As a pre-teen and teen during World War II, I vaguely remember reading a newspaper article titled “Bulletin From the Front.”

Today we are in another world war. This one is an all-out cultural struggle between progressives and traditionalists. Over the weekend we witnessed a skirmish involving warriors from both sides, and this is a report on that event.

On Good Friday President Biden issued a proclamation which stated in part, “I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 31, 2024, as Transgender Day of Visibility.”

Evidently this special transgender day has been around for a few years, and it has always been celebrated on March 31. It is normally a rather low-key event; and though I am a fairly well-informed citizen, I wasn’t aware of it.

This week Easter Sunday fell on March 31, and the conflict between President’s proclamation and this holy day was immediately seized upon by a few religious leaders as well as members of the political opposition. Along with this, they took offense at the prohibition of crosses and other religious symbols on eggs used in the traditional Easter egg roll on the White House lawn. This sort of prohibition may have existed before, but few of us had taken note of it.

The Biden administration has been very open in its support of the LGBT community, and a few members of that community have been appointed to high government posts.

A Catholic cardinal recently described Biden as a Cafeteria Catholic. The President selects some parts of Catholic dogma he agrees with, the rest he either ignores or opposes.

Perhaps urged on by his LGBT supporters, Biden often projects an “in your face” attitude in his dealings with conservative Catholics and Christian evangelicals. They respond in kind.

P.S. The Easter egg incident did not bother me that much. Easter eggs, along with the proliferation of bunnies, smacks of paganism and a springtime bacchanalia rather than reminding us of the Resurrection.