Commentator Lauren Chen has hit out at the US President Joe Biden for "minimising" Easter in favour of Transgender Visibility Day.
This year due to a quirk caused by the spring equinox, Easter Sunday fell on the same date as the day that is used to recognise transgender people and raise awareness.
On Good Friday Joe Biden said: “On Transgender Day of Visibility, we honour the extraordinary courage and contributions of transgender Americans and reaffirm our nation’s commitment to forming a more perfect union – where all people are created equal and treated equally throughout their lives.
“I am proud that my administration has stood for justice from the start, working to ensure that the LGBTQI+ community can live openly, in safety, with dignity and respect.”
Speaking to Patrick Christys on GBN America, Chen said: "There is this whole debate in the US at the moment because the Biden administration came out quite forcefully to recognise Transgender Day of Visability. This past weekend was Easter Sunday.
The most important day for Christians of the year. The White House did have their usual Easter egg hunt but it seemed on social media at the very least, that the focus was definitely on Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Even when it came to the Easter egg hunt it seems like the White House was trying to portray the secular version of Easter.
"Where we just talk about eggs and the Easter Bunny and we minimize any relation to Christianity, and certainly to Jesus Christ, there has even been reports that people at the White House were told to keep the religious symbolism down.
"If not, get rid of it entirely when it came to things like decorating Easter eggs. So a lot of Christians are feeling like this is a slap in the face."
Chen is not the only one to have storng views on the day. Caitlyn Jenner, who came out as transgender in 2015, also agreed that the day should be celebrated by Christians.
Taking to X she wrote: "I am disgusted that Joe Biden has declared the most Holy of Holy days - a self-proclaimed devout Catholic - as Transgender Day of Visibility. The only thing you should be declaring on this day is ‘HE is Risen’."
US President Joe Biden marked the day on social media
ReutersChen explained: "It's for ideological commitment, not actually a sign of solidarity with any trans people.
"I think more and more Americans are waking up to how these leftist activists have really captured the White House, unfortunately.
"This is not something that regular Americans who are worried about inflation, and energy prices. They don't care about trans day of visibility."
Properly known as International Transgender Day of Visibility but often shortened to Trans Visibility Day, the date to recognise members of America’s transgender community was founded by Michigan-based activist Rachel Crandall in 2009 and has taken place on 31 March every year since
Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican candidate, has vowed to introduce November 5 as "Christian Visibility Day" if he is elected.Speaking at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Trump said: "And what the h*** was Biden thinking when he declared Easter Sunday to be trans visibility day?... Such total disrespect to Christians.
"And on November 5, it is going to be called something else. You know, it's going to be called Christian Visibility Day."