In my mind I think there is no greater evidence that we're heading into the final chapter than the rise of this issue. This shouldn't even be an issue. I'm reminded of Aaron:
Exo 32:4 And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. And they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!"
Exo 32:5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a proclamation and said, "Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD."
Appeasement is the tool of the devil. We can't have God on our terms.