War on Easter

Because Easter eggs and the Easter Bunny are so not pagan!

Update:
Think Progress:

As sure as April showers bring May flowers, so too does Fox News every year around this time announce that there is “a War on Easter.” Last year, Bill O’Reilly suggested the Easter bunny was “under attack.” After embarrassing himself and his colleagues, O’Reilly eventually acknowledged, “There is no attack on Easter.”

This year, John Gibson is carrying the “War on Easter” mantra, hailing it today as “an incredible development.” Gibson cited efforts by the city of Walnut Creek, California, to rebrand the Easter bunny as the “spring bunny.” “Is this political correctness gone too far”? Gibson wondered.

We change facts to fit religion:

In ancient Egypt, the rabbit was also recognized as a symbol of fertility and renewal. This belief spread to the Greeks and then to the Romans who shared it with the rest of Europe. The Celts and other early European groups celebrated the festival of Eastre, a goddess of the dawn associated with springtime. Her symbol was the rabbit, the most fertile animal and a symbol of new life. Many people think that the modern feast of Easter developed from springtime feasts to honor Eastre. That's why the holiday is called Easter!

During the Middle Ages, the rabbit became associated with eggs since they were both symbols of fertility and rebirth in the spring. The Easter Bunny as a holiday symbol delivering candy and eggs is thought to have started around that time in Germany. German writings from the 1500s contain the first mention of the Easter Bunny. Strangely enough, the Easter Bunny is not a female. The Easter Bunny became a symbol of Christ rising from the dead. To fit into this role, the female fertility symbol switched gender and became a boy!