Q Toon: Republican Day of Risibility

March 31 was Easter Sunday in the Western Heterodox Christian Church, and also Transgender Visibility Day on the social issues calendar. The White House took note of both events, issuing declarations of well wishes.

"Transgender Americans are part of the fabric of our Nation. Whether serving their communities or in the military, raising families or running businesses, the help America thrive. They deserve, and are entitled to, the same rights and freedoms as every other American, including the most fundamental freedom to be their true selves."

Republicans in government and media were apoplectic. How dare this White House sully Resurrection of Our Lord Sunday by giving a nod to those heathens in conflict with their assigned gender! 

The campaign of Corrupt Former President Donald Trump fulminated that merely acknowledging transgender Americans was "appalling and insulting." Parson of the House Mike Johnson called it "outrageous and abhorrent" and a "betrayal of the central tenet of Easter."

I'm not quite clear on how the central tenet of Jesus not accepting death as the final word is that gender is forever fixed and immutable. Perhaps that's explained in one of those $59.99 Trump Bibles.

Meanwhile, Charles Moran, President of the GOPlgbtq- organization Log Cabin Republicans gave a pearl-clutching interview in Newsweek, in which he exclaimed that he was "awe-struck that nobody in the White House thought that it might be prudent to possibly move the trans proclamation up or back a day, so it didn't directly conflict with the most important holiday in the Christian faith."

Of course, if they had moved Transgender Visibility Day back a day, it would have been on the day of the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. No doubt Republicans would have had their knickers in a knot over proclaiming Transgender Visibility Day at the same time that the Biden-Harrises had invited scores of innocent little children onto the premises.

By the way (as Mike Peterson beat me to the punch in observing the other day), Eastern Orthodox Easter will be on cinco de mayo this year. Brace yourself for further right-wing high dudgeon if the White House acknowledges both of those.

Have yourself a shot of tequila every time you hear some Republican utter the phrase "central tenet of Easter."

Just remember: it was the Corrupt Trump Administration that was responsible for letting Easter fall on April Fools Day in 2018. You'll never see Joe Biden letting that happen on his watch.