Letter to the editor: Holiest day of year marred by 'Transgender Day' designation

March 31, Easter Sunday, was a day I will never forget. Easter, the most significant day on the Christian calendar, a day when the Christian Church around the world celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, was proclaimed the holiest of holy days over 1,800 years ago.

On March 29, two days prior to this holiest day, President Joe Biden, a proud Roman Catholic, made the following proclamation, “NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 31, 2024, as Transgender Day of Visibility.” It should be noted that he has issued the same proclamation before and that people started recognizing Transgender Day of Visibility annually on March 31 since at least 2010.

The same day, I visited a friend in the hospital and had to show my driver’s license, of which a photograph was taken and imprinted on a badge that I had to wear while in the hospital. I then walked through a metal detector, and my suspenders set the machine off. I then underwent a body scan by two security guards. I wish we had the same criteria at our southern border for all the illegal immigrant invaders.

That evening, we had dinner at our home for family and celebrated the baptism of our youngest granddaughter.

Joseph Krill

Murrysville