Oh, the outrage!
President Joe Biden on Friday issued a proclamation recognizing March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility, just as he has commemorated the day every year since he has been in office.
March 31 does not move around. Easter does. This year the two coincide. Cue the culture warriors who paused from biting the heads off chocolate bunnies to work themselves into another manufactured tantrum.
Oh, the frumious affrontery! Oh, the Antichrist of it! Oh, the persecution of Christians by a Catholic president who attends mass each Sunday!
House leadership voiced their outrage, as did the Trump campaign, demanding an apology from the White House. The White House pushed back, saying that “as a Christian who celebrates Easter with family, President Biden stands for bringing people together and upholding the dignity and freedoms of every American.”
The Transgender Day of Visibility, observed on March 31 each year, was started by advocates 15 years ago as a way to celebrate transgender people and raise awareness of the discrimination they face.
Easter falls on a different date each year that is determined by a calculation related to lunar phases — the overlap between the two this year is coincidental. It is common for there to be multiple proclamations for the same date: Easter Sunday will also be Cesar Chavez day.
Oh, the unbiblical blending of celebrations of one brown-skinned community organizer with another!
In his Friday statement marking the globally celebrated day, Biden affirmed the rights and freedoms of all transgender Americans. Highlighting the rise of extremism against transgender youth in particular, Biden referenced the proliferation of laws that “target and terrify transgender kids and their families,” including bills that ban books with LGBTQ+ content and threaten health workers providing gender-affirming care.
In a statement to POLITICO on Saturday, White House spokesperson Andrew Bates added that, “it’s unsurprising politicians are seeking to divide and weaken our country with cruel, hateful, and dishonest rhetoric. President Biden will never abuse his faith for political purposes or for profit.”
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign released a statement calling on Biden to “issue an apology to the millions of Catholics and Christians across America who believe tomorrow is for one celebration only — the resurrection of Jesus Christ.”
Catholics and Christians? The campaign adviser likely had to explain to Trump (with pictures) that the Feast of the Resurrection and name of a Germanic spring goddess are already an unholy mating of Christian and pagan. All those LGBTQ-flag-like colors and bunnies and eggs unborn chickens.
Don’t count on the traveling Trump Bible salesman to apologize for his “insanely deperate” Holy Week stunt.
Onward, Christian soldiers
marching as to culture war
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