Congress reminds us that Christians are awesome.

[John Dibble]

I applaud this bold and risky move on the part of those brave Congressmen. Now, when will they get to making a resolution applauding us secular folk? That would be a much less dangerous thing to do.

[John Dibble]

Correct, if this was resolution on the Importance of Hanukkah and the Jewish faith and a congressman voted NO, they would be called anti semitic.

Do you really think either resolution is necessary??

I don't know about him, but I find every last one of the damn non-binding resolutions to be wastes of time and tax-dollars. On the other hand, they aren't making actual laws to f**k things up when they are busy with them, so it might be a good thing.

[John Dibble]

Christians suffer real persecution in other parts of the world, but in this country they've got it pretty easy. Think about it - when was the last time you heard of someone being beaten up or killed for being Christian in this country? Now how about someone who was gay or black? I'm betting you probably drew a blank on the former, but you've probably heard about numerous examples of the latter.

[John Dibble]

Way back in the days of Shakespeare, anti-Semitism was rampant; Jews were shunned, were routinely portrayed in hideous caricatures, were forced to wear a red hat to identify themselves, were forced to live in a ghetto to keep them away from good Christian folk, were barred from owning land or entering the professions, and this list goes on and on. 

But not in the country that Shakespeare lived in. Because it was illegal to be Jewish in England at the time.

I'm pretty sure it was illegal to be atheist too.