Not to quibble, but conservatives are unnecessarily up in arms about Howard Dean.
On March 30th, his Passover press release (no longer available on the DNC web site) stated:
On Monday night, Jews around the world will begin celebrating Passover, a week-long holiday that commemorates the Israelites’ freedom from persecution and slavery.
And on April 6th, his Easter press release stated:
Easter Sunday is a joyful celebration. The holiday represents peace, redemption and renewal, a theme which brings hope to people of all faiths.
Several commentators are blustering about Dean’s failure to mention Jesus in the second release, implying that he accorded more respect to the Jewish religious tradition than the Christian one.
From my reading of the second press release and what I can find of the first one, I disagree. I think he accorded the same level of respect to both traditions.
He simply ignored God in both.