Democratics are Anti Christmas

With all of the truely important business that Congress should be doing, they are doing ni-picky stuff like voting on something that already exists. It does not matter that a couple of idiots voted against it; there will always be idiots. The real issue is: this Congress cannot get anything of substance done. They have a majority and all they ever do is rant and rave and mess with unimportant issues. When will they fix some of the important messes, that the country needs fixed?!

I'm with Mntlward...why in the world is this even being brought up in Non-progress Congress?! And yes, this whole thing is just plain garbage for the reasons you put down and for the question I posed. Time for a /facepalm. -_- Sigh... -_-

Hello Bobmnu, After reading your question, I did a cursory search for a list of the 9 Democrats who voted "nay" on this measure. I have not yet found such a list. If you, or anyone else has any knowledge of who the nine are, I would appreciate your sharing it. As for this most recent vote: it is not the first of its kind, nor will it be the last. The below link provides a list of the 22 Democrats who, in Dec. '05 voted against protecting the symbols & traditions of Christmas. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/1545121/posts Although I understand the voices who question the substance of such seemingly frivolous votes, it does remain the job of Congress to protect Constitutionally recognized rights in this great land. Given that the courts continue to hear annual challenges to the display of Nativity scenes and Menorrahs, it would seem that there is an ongoing war against certain religious symbols & traditions, despite the abundently clear text of our Founding Documents. So, as long as their are Scrooges out there who desire to quash Christianity & Judaism, in favor of secular PCism, then Congress must address these types of bills. I would offer this one caution though: It is not average Democrats who oppose the observance of Christmas, it is the Democrat Party and its leadership. And, the reason is simple: the Democrat Party of Joe Lieberman, Sam Stratton, JFK, etc ... has been replaced by closet Socialists. Socialism & religion don't historically 'play nice in the sandbox'. There IS a reason why Socialist Republics have historically banned religion -- religion threatens the 'all mighty' standing of government. I've seen statistics ranging from the high-80 to the mid-90 percentile of Americans who are Christian or Jewish, and who support the traditional symbols of this holiday season. This means three things: 1. Many American Democrats are Christian or Jewish, and support the traditions of Christmas/Hanukkah. 2. Today's Democrat party is not representing their base, nor are they supporting and upholding the U.S. Constitution. -AND- 3. Every citizen, regardless of political or religious pursuasion, should be outraged!!!

I think both of those resolutions violate the establishment clause of the first amendment and all should have voted against both of them. Since when did we need Congress to vote that Christmas is important to people, anyway? That's just ridiculous.

lol.. cant we just say "holiday season" and get that thing over with.. i mean, its not even that important.. look at darfur..

"It seems that some democratics see it as alright to vote for holidays of a minority of people but vote agains a majority holiday." The key here is "some", not ALL Democrats as your title implies. It's no more fair to judge all Democrats by a small group of them who for some reason felt like "making a statement" than it would be to judge all Republicans by a man who would say women should be submissive to their husbands or one who states his favorite possession is his trophy wife! This "War Against Christmas" is getting just as ridiculous as the whole "Freedom Fries" bit - let's just get over it and live our lives as we see fit and treat others accordingly. Merry Christmas from a life-long Democrat! Annie