desertrat
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So what did the 9 Democrats who voted against this have a problem with?
U.S. House resolution praises Christmas | DesMoinesRegister.com | The Des Moines Register
House passes Christmas resolution
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So what did the 9 Democrats who voted against this have a problem with?
U.S. House resolution praises Christmas | DesMoinesRegister.com | The Des Moines Register
kwillia
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Thanks for finding and posting this article. I was listening to a discussion abou this on Foxnews this morning and was stunned to hear the 9 that votesd against this voted 'Yay" for the previous resolutions on Ramadan, the Islamic holy month, and Diwali, a festival of importance to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains.
It made absolutely no sense to me that they would do this.
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kwillia
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I agree that there was no reason for any resolutions at all. That being said, how could representatives of a collective public believe they are in a position to pick and chose which major religions to "recognize" or "denounce". It's stupid.
desertrat
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MMDad
Lem Putt
The nine nay votes:
Ackerman
Clarke
DeGette
Hastings (FL)
Lee
McDermott
Scott (VA)
Stark
Woolsey
This_person
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Interesting you equate the importance of religion with the importance of oxygen!
That being said, it is a waste of time, no doubt about that AT ALL. Make one blanket "we support religions" vote (for campaigning sake), then get on with the business of the nation's business.
desertrat
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I did hear on Fox that two of them are from CA.
jrt_ms1995
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You'd think maybe their time would be better spent on the overdue budgets.
Xaquin44
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Interesting you equate the importance of religion with the importance of oxygen!
In that they are both equally stupid things for congress to waste time on, yes
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bcp
In My Opinion
anyone else find the recognition of oxygen amusing?
and, I would not put it past them to waste a couple weeks arguing the fact while something like oh,, troop safety sat on the back burner.
Toxick
Splat
As someone who enjoys eating more than breathing, I am totally offended that you would choose to recognize oxygen before food.
KEEP YOUR AEROCENTRISM TO YOURSELF BIGOT!!!!11!~!
Vince
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Kerad
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I would've voted against it solely to protest the time wasted on such useless garbage. Yes, let's piss around voting on whether Christmas is officially important.
desertrat
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I would've voted against it solely to protest the time wasted on such useless garbage. Yes, let's piss around voting on whether Christmas is officially important.
I think he only did it because some other dope got the other religions holidays recognized. Kind of making a statement.
MMDad
Lem Putt
I would've voted against it solely to protest the time wasted on such useless garbage. Yes, let's piss around voting on whether Christmas is officially important.
If they voted against other useless garbage, I'd agree with you. But these same nine voted for equally useless garbage like:
Recognizing the 100th anniversary year of the founding of the Port of Los Angeles
Expressing sympathy and pledging to support the victims of the devastating flooding in southern Mexico
The great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known and designated as the Emancipation Hall
Recognizing the close relationship between the United States and the Republic of San Marino.
And many, many more.
This wasn't a stand against worthless garbage, it was a stand against recognizing Christmas and Christianity.
Kerad
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Some of those sound like a waste of time, as well. Though I do understand that some of these might be necessary for diplomacy's sake. And the one about the Capitol Visitor Center may be procedurally required, as many of these types of things are.
Recognizing Christmas (or any other holiday) as "officially important" is a waste of time. Just because the US "officially" loves Christmas doesn't make it any more or less important than it already was. It's importance and value is determined by each individual. No government resolution is going to change anybody's view about it...one way or the other.
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Kerad
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Yeah, I know. Kind of like a bunch of little kids. If you give one kid a cookie, you better have a cookie for all of them.
It's not as if these resolutions are creating the holiday itself. These holidays existed (and were observed) long before our wonderful lawmakers declared them officially "neat-o".