Satire becoming Irony…?

A few days ago, we wrote about a bit of satire, published by John Bambenek, hypothesising about the ACLU suing to stop Christmas from continuing to be a designateed Federal holiday in the U.S..

Well….it seems that the idea is not so far-fetched, afterall. AWOL Civilization left us a link on our cross-posted piece at the 1389blog, to the DailyMail in the U.K., Christmas should be ‘downgraded’ to help race relations says Labour think tank:

Christmas should be downgraded in favour of festivals from other religions to improve race relations, says an explosive report.

Labour’s favourite think-tank says that because it would be hard to “expunge” Christmas from the national calendar, ‘even-handedness’ means public organisations must start giving other religions equal footing.

The leaked findings of its investigation into identity, citizenship and community cohesion also propose:

• “Birth ceremonies”, at which state and parents agree to “work in partnership” to bring up children
• Action to “ensure access” for ethnic minorities to “largely white” countryside
• An overhaul of Britain’s “imperial” honours system
• Bishops being thrown out of the House of Lords
• An end to “sectarian” religious education
• Flying flags other than the Union Jack.

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