Editing Christ out of Easter

What IS the purpose of a religious holiday if we delete the religious references? If we refocus on some sort of "Spring Holiday"? And who would do this? Would the president of the United Liberals States do it? Hop on over to Flopping Aces and read what he did.

President Obama literally edited Christ out of his “holiday greeting” today when he excerpted a sermon given by a military chaplain on Iwo Jima on Easter Sunday 1945.

Below is the relevant paragraph from Obama’s holiday greeting today: