Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: FPP Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Let's go Brandon! Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 07:04:57 -0400 Organization: Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh Wgah'nagl Fhtagn. Lines: 114 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: fredp1571@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2024 11:05:00 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5ccd3ca40f145295fb2f48dc9543631c"; logging-data="4086961"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+wMIa0SlOlltw//CeT8Ove" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.10.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:oeKYCSg8MON8sVQJun9M8qzdWsw= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 5573 > On 4/3/24 5:51 AM, The Horny Goat wrote: >> On Tue, 02 Apr 2024 04:30:47 -0400, Ubiquitous >> wrote: >> >>> President Joe Biden said on Monday that he did not declare this >>> Easter Sunday >>> as Transgender Day of Visibility. >>> >>> Biden’s claim comes after he has faced outrage from Christians for >>> issuing a >>> proclamation about it and posting about it on social media on Easter >>> Sunday. >>> >>> “Today, on Transgender Day of Visibility, I have a simple message to all >>> trans Americans: I see you,” Biden wrote on X. “You are made in the >>> image of >>> God, and you’re worthy of respect and dignity.” >>> >>>     Today, on Transgender Day of Visibility, I have a simple message to >>>     all trans Americans: >>> >>>     I see you. >>> >>>     You are made in the image of God, and you're worthy of respect and >>>     dignity. pic.twitter.com/ihvsJrXEyd >>> >>>     — President Biden (@POTUS) March 31, 2024 >>> >>> A reporter asked Biden about the matter during the White House Easter >>> Egg >>> Roll. >>> >>> “Mr. President, what does Easter mean to you, sir?” the reporter >>> asked. “Sir, >>> what does Easter mean to you?” >>> >>> Biden, who claims to be a “devout Catholic,” responded: “Time for >>> forgiveness >>> and people getting together and a little bit of love and no >>> phoniness. Be >>> straight with people.” >>> >>> The reporter responded by highlighting criticism from House Speaker Mike >>> Johnson (R-LA) about Biden proclaiming that Sunday as Transgender Day of >>> Visibility. >>> >>> “And Mr. Speaker Johnson the other day said, sir, Speaker Johnson >>> said you >>> betrayed the tenet of Easter by proclaiming Sunday, Easter Sunday, as >>> Transgender Day. He called it outrageous and abhorrent,” the reporter >>> said. >>> “What do you say to Speaker Johnson?” >>> >>> “He’s thoroughly uninformed,” Biden claimed. “I didn’t do that.” >>> >>> WATCH: >>> >>>     BIDEN: “He’s thoroughly uninformed.” >>> >>>     During the annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House, EWTN’s >>>     @owentjensen asked the President about Speaker Johnson calling out >>>     the White House for proclaiming Transgender Day on Easter Sunday. >>> >>>     Video by Sara Canals, DC Correspondent for… >>>     pic.twitter.com/SGE0qMZrZk >>> >>>     — EWTN News Nightly (@EWTNNewsNightly) April 1, 2024 >>> >>> Amid the ensuing backlash, the White House issued a statement suggesting >>> Biden meant that he hadn’t been the one who established the >>> Transgender Day >>> of Visibility or specifically chosen March 31st for its recognition this >>> year. >>> >>> “President Biden is right. He did nothing in conflict with the >>> ‘tenets of >>> Easter,’ which he celebrated yesterday, nor did he choose the date of >>> March >>> 31st for the Transgender Day of Visibility, which has been set sine >>> 2009,” >>> White House Spokesman Andrew Bates told Fox News Digital in a statement. >> >> I'm afraid I disagree with Newsweek magazine's "fact checkers" in >> their declaring outrage to be 'false' >> https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-joe-biden-create-transgender-day-visibility-easter-1885518 >> >> >> and note that the fact that Jenner took the same position as Ubi and I >> makes my point. >> >> Oh well - at least Biden didn't make his pronouncement on Good Friday >> ..... >> Then you're dead wrong too. Read what Newsweek wrote, and tell me where they have it wrong. > While Biden did officially acknowledge March 31 to be TDoV, he also did so in 2021 when Easter fell on April 4 that year. > > The day was set by a Michigan-based advocate to raise awareness of the plight of transgender people and to celebrate their achievements. > > The first TDoV was celebrated in 2009 when Easter occurred on April 12. Since then, the two dates coincided only twice: in 2013 and in 2024. > > Biden did not invent TDoV, nor set the date to deliberately clash with Easter, which is on a different date every year. What do you disagree with in that? -- "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a man’s mind." - OC Bible 25B.G. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ek8kap93bmk0q5w/D%20U%20N%20E%20Part%20II.jpg?dl=0 Gracie, age 6. https://www.dropbox.com/s/0es3xolxka455iw/BetterThingsToDo.jpg?dl=0