Afraid of The Easter Bunny

Political Correctness, a social disease that continues to destroy American traditions, has claimed yet another victim. Elementary schools around the country have begun to ban Easter egg hunts as well as prohibiting the muttering of the term "Easter" bunny.

This is an example of how ridiculous things are getting. After anything associated with Easter was deemed "offensive" at one particular Alabama school, teachers decided to improvise. Instead of having the familiar Easter Egg hunt, they came up with the idea of having an "academic egg hunt" in which quiz questions would be placed inside of the plastic eggs. Seems innocent enough, right? Not quite. The school administrators decided that eggs were too closely related to Easter. So, to in to reach a politically correct climax, they decided to use different shapes for the "eggs".

In another attempt to "compromise", these potential brain surgeons agreed to allow teachers to refer to the "Easter" bunny, however they were prohibited from using the word "Easter". Yeah, make perfect sense to me....

Schools in Illinois, California, South Carolina and Pennsylvania have also followed suit in turning Easter into the latest 4-letter word. Some schools have watered down the traditional events by renaming them Spring Egg Hunt and the Spring Bunny.

You can't make this stuff up, folks. This falls right in line the "winter holiday" which we used to bravely call Christmas. Although the left preaches tolerance and diversity, it seems like they're noticeably quiet when it comes to defending anything that has to do with Christianity. Many view this as a progressive attempt to devalue Christian beliefs.

Easter is obviously a Christian holiday which celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Although the Easter Bunny and Easter eggs are viewed as symbols of the holiday, they have very little, if nothing, to do with the actual crucifixion and rebirth of Christ. So, what's the big deal? It's not like we're forcing the kids to take Communion or sending them home with the Good News Bible. 

Although not directly related and for different reasons, there was a time when the US Congress banned the traditional Easter Egg Roll. Way back in the mid-19th century, children used to to gather on the Capital Building lawn every Easter Monday. There, armed with spoons and spatulas, they pushed hard boiled eggs around the lawn. The kids had a blast as the Capital's front lawn became the kid's playground for the day. However, Congress, who was struggling with budget problems during the mid-1870's, saw the Easter Egg Roll as a landscaping maintenance issue that was ultimately costing them money. So, in order to protect the precious lawn, Congress passed the Turf Protection Law in 1876. The kids would now have to find a new place for their traditional festivities.....

In 1878, at the urging of several children, President Rutherford Hayes moved the Easter Egg tradition to the south lawn of the White House where it still, surprisingly, continues today.

Political correctness continues to run rampant through our society. When Peter Cottontail winds up on the endangered species list, we've seriously lost our way. If you happen to see an Easter bunny over the weekend, throw some extra love his way. God knows he could use it.....

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