All Aboard the ‘War on Christmas’ Pander Train

[beam me up scottie]

All Aboard the ‘War on Christmas’ Pander Train
December 20, 2015 by Ed Brayton

A resolution has been submitted in the U.S. House of Representatives that would express the sentiment of the House, in an entirely non-binding way, that Christmas is incredibly important and that the legislature “strongly disapproves of attempts to ban references to Christmas.” What attempts to ban references to Christmas? Your guess is as good as mine. The text of the resolution:

Mr. Lamborn (for himself, Mr. Forbes, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Flores, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Walker, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr.Babin, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Cole, Mr.Fleischmann, Mr. Hultgren, Mr. Barr, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Harper, Mr. Allen, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, and Mr. Yoho) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be protected for use by those who celebrate Christmas.

Whereas Christmas is a national holiday celebrated on December 25; and

Whereas the Framers intended that the First Amendment of the Constitution, in prohibiting the establishment of religion, would not prohibit any mention of religion or reference to God in civic dialog: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the House of Representatives—

(1) recognizes the importance of the symbols and traditions of Christmas;

(2) strongly disapproves of attempts to ban references to Christmas; and

(3) expresses support for the use of these symbols and traditions by those who celebrate Christmas.

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It probably goes without saying that all of the sponsors of the bill are Republicans, who are pandering just as fast as they can. Next they’ll be doing a resolution about the importance of apple pie and sweet old grandmothers.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2015/12/20/all-aboard-the-war-on-christmas-pander-train

[Yorktown]

1. Brace yourselves

[onager]

2. I'm enlisting! Where's my gun and Bible?

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[beam me up scottie]

4. That's a great collection!

[awoke_in_2003]

3. I grew up in the 70's

I'm going to keep the X in Xmas

[DetlefK]

5. How about the same for science?

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the methods and achievements of science should be protected for use by those who accept the scientific method.

Whereas science is a fundamental method of mankind in gaining knowledge and

Whereas the Framers intended that the First Amendment of the Constitution, in prohibiting the establishment of religion, would not allow religious beliefs to trump rational thought and mathematics: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the House of Representatives—

(1) recognizes the importance of the methods and achievements of science;

(2) strongly disapproves of attempts to ban or water down references to scientific theories in school-books; and

(3) expresses support for the use of these methods and achievements for the betterment of mankind.

[beam me up scottie]

6. But this is a Christian nation! And um...reasons.

I approve of your resolution but don't know how much support it would get from our lily livered politicians.

Tis the season to pander to the persecuted majority.