Naturally, today is Easter Sunday. While it is the most important holiday to Christians, it is largely ignored by our culture...in comparison to other holidays. Save the Easter bunny and Cadbury, there are few Easter marketing gimmicks that have had any staying power.
Today we will celebrate Easter in mass and worship services. We will eat traditional American, or Cuban, or Afro-Caribbean Easter dinners. We will dress beautifully. We will be with family. We will have Easter egg hunts and take pictures. We will be...well, happy.
We will be happy because we will be acknowledging the death and resurection of Christ, who came to this earth to be on the side of the poor and marginalized and who loved everyone regardless of their race, gender, sexual preference, or social standing.
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