WASHINGTON, DC –The Chairman of the national advocacy group In God We Trust today condemned the votes of nine members of Congress who yesterday opposed a resolution recognizing the importance of Christmas and the Christian faith.  Eight of those representatives supported a similar resolution in October acknowledging the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

            “What do these members of Congress have against Christmas, and why is it ok to recognize Ramadan but not a day held sacred by a majority of Americans?” asks Council Nedd, In God We Trust’s chairman.

            “Both of these resolutions recognize that Christianity and Islam are each ‘one of the great religions of the world’ and each opposes bigotry and persecution.  I see no legitimate reason why a duly elected representative of the people of the United States would oppose the Christmas resolution but support the Ramadan one,” Nedd adds.

            “It seems that in America we have at least eight members of Congress who have such hatred for Christians that they cannot even bring themselves to recognize the importance of Christmas to a vast majority of their own constituents,” he continues.

             The nine members of congress who opposed the resolution recognizing Christmas (H.Res. 847) are:  Gary Ackerman (NY-5), Yvette Clarke (NY-11), Diana DeGette (CO-1), Alcee Hastings (FL-23), Barbara Lee (CA-9), Jim McDermott (WA-7), Bobby Scott (VA-3), Pete Starke (CA-13) and Lynn Woolsey (CA-6).   All but congresswoman Lee supported H.Res. 635 which recognized the beginning of Ramadan.  Representative Lee did not cast a vote on that measure.

             In God We Trust is a national political advocacy organization with nearly 50,000 supporters across the country.  It is organized as a special project of AHEAD, a non-profit organization that has been determined by the IRS to be tax-exempt under the provisions of Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code.  In God We Trust is committed to providing an active voice in opposition to the special interest groups dedicated to banning God, religion, and America’s religious history from public display and public discourse.