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Politically Correct Easter

St. Paul, Minnesota on Rabbits and Grass, HAPPY EASTER:

"As government, we have a different responsibility about advancing the cause of religion, which we are not going to do," said St. Paul, Minn., City Council President Kathy Lantry.

She was supporting a move by the city Human Rights Director, Tyrone Terrill, who had asked that a cloth Easter bunny, pastel-colored eggs, and other Easter-related decorations be removed from city hall because they "could be offensive to non-Christians," according to Terrill. "We can't celebrate spring with bunnies and fake grass?" grumbled a city councilman. Nope, Lantry said. "It's not about being politically correct or anything else. Someone complained." (Minneapolis Star Tribune) ...But isn't offending everyone based on a complaint by one person the definition of political correctness?

"he said, it "could be offensive to non-Christians." Guess what?, bunnies and pastel eggs aren't Christian at all, but are rather pagan symbols relating to Spring fertility rites. Well yeah: that's the point of the story! That, and the lovely irony of this happening in a town named for one of the 12 Apostles.

We don't need any more fertility around here. Sigh.

Politicians can't even get 'politically correct' correct."

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