After witnessing this weekend’s assault by the cluelessly politically correct on America’s Armed Forces and the beliefs of Christian Conservative  Americans, I began to do a little research concerning the War against Christianity.

According to dailymail.co.uk:

Christmas has been banned by the Red Cross from its 430 fund-raising shops.

Red Cross staff members have received orders to remove decorations and any other signs of the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.

Why?  Because they do not want Muslims to be offended!

These idiots must be cousins of that bunch up in the Beltway and America’s Left Coast.

Brits, both Christian and Muslim, are outraged by this stupidity.

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.

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.

Labor peer Lord Ahmed, one of the UK’s most recognized Muslim politicians, said:

It is stupid to think Moslems would be offended.

The Moslem community has been talking to Christians for the past 1,400 years. The teachings from Islam are that you should respect other faiths.

In my business all my staff celebrate Christmas and I celebrate with them. It is absolutely not the case that Christmas could damage the Red Cross reputation for neutrality. I think their people have gone a little bit over the top.

Liberals stay over the top. That’s the way Alinsky taught them to achieve their goals.

Earlier this year, the British Red Cross announced its support for the French illegal (Muslim) immigrant camp at Sangatte and devoted itself to helping asylum seekers.

Recently, officials at the charity’s London HQ confirmed that Christmas is barred from the 430 shops which contributed more than £20 million to its income last year.

According to a spokesman:

The Red Cross is a neutral organisation and we don’t want to be aligned with any political party or particular philosophy.

We don’t want to be seen as a Christian or Islamic or Jewish organisation because that might compromise our ability to work in conflict situations around the world.

In shops people can put up decorations like tinsel or snow which are seasonal. But the guidance is that things representative of Christmas cannot be shown.

The charity’s base organization, the Swiss-based International Red Cross, has also had politically correct attacks on its famous symbol. But efforts to replace it were abandoned due to all the protests and ridicule they received five years ago.

But, hey, that’s just the UK, right?  Nothing like that could happen here, could it?  Au contraire, mon frere!

As told on washingtontimes.com, in June of this year, the Young Men’s Christian Association, or YMCA, announced that, from now on, it would simply be known as the “Y”.

Kate Coleman, senior vice president and chief marketing officer of the YMCA of the USA, in a press release for the brand change, said:

We are changing how we talk about ourselves so that people better understand the benefits of engaging with the Y. We are simplifying how we describe the programs we offer so that it is immediately apparent that everything we do is designed to nurture that potential of children and teens, improve health and well-being and support our neighbors and the large community.

Co-incidentally to my previous story, the YMCA was founded in 1844 in London. It was named the “Young Men’s Christian Association”. It’s founders wanted to create healthy social conditions for young men during the Industrial Revolution. The parallel YWCA for women also dates back to the 19th century, and the YMCA began admitting women in its programs at the end of World War II.

The organization grew during the 1990s, establishing programs and services specifically designed for “youth development, for healthy living and for social responsibility.” Today, there are 2,687 facilities in more than 10,000 communities, and it serves 21 million men, women and children.

According to Ms. Coleman, the decision to change the name took two years. What initially began as an awareness campaign eventually turned into a desire for a fresh look:

As we got into the process, we realized it was much bigger than what we thought. We did a ton of research and what we found was that people don’t realize or understand why we do what we do.

Ms. Coleman claims that the former logo did not create enough attention. So, she says, the new brand was created in order for people to better understand the organization’s mission and its history.

And, after all, that whole Christianity thing is sooo un-PC, isn’t it?

John Adams –

The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God.