Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean is taking flak from some evangelical Christians for issuing an Easter statement that did not mention Jesus Christ or His resurrection. Dean is being criticized for a DNC press release that described Easter Sunday as a "holiday [that] represents peace, redemption and renewal, a theme which brings hope to people of all faiths."

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American Family Association chairman Don Wildmon has called on Dean and the DNC to apologize to Christians for "taking Easter and making it into a nondescript, universal, nonexclusive religious celebration for all religions." But Pastor Rob Schenck of the National Clergy Council says Dean’s definition of Easter is not shocking because the Democratic leader has long been the "quintessential secularist."…