School Renames Easter Bunny 'Peter Rabbit'

http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3018390&page=1 ^ | April 7, 2007

[ConservativeStatement]

April 7, 2007 — A Rhode Island public school has decided the Easter bunny is too Christian and renamed him Peter Rabbit, and a state legislator is so hopping mad he has introduced an "Easter Bunny Act" to save the bunny's good name.

"Like many Rhode Islanders I'm quite frustrated … by people trying to change traditions that we've held in this country for 150 years, like the Easter bunny," Rhode Island State Rep. Richard Singleton told "Good Morning America Weekend Edition."

[ConservativeStatement]

Slowly but surely our society is becoming increasingly vulgar.

Happy Easter everyone!!!

[RKB-AFG]

Indeed, Happy Easter.

[ladyinred]

Good grief, how many are sick of this? Can you imagine this happening to any other religion in this country?

[Diogenesis]

Some religions are just 'more equal' than others.

[GulfWar1Vet]

How about we get rid of that rabbit in the first place?

This whole thing is just rubbish. There's no rabbit in connection with the Resurrection.

But I realize that the United States is not Christian and this rubbish will continue on.

Btw..Happy Resurrection Day!

[alancarp]

The Easter bunny is about as Christian as these “educators” apparently are authorities about Christianity and history.

[ConservativeStatement]

A local radio talk show host Howie Carr recently had a “Political Correctness Gone Too Far” topic. One woman called to say St. Patrick’s Day was renamed at her school due to the religious connection. It was renamed. Wanna guess to what? Get ready......................................it was renamed “Green Day.” Aw, how nice!!! Maybe it was to honor crappy liberal pop-rock bands.

[ndt]

Are you sure is name is not Peter? I always assumes “Easter Bunny” was more of an official title.

[celtic gal]

Bunnies have nothing to do with the real meaning of Easter.

[oyez]

Christians will soon assume the same status of Jews of Nazi Germany.

[DemforBush]

Jiminy Cricket! Of all the things school officials could be doing with their time (and our tax dollars) they go after THE EASTER BUNNY?!?

The world’s gone mad.

[ndt]

"Christians will soon assume the same status of Jews of Nazi Germany."

Just Wow! Does the word "hyperbole" mean anything to you? Heres a couple of hints to start you off. Jews did not make up 90% of Nazi Germany and they had bigger things to worry about that the renaming of children's storybook characters.

[SIDENET]

Sounds like a great public school. < /barf>

[mware]

A Blessed Easter to all.

Billy Bunny

[Dr. Frank fan]

How ignorant does someone have to be to think that the Easter Bunny is "too Christian"?

[AnAmericanMother]

Well, I think I can make a somewhat tenuous case that the Easter Bunny has SOME connection with the meaning of Easter . . . .

Our friend The Venerable Bede (author of the Ecclesiastical History of the English, circa 731) tells us that the English name "Easter" came from an ancient Anglo-Saxon goddess named Eostre.

Eostre's representative animal or totem was a rabbit.

So there's at least SOME connection!

[Dallas59]

IDIOCY!
A rabbit and eggs has nothing to do with Easter. Nothing.

[MarkL]

“Hippitus, Hoppitus, Anu Dominae” (sp?)

Mark

[MarkL]

You obviously didn’t see the latest episode of South Park, where it’s all explained...

Mark
(Newest member of the “Hare Club for Men”)

[dandelion]

If they have the authority to rename stuff, so do I!

YAY!! And I will rename Rhode Island “Pinky von Schnoodle Island” in kind! But why stop there? Let the renaming of all things commence!