According to one report, a public school in Seattle decided to re-name Easter Eggs as “Spring Spheres” as part of a 3rd grade politically correct, religion free Easter celebration. The story has spread like wildfire across the internet with observers unsure what to condemn more — the removal of religion from an Easter celebration, the fact that Easter was being celebrated in any way in a public school, the obsession with political correctness, the fact that an egg is not a sphere, etc…
Even National Public Radio jumped into the mock-fest in Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me’s Lightning Fill in the Blank:
SAGAL: To avoid offending anyone, third graders at an elementary school in Seattle will only be allowed to have plastic Easter Eggs if they blank.
(Soundbite of gong)
Ms. O’CONNOR: If they bring in a note from their parents.
SAGAL: No, if they call them spring spheres.
(Soundbite of laughter)
Ms. O’CONNOR: Oh, that’s so irritating because they’re not spheres.
SAGAL: They’re not. They’re spring ovoids, but that’s not illative. Calling Easter Eggs, Easter Eggs could upset people who don’t celebrate Easter, not to mention all the poor chickens, who have to watch their young mercilessly stuffed with chocolate. So instead we get Spring Spheres. Spring Sphreres come in Solstice Baskets.
(Soundbite of laughter)
SAGAL: They’re delivered by the generous Candy Rabbit, a good friend to other inoffensive childhood heroes like Winter Fat Guy.
(Soundbite of laughter)
SAGAL: And the Tooth Confirmed Bachelor.
(Soundbite of laughter)
(Soundbite of applause)
But now the awkwardly named Seattle newspaper, the Post Intelligencer, is raising questions about the accuracy of the Spring Sphere allegation. They write:
Seattle Public Schools spokeswoman Teresa Wippel said Wednesday that the district does have a policy on religious holidays, but that it has not confirmed that the “spring sphere” incident actually happened. And the reporting so far has been a little vague….
True or not, Spheregate follows a few other well-known non-promotions of holidays. The city of Seattle purposely leaves out the word “Easter” from its annual community-center “spring egg hunts.”
And the Port of Seattle was pummeled over Christmas trees a few years ago, after a threatened lawsuit in 2006. They first removed the trees, then brought back, then said they weren’t Christmas trees, but trees that promote “peace and harmony.”
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Even if the pagans in Seattle spurn “Easter Eggs,” there’s always someone you can count on not to go wobbly:
“Oklahoma casino holding Easter egg hunt”
http://www.casinocitytimes.com/news/article/oklahoma-casino-holding-easter-egg-hunt-197059