{"id":2210725,"date":"2024-04-01T15:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T19:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crack-in-the-case-the-real-reason-you-wont-see-religious-symbols-painted-on-easter-eggs-at-white-house\/"},"modified":"2024-04-01T15:21:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T19:21:46","slug":"crack-in-the-case-the-real-reason-you-wont-see-religious-symbols-painted-on-easter-eggs-at-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crack-in-the-case-the-real-reason-you-wont-see-religious-symbols-painted-on-easter-eggs-at-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Unveiling the Mystery: Why Religious Symbols are Absent from White House Easter Eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcrack-in-the-case-the-real-reason-you-wont-see-religious-symbols-painted-on-easter-eggs-at-white-house%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2210725&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden faced criticism over Easter festivities\u200b as Republicans accused the administration of excluding religious egg art in White House\u200c traditions. A flyer for an Easter art contest sparked controversy by\u200c prohibiting religious \u2063symbols on egg designs. Despite pushback, the American Egg Board supported the long-standing tradition. \u200cThe\u200b rule in question predates the Biden administration. President Joe Biden received backlash for allegedly excluding religious\u2064 egg art from White House Easter traditions, causing controversy \u200cover an Easter art contest flyer that banned \u2064religious symbols on egg designs. The American Egg\u200c Board stood by the tradition, emphasizing its longstanding support despite the rule predating \u200dthe current administration.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> scrambled the political landscape over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/easter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Easter<\/a> weekend, with Republican critics accusing the administration of banning religious egg art as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"White House\">White House<\/a> Easter tradition. <\/p>\n<p>The source of the squabble was a <a href=\"https:\/\/firstliberty.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024_Youth_Art_Egg_Flyer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"flyer\">flyer<\/a> promoting an Easter art contest for children of National Guard families, part of the White House\u2019s Easter events, including the long-standing White House Easter Egg Roll tradition. The flier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/religious-themed-designs-banned-white-house-easter-egg-art-contest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> the egg art \u201cmust not include any questionable content, religious symbols, overtly religious themes, or partisan political statements.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>American Egg Board CEO Emily Metz responded to the eggshell art quarrel, lending the organization\u2019s support for the Easter tradition. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American Egg Board has been a supporter of the White House Easter Egg Roll for over 45 years and the guideline language referenced in recent news reports has consistently applied to the board since its founding, across administrations,\u201d Metz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/conservatives-shell-decades-long-white-house-easter-egg-contest-rcna145771\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>While the president received considerable backlash from frustrated Republicans over the flyer, Jill Biden spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EAlexander46\/status\/1774171002684993579?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> the rule predates the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American Egg Board flyer\u2019s standard non-discrimination language requesting artwork has been used for the last 45 years, across all Dem &#038; Republican Admins \u2014 for all WH Easter Egg Rolls \u2014 incl previous Administration\u2019s,\u201d she posted on X. <\/p>\n<p>The American Egg Board\u2019s rule was adopted in 1978 under President Jimmy Carter and has been in place ever since. However, this isn\u2019t the first time the American Egg Board has fried up controversy. In 2008, the egg company tried to direct $3 million into opposing a California ballot measure that would ban strict confinement of farm animals. <\/p>\n<p>In 2013, the board tried to get government regulators to stop the production of \u201cJust Mayo\u201d vegan egg products and in emails allegedly joked about \u201cpooling our money to put a hit\u201d on Josh Tetrick, the founder of the food startup company Hampton Creek, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/la-fi-egg-board-investigation-20161007-snap-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according<\/a> to the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/?utm_source=google&#038;utm_medium=cpc&#038;utm_campaign=WE_Search_Brand-Keyword_2024&#038;gad_source=1&#038;gclid=CjwKCAjwtqmwBhBVEiwAL-WAYfvPm-WTiR0qqeCgWwMsX8g1H7si-xdAWHz66vkVIJxNKtXlZaIONhoC6ngQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Then-CEO of American Egg Board Joanne Ivy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2015\/oct\/23\/usda-investigate-american-egg-board-hampton-creek-just-mayo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"stepped down\">stepped down<\/a> following the free market controversy. <\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden was also in the hot seat over the weekend for reiterating the International Transgender Day of Visibility, which fell on Easter Sunday this year, leading to backlash from religious groups and Republicans who have criticized the administration for not acknowledging the religious meaning of Easter.  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden sparked controversy over Easter weekend as Republicans alleged a ban on religious egg art in a White House Easter tradition. 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