Whipping the Easter Bunny

Easter today has both secular and religious aspects - but the existence of secular and other non-Christian features upsets many Christian who seem to want to retain Easter as a Christianity-only day. I don't think that they want to lose it the way they have lost Christmas; I'm not sure that whipping the Easter Bunny in church is quite the way to go about it, though.

WGAL reports on events at a memorial stadium in Glassport, Pennsylvania:

[P]eople who saw the show say they were upset by performers who broke eggs and pretended to whip the Easter bunny. People who attended ... quoted performers as saying "There is no Easter bunny." Melissa Salzmann said the program was inappropriate for young children. She said her son cried and asked why the bunny was whipped.

Next thing you know, they'll be scourging Santa Claus and crucifying cupid in churches. Might make for good movies, though - "The Passion of the Claus" by Mel Gibson?

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