Posted on 12/16/2010 1:36:06 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
Christmas has been banned by the Red Cross from its 430 fund-raising shops.
Staff have been ordered to take down decorations and to remove any other signs of the Christian festival because they could offend Moslems.
The charity's politically-correct move triggered an avalanche of criticism and mockery last night - from Christians and Moslems.
Christine Banks, a volunteer at a Red Cross shop in New Romney, Kent, said: 'We put up a nativity scene in the window and were told to take it out. It seems we can't have anything that means Christmas. We're allowed to have some tinsel but that's it.
'When we send cards they have to say season's greetings or best wishes. They must not be linked directly to Christmas.
'When we asked we were told it is because we must not upset Moslems.'
Mrs Banks added: ' We have been instructed that we can't say anything about Christmas and we certainly can't have a Christmas tree.
' I think the policy is offensive to Moslems as well as to us. No reasonable person can object to Christians celebrating Christmas. But we are not supposed to show any sign of Christianity at all.'
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What isn’t the buttlifting TROP offended by? Goats?
Behave yourself with your bollocks.
Shrove Tuesday hasn’t been banned.
Hot Cross Buns are still available in all supermarkets and bakeries.
I work in a ‘state’ school (Public school is something different over here) This is simply not true. Can you have a halal bacon sandwich?
All new graves point to mecca? It is incredible that people will believe this stuff.
There’ll always be an England.
Let some PC SOB try to tell me this . . .
If they are they can leave FREEPERS and kiss Bill Maher's @$$!
If they are near sighted, they can kiss Michael Moore's!
The English are done. Stick a fork(make that a crescent moon)in them!!!
Yet I've heard the story from a lot of military veterans who reported their knowledge as "first hand."
How did the Salvation Army pull that off? I never knew they were so diabolically clever!
I give to the Salvation Army. They don't seem to be quite so concerned about "political correctness" and they also seem to be better at what these agencies are supposed to be doing.
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Samaratan's Purse is another really good charity.
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