The multiculturalists are at it again. Just when we thought that every sane person had agreed that the belief was causing separation and ghettos, rather than solving the problem, up they pop again. This time it is the Institute of Public Policy Research.
Now the target is Christmas - all religions, no matter how many adherents must be equally recognised - public holidays to celebrate all the religions. But is there to be a threshold for being granted one, or can any join - druidism, vegetarians, naturalists, flat-earthers, and even crankier? Are we to have a ministry for religion to decide which qualify, in which case Big Brother is among us?
They tried to subvert Christmas - renaming it as "Winterfest" or "Wintermas." This was laughed out of court. Now all others have to be (equally?) considered.
It should be said that for most people, sadly or gladly according to your faith, Christmas has virtually returned to the pagan excesses it replaced. Members of other faith communities have no difficulty in sending good wishes at Christmas to others in their communities. They also have little difficulty in celebrating their own festivals and high days.
This country may be only nominally Christian now, but you cannot understand much of our tradition and culture if we downgrade this annual recollection of its long influence. If the vast majority of the population, celebrating "Christian" tradition before our newer citizens reached this country - something presumably accepted by the newcomers when they made the decision, why should other things be foisted on them.
If, as seems demographically likely, the other ethnic groups come to have a much larger part of the total population than now, at this point there may be an argument to recognise their religions by public holidays, but then we run up against the problem of which others, or we could have few working days left amidst the endless public holidays.
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