You’d think this bit of news is from The Onion, but sadly it’s not.
Yesterday the House passed H. Res. 847: Recognizing the importance of Christmas and the Christian faith. Yup, in case you didn’t know that Christmas is important to Christians, the House has reminded us of this. But the resolution goes beyond this simple recognition to tell us that (among other things);
“Christians and Christianity have contributed greatly to the development of western civilization;”
Given that the do nothing congress is spending their time pandering to Christians in this pathetic way, I’m going to present Scrappy’s Heroes of the Week Award to the following members of Congress who had the fortitude to stand up and vote Nay to this sad bit of legislative masturbation.
Bravo to:
Gary Ackerman, Gary [D NY-5]
Yvette Clarke [D NY-11]
Diana DeGette [D CO-1]
Alcee Hastings [D F-23]
Barbara Lee [D CA-9]
James McDermott [D WA-7]
Robert Scott [D VA-3]
Fortney Stark [D CA-13]
Lynn Woolsey [D CA-6]