April 17- Pet Peeve Monday

Why is EVERYTHING political?

The traditional White House Easter egg roll turned political this year. This annual celebration dates back to Ruther B. Hayes in 1878. This year, hundreds of gay parents with their children, all wearing a rainbow colored lei, decided to swarm the event in force. They wanted to make sure they were easily identifiable for all of the news networks to see.

I’m all for other non-traditional parents enjoying the things we “normal” parents experience. The midnight diaper changes, the projectile vomiting, the time-outs, the unfortunate meltdowns in public, etc. But Easter egg rolls are about the Kids, not your sexual orientation or deviation, your inclusion or exclusion from society. IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS.

And while I’m on the Easter subject, how does the resurrection of Jesus Christ get connected to a chocolate Easter Bunny, multi-colored eggs and fake blue grass? Not even Kevin Bacon can make that connection in six degrees.