I think there's a huge difference between promoting and recognizing. It's not promoting a faith. But it is recognizing it. I'm all right with that. I'm also all right with being wished Merry Christmas, Happy Hannakah, Ramadan (or however you spell it), Passover, Easter or many of the others.
On any given day that Congress is in session, there are typically several of these sorts of resolutions - and there have been ones recognizing holidays of other religions. The more typical ones are recognizing individuals. There are often several a day recognizing people retiring from government service, for example.
Some staffer (probably an intern, who makes about enough money to share a house with 6 other folks in a dicy neighborhood) spent a half a day revising the text. The congresscritter's staff director, who is spending a few years doing that to make connections he or she can use for a high paid job as a lobbyist, spent a half hour reviewing it and handed it to the congresscritter. The member introduced it and it was voted on in maybe 10 minutes max.
Nobody whining over this seems bothered by the fact that Christmas is a national holiday.
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Re: Separation of church and state in action
Date: 14 Dec 2007 06:45 pm (UTC)Re: Separation of church and state in action
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Date: 14 Dec 2007 06:48 pm (UTC)We are supposed to be a tolerant people.
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Date: 14 Dec 2007 06:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 15 Dec 2007 02:00 am (UTC)Forgot to say I'm 23 days behind in the papers, or I would have known about this!
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Date: 15 Dec 2007 12:23 pm (UTC)Some staffer (probably an intern, who makes about enough money to share a house with 6 other folks in a dicy neighborhood) spent a half a day revising the text. The congresscritter's staff director, who is spending a few years doing that to make connections he or she can use for a high paid job as a lobbyist, spent a half hour reviewing it and handed it to the congresscritter. The member introduced it and it was voted on in maybe 10 minutes max.
Nobody whining over this seems bothered by the fact that Christmas is a national holiday.
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Date: 15 Dec 2007 03:50 pm (UTC)Bah!
Date: 16 Dec 2007 12:58 am (UTC)