In late March - early April 2024, the news dispersed on the Internet that the American president proposed celebrating the day of the visibility of transgender people on Easter Sunday. We decided to check if this is true.
Messages that Joe Biden declared Easter day of visibility of transgender Meet on Information And entertainment Portals. This news was actively distributed by users of social networks ("VKontakte" X) And Platform blog. Some sources even say that the American president He forbade the Easter tradition. Published a resonant message and many popular Telegram channels: ""Live broadcast"(981,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Sanya in Florida"(455 000),"Dmitry Nicotin"(411 000),"Fisherman"(294 000),"Observer"(275 000) and others.
On March 29, the White House website was published Appeal Biden, in which he really announced March 31, 2024 during the day of the visibility of transgender. The American president noted that he is proud of his administration earlier by laws and programs that made the life of transgender people in the United States better and safer.
This year, on March 31, it fell and Easter Sunday - In those movements of Christianity where the Gregorian calendar is used (in particular, in the common Catholicism and Protestantism in the United States). That is why his political opponents reacted sharply to Biden's appeal. Thus, the press secretary of the campaign headquarters Donald Trump, the opponent of Biden in the upcoming elections in November, Caroline Livitt He called The current president and his administration apologize to the millions of American Christians, and also accused him of "many years of attack on the Christian faith." Representative of the Republican Party Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson declaredthat the Democrat Biden administration with this statement "betrayed the main principle of Easter." Other Republican politicians (for example, a senator from the state of Utah spoke out in a similar way Mike Lee and senator from Ohio James David Vance).
April 1 for charges reacted In the White House. The press secretary of the US President Karin Jean-Pierre said: “Every year over the past few years on March 31, transgender visibility day has been celebrated. And, as we know, for people who understand the calendar and how it works, Easter falls on different Sundays. And this year she coincided with the day of the visibility of transgender. " Jean-Pierre supported her deputy Andrew Bates, emphasizing that Biden chose on March 31 during the day of the visibility of transgender people. Commenting on criticism from the Republicans, he also notedthat "politicians seek to divide and weaken our country brutal, hated and dishonest rhetoric."
Indeed, the day of the visibility of the transgender people began to celebrate not in 2024, and the idea belonged not to Biden. In 2009, Rachel Crandall Crocer, Executive Director of the Transgender Michigan human rights group, Offered Declare on March 31 an international day of visibility of transgender people. In the early years, this idea was supported only by a few other non -profit organizations that help transperson in different cities of the United States, but over time it began to gain popularity. Last year, Biden joined the initiative - on March 31, 2023, his thematic was also published on the White House website Appeal.
Neither in Western nor in Eastern Christianity Easter There is no clear date. The Catholics, Protestants and other Western branches are the first Sunday after the full moon following on March 21 (that is, the day of the spring equinox), and for the Orthodox - the first Sunday after the full moon following April 3. These differences in the dates are due to the difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendar (old and new style). US Census Bureau calculated The dates of Easter celebration from 1600 to 2099 - over 500 years on March 31, this holiday falls only 22 times (the next will be in 2086). Orthodox Christians in 2024 Mark Easter on May 5, so they were not at all affected by a coincidence that caused such a wide resonance.
March 31, 2024 on the White House website was Published Congratulation of Biden in honor of Easter. On the same day, she passed in the White House celebration With all the attributes familiar to Western tradition: painted eggs, rabbits and flowers. President and First Lady Turned To those present and all Americans with congratulations. Probably, a statement to the Day of Visibility of Transgensers, despite the date that it has been celebrated for 15 years, was published two days earlier precisely in order not to “mix” these two holidays. However, this did not help Biden and his administration avoid criticism.
Thus, Biden did not declare Easter Sunday during the day of the visibility of transgender. It has been celebrated precisely on March 31 for a decade and a half, and Easter has been falling on different dates annually. In 2024, Easter in Western Christian movements fell on March 31, and it was this coincidence that caused the scandal. Bidden, like a year ago, only released his statement to the day of the transgender day in support of the American transperson. However, there is no reason to believe that he made it intent to undumig the significance of the religious holiday, to insult Christians and, moreover, replace Easter on the day of the sight of transgender people.
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