Reps. Eric Cantor, Bobby Scott to give back to community Wednesday

On Wednesday, November 27, 2013, Congressman Eric Cantor (VA-7) and Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-3) will volunteer at the Central Virginia Food Bank and help prepare weekend backpacks for children who do not have reliable access to nutritional meals other than those provided at school. This is part of an ongoing #ServiceRVA effort to encourage more people to give back to the community.

From the Weekend BackPack Program website:

Around the region, you’ll find many teachers who can tell you about a student who came to school on Monday, not reluctant to start the school week but eager to get back to school after going through Friday evening, all day Saturday, and all day Sunday without a square meal—or knowledge of a source for their next meal.

Those children are the reason we started the BackPack Program.

The BackPack Program is one of FeedMore’s major initiatives to ensure that children in need have balanced, nutritious food they need to learn and grow. The concept is simple: children at risk of weekend hunger receive a bag of food that is child-friendly, nutritious, nonperishable, and easy to prepare/eat. Each BackPack offers enough food that children can easily assemble into six healthy meals over the weekend when schools are unable to provide breakfasts or lunches.

By partnering with Communities in Schools, school staff, and local school systems, the BackPacks are distributed to children in need through the school system—discreetly—each Friday afternoon or before a long holiday weekend.

The Weekend BackPack Program is looking for more partners. Go to the website for more information.

Democrats vote NO on resolution to honor Christmas

Virginia's Democrat congressman Bobby Scott was one of nine in Congress who voted "NO" to honor Christmas but he did not vote against a similar proposal to honor Islam and Hindu holidays.

Jerry at From On High quotes Michelle Malkin...

From the office of GOP Rep. Steve King:

Congressman Steve King reacted this morning to the nine “NO” votes on his resolution to honor Christmas and the Christian faith. The vote shocked Capitol Hill observers because votes on similar resolutions honoring the holidays of Islam and Hinduism passed without any NO votes.

Appearing this morning on the Fox News Channel’s Fox and Friends, King said, “The [nine] naysayers didn’t make it to the floor to debate. I would like to know how they could vote Yes on Islam, Yes on the Indian Religions and No on Christianity when the foundation of this nation and our American culture is Christianity…I think there’s an assault on Christianity in America.”

The nine Members voting NO were Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA), Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA), and Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA). None of the nine voted against resolutions honoring the Islamic holiday of Ramadan and the Hindu holiday of Diwali. [my emphasis]

Please note that every one of those who voted "no" was a democrat. What is going on in America when our representatives cannot treat the Christian religion as fairly and equally as they do other religions?

Carl Kilo at Spark It Up!! has a great post, Bobby Scott Hates Christmas, with contact info to send a message to Bobby Scott.

The Virginian Federalist has an indepth post, Rep. Bobby Scott on Great Religions of the World: Islam yes, Christianity not so much, that includes the wording of the resolution.