What’s so scary about the Easter Bunny?

It never ceases to amaze me how so many fine left-winged folks claim to be fighting for multiculturalism, but so many times their answers focuses on putting a damper on any culture they find offensive.

Before you stick your finger in your ear and start humming, I am not against multiculturalism, as long as it includes everyone’s culture.

Recently the Buddhist temple in Port Arthur was highlighted in the news as part of a cultural celebration.

I think things like this are great!

I may disagree with the Buddhists on their religious beliefs, but it is a major part of some cultures and should be accepted as such.

Here is the kicker.

Some of the same folks who would praise the publicity surrounding the Buddhist temple cringe at the thought of Christmas Trees or Easter bunnies.

I read an article this week about a city that got rid of its "Easter Bunny" and replaced it with a "Spring bunny" because some might be offended at the word Easter.

Give me a break.

If I'm not mistaken, the Easter Bunny is based on pre-Christian fertility lore and adopted by Christians and non-Christians to celebrate the season.

I have not met any preacher that would say the Easter bunny comes from the bible.

I would say that makes it multicultural.

But because it is part of tradition associated with Christianity, the so-called multiculturalists want it eliminated (see article at the end of this post.)

Experience has taught me that the far far left wing bible reads something like this:

1) All religions are good except for Christianity, it should be silenced.

2) Everyone is the same, equally good or bad. There are no groups that are, as a collective bad, except white people. They are the only ones that are racists.

3) Freedom of religion is the same as freedom from religion, but freedom of the press is different from freedom from the press (far-left folks want it both ways.)

4) A child should be able to dress like a gansta-rapper in school but a child bowing his head to pray before lunch is distracting and offensive.

5) Etc, Etc...

These are things I attribute to the far left, not everyone on the left.

Can't we all just get along?

Let the Hindu's wear their bright colors during Holi.
Let the Muslims pray facing Mecca
Let the Christians and others have an Easter Bunny.

I know there are those that would say a school or a public office is not supposed to teach religion.

Accepting something is not the same as teaching it to others.

Society says we should accept homosexuality, and I agree.

This is different from teaching kids to be homosexuals (if one could do so.)

I say society should accept religious people and their customs.

This is different from teaching everyone to be a religious person.

If a kid wants to tote a bible at school, let him or her do so.

Lets get some balance in the way we judge others who are different.

Most everything has two sides.

When are we going to have REAL multiculturalism that accepts everyone, the extreme right and the extreme left?

Here is the article on the bunny:

It's been nearly five years since Walnut Creek, Calif., renamed its Easter Bunny the "Spring Bunny," but the name change became news this week after a resident wrote a letter to the editor protesting it.

City spokesman Brad Rovanpera said he was surprised by the media buzz and TV news trucks outside City Hall Thursday, attracted by a change instituted in 2003 with no controversy. The city's Spring Bunny reigns over annual "Spring Egg Hunts" in two city parks.

"This will be the fifth year we are doing it that way," Rovanpera said. "This is the first complaint that I have ever heard. In fact, no one has ever complained to the city that we know of. This is from a letter to the editor."

The author of the letter, a former newspaper reporter named Michael Runzler, said banishing the word "Easter" from the bunny and the eggs strikes a nerve with many people. He is happy the story is getting attention, even if belatedly.

"First people can't wish 'Merry Christmas' at a store, and now they've taken Easter away from the Easter Bunny," Runzler said in an interview. "Everyone is welcome to celebrate what they want to celebrate, but if you're offended by an Easter Bunny or an Easter egg, then maybe you should not participate."

Rovanpera said the city renamed the bunny and the egg-hunt events after receiving a complaint from a Jewish resident in 2001 who said she was concerned that the city was sponsoring an event linked to religion.

The debate may echo the so-called "War on Christmas" battles in which a coalition of conservative talk radio hosts and religious groups have tried to prod companies to greet customers with "Merry Christmas" instead of the more generic "Happy Holidays."

Last year there were complaints reported in Minnesota when some malls renamed their bunnies and eggs to delete the term "Easter."

"It's really not a big deal," said Lawrence Cunningham, University of Notre Dame theology professor. "I don't see any intrinsic value to the rabbit to the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

"The bunny is a fertility symbol with no religious connection to Easter," added Cunningham who was the Christianity editor for the HarperCollins Dictionary of Religion. "The egg, which was popularized in Greece, Russia and Eastern Europe in connection with Easter, does not have a religious connection to Easter. By taking away the term 'Easter,' these symbols to some extent return to their pre-Christian roots as symbols of spring fertility."