TO ALL, INCLUDING THOSE THAT DREAM ENDLESSLY OF DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE THEY ARE INCAPABLE OF DREAMING ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE, THOSE THAT ARE SO INCOMPETENT THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT HAVING A BORDER AND POWERFUL WALL IS A GOOD THING, & HAVING VOTER I.D., ALL PAPER BALLOTS, & SAME DAY VOTING WILL QUICKLY END MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD, & TO ALL OF THOSE WEAK & PATHETIC RINOS, RADICAL LEFT DEMOCRATS, SOCIALISTS MARXISTS, & COMMUNISTS WHO ARE KILLING OUR NATION, REMEMBER, WE WILL BE BACK!"

When I said keep going I thought you would give us something substantial  

See that swallow me found his thesaurus. What you post is mindless drivel. Do any of your brain cells actually function?

And yet you are the only one repeating himself. Project much?

Wash, rinse, repeat. You have nothing to add of  any substance so you project and project.

What's the matter, snowflake? You can't handle the pushback, can you?  You may be the one who needs to find a new board. If not, can you at least have something new and, hopefully but unlikely, something interesting to say?

"I didn’t do that," Biden said when asked about proclaiming Easter Sunday 'trans day of visibility."
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We know, Joe.  You aren't in charge.  Someone else is running the White House. It ain't you.

I should have mentioned my cafeteria Catholic comment was made by the
Catholic Archbishop of Washington DC.

It is mindless only to elderly  
People who are in cognitive decline, such as you jizzlvr.

"Ypubare" ??? And you claim I'm in decline!!! Since you have little to no cognition to start with, any decline in your mental acuity is a frightening prospect indeed.

"trans day of visibility."  

"It is true that overtly religious egg designs are not permitted.  But it has been that way under every president since 1976 — INCLUDING UNDER DONALD TRUMP.

So if I push back against your bullshit that makes me elderly and in cognitive decline, huh? That's pretty dumb even for you.  Why do you hate senior citizens? Don't you realize that you are a senior citizen to everyone younger than you? I guess not because that would require cognition and mental acuity instead of the cerebral atrophy that exists in your brain.

I'm responding to you followme. I'm being attacked by two ageist bigots at the same time, so I need to distinguish between bigots.  

You pushing back does not make you elderly, what makes you elderly is the fact that you are old.  
You are clearly and irrefutably very sensitive about that fact, which is evidenced by your uncontrollable fits of rage about the topic and playing the victim yelling, screaming ageist.  

I know who you are responding to.  

Triggered much? That's as unhinged a rant as it gets. Don't hold anything back. Get out all your hate and venom. You simply can't handle anyone who disagrees with your malignant, myopic, and unmoored MAGA worldview.  I'm not surprised to learn you are a proud redneck. It comes through loud and clear, hillbilly.

You don't know my age. I'm probably younger than you. However, what you are doing is attacking based on age albeit an assumed age. It doesn't matter. That's ageism and it's wrong.  It's bigotry based on age and age alone. It's ignorant and it's abhorrent behavior.  Studies have shown that people who discriminate based on age usually possess other biases that are based on race, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, or religious affiliation.  Call it intuition but I'm guessing that you are a multiple bigoted offender.

Don’t be so sure of that.

How little you actually know. What I am is indignant and outraged by your bigotry, cruelty, and hate towards others. You inhabit a world that has been radicalized by lies, fear, hate, bullying, meaness, and bigotry and you love the cesspool that is your miserable existence. I find you disgusting, appalling, and a horrible excuse for a human being. Now go crawl back the rock you came from and leave good, decent people alone.

That was some temper tantrum.
But I found a few things you can try that might help.

Here's the ABCs of followme: Ageist. Bigot. Cultist. Now go crawl back under your rock.

I see you still know you’re ABC’s and that’s good because it means your decline is not total….  Yet

The I’m rubber your glue routine,  which is about 3rd grade level and it is sad to see he has declined to that point but that is what happens to some people when they get old.

Well you would certainly know about stupid. I'll make it simple with ABCs for you too, hillbilly boy. You are: Ageist, Bigot, Cultist. Now go crawl back under the rock with your little buddy.

Ageist, Bigot, Cultist.

You really are easily upset. Another indication of the elderly.

Come on Jazzy. The Catholic Church opposed abortion long before Falwell came along.  

The Catholic church has been opposed to abortion way before jizzy’s time and that was a long, long, long time ago.

Having trouble handling your emotions and is posting with anger and emotion. I'm just reiterating that you are an Ageist, Bigot, Cultist. Go find that rock.

Bubba is so clever and is showing off his ,vocabulary.  You are still an Ageist, Bigot, Cultist.

Oh don't get so angry and hysterical, hayseed. Embrace being an Ageist, a Bigot, and a Cultist just like you accept being a redneck fool.

I have no doubt that hillbilly bitches love their dumb redneck dickwads....probably the dumber the better.

Jealous? That would be a NO. Gobsmacked by your relentless redneck reactionism? That would be a big YES.

What part of NO don't you understand? And why do you keep repeating yourself? Who are you trying to convince? Us or you?

And I’ll explain in simple terms, just for you.

Project much? It's who you are. You can't help yourself. Ageist. Bigot. Cultist.

And acting like a fool does help you any either.

the esteemed philosopher G. Slick

Keep on twisting yourself in knots trying to give the impression you have won an argument. You must be resembling a pretzel by now.

Many Catholics were anti-abortion for a long, long time but it became a MAJOR POLITICAL / ELECTION issue in the late 70s, e.g., with Jerry Falwell and the Reagan campaign. and the Moral Majority in 1979 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Majority . The Hyde Amendment was 1980. (Did Falwell's political advocacy help to push it through?) I am not going to go over it with a fine tooth comb to give credit to Falwell or Hyde or some other advocate, so I hope we can agree that abortion as a MAJOR political issue took off around that time: late 70s, early 80s.  
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Prior to that time, it was NOT a political issue for the evangelical churches.  
http://www.npr.org/2019/06/20/734303135/throughline-traces-evangelicals-history-on-the-abortion-issue
"... In fact, the Southern Baptist Convention, they actually passed resolutions in 1971, 1974 and 1976 - after Roe v. Wade - affirming the idea that women should have access to abortion for a variety of reasons and that the government should play a limited role in that matter, which surprised us. The experts we talked to said white evangelicals at that time saw abortion as largely a Catholic issue. ..."
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So what happened?
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"... In short, desegregation. ... The second year of desegregation, the number of white students in the public schools in Holmes County decreased to zero. So where were these white students going? Well, they enrolled in private so-called segregation academies run by evangelical leaders as tax-exempt religious schools. ...
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"... And the gist of the [anti-discrimination court] decision was that any organization that engages in racial discrimination or racial segregation is not, by definition, a charitable institution. Therefore it has no claims on tax-exempt status. Many white evangelical leaders relied on those tax exemptions to operate their private, segregated schools in places like Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama and Virginia. And they felt entitled to those tax exemptions on religious grounds. The alarm begins to grow among various evangelical leaders, including Jerry Falwell, who of course had his own segregation academy in Lynchburg, Va. ...
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"... Weyrich understood that racism - and let's call it what it is - was unlikely to be a galvanizing issue among grassroots evangelicals. So he needed to find another issue. At the time, evangelicals were concerned about all sorts of things - government overreach for one, and also social changes around roles of women, gay rights and free speech. Then in 1976, something unexpected happened. [Jimmy Carter - human rights, enforcement of desegregation, ...] ...
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"... Weyrich said, "I found it; this is the issue that's going to work for us in order to mobilize grassroots evangelical voters: Abortion." ...
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ABORTION became a POLITICAL issue for the self-appointed Moral Majority in the late 70s in order to protect the taxpayer funding of segregated religious schools because "Vote for Segregation! Vote for White Power!" wasn't a good campaign slogan to recruit true Christians and evangelicals. It was "Vote Anti-abortion!!" and those candidates will just happen to also protect our tax exempt, tax funded segregated schools and other interests.