Jesus for president!

While I was driving around town yesterday, I noticed lawn signs in front of various houses. I was racking my brain, trying to figure out if there was a special election coming up, and then got close enough to read the signs.

I think the sign manufacturer forgot the exclamation points. Easter! Jesus! He is risen!

Much like the "Jesus is the reason for the season" signs at Christmas, I suppose these signs are a way for True Believers™ to reclaim their holiday from those shady types who focus on bunnies and baskets and all those lovely Dove Truffle Eggs. A way to tell the Easter Bunny to step aside, because unlike the heathens across the street, with their plywood bunny cut-out on the lawn and their children running around finding eggs, we want to confirm our place in heaven. Or something.

But really, is faith so shaky and fragile that it needs to be proclaimed with a flimsy piece of vinyl on a couple of wires? Ignoring the pagan origins of the vernal equinox celebrations is fine, if it bothers you, but are you truly worried that someone might think otherwise? Or is it borne out of competition, a "We're more Godly than the Joneses" type of lawn sign arms race?

Yet another hallmark of the ongoing culture war, perhaps.