[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 951 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 951

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the symbols 
 and traditions of Christmas should be protected for use by those who 
                          celebrate Christmas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 8, 2009

 Mr. Brown of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. 
 Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Carter, 
 Mr. Duncan, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Inglis, Mr. Rogers of 
 Kentucky, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Jones, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Franks of Arizona, 
   Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. Sam Johnson of 
 Texas, and Mr. Souder) submitted the following resolution; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the symbols 
 and traditions of Christmas should be protected for use by those who 
                          celebrate Christmas.

Whereas Christmas is a national holiday celebrated on December 25; and
Whereas the Framers intended that the First Amendment of the Constitution, in 
        prohibiting the establishment of religion, would not prohibit any 
        mention of religion or reference to God in civic dialog: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
    (1) recognizes the importance of the symbols and traditions of 
Christmas;
    (2) strongly disapproves of attempts to ban references to 
Christmas; and
    (3) expresses support for the use of these symbols and traditions 
by those who celebrate Christmas.
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