Some examples of liberal lack of compass, hypocrisy, insolence (today, at least)…
Christian leaders on Wednesday denounced a Nativity scene at a London wax museum featuring soccer star David Beckham and his wife Victoria, a former Spice Girl, as the parents of Jesus.
The waxwork tableau at Madame Tussauds museum included U.S. President George W. Bush as one of the three Wise Men, actors Hugh Grant and Samuel L. Jackson as shepherds and Australian disco diva Kylie Minogue as an angel.
[…] The scene also features British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Prince Philip as Wise Men, and flamboyant talk-show host Graham Norton as a shepherd.
Arum Kataria, a spokesman for the Church of England, was unimpressed by Madame Tussauds’ exhibit.
“The eternal story of Jesus will last a lot longer than these waxworks or the celebrities in it,” he said.
…But then…
London’s Sun newspaper reports that managers of the Eden Project, a tourist attraction in Cornwall, have banned the word Christmas from the premises so as to avoid offending non-Christians.
Managers have reportedly renamed Christmas “Time of Gifts” in an effort to make the eco-project as friendly as possible to everyone. A gift shop at the site has been re-named the Great Gift Grotto.
Eden Project spokesman Ben Harding tells the paper, “We are having a seasonal celebration so there is no need to mention the C-Word because it’s a celebration for everybody.”
…and yet…
When Art Attacks
An art project at California Polytechnic State University intended to spur discussion about gay marriage did just that by openly questioning it and offending a good chunk of the campus community in the process, reports The Tribune in San Luis Obispo.
The class project, part of a landscape architecture course, featured wooden cutouts of gay couples getting married. One of the cutouts featured a man in a tuxedo standing next to a Dalmation and the phrases “Legalization of gay marriage leads to social disintegration”; “Where would u draw the line?”; and “It’s a slippery slope.”
Students who saw the display called it disgusting, offensive and possibly in violation of a new anti-harassment law on campus. Others said they felt threatened by the sentiments expressed in the exhibit, which might incite violence. One even said it ruined his whole day.
…still there’s this poltical-correctness beauty…
Role-Changing
The University of Washington has scrapped its tradition of having a homecoming king and queen in favor of non-gender-specific “homecoming royalty,” reports the Seattle Times.
The Associated Students of the University of Washington (ASUW), the campus group that organizes homecoming, has broken from the annual tradition of a homecoming king and queen in order to make the competition for a scholarship that comes with the titles more equitable.
“In our day and age, a lot of the traditional definitions of roles are changing, and this follows in line with that,” said Emi Nomura Sumida, one of this year’s winners. “Once people realize that this is not just a popularity contest but one based on qualifications, they’ll hopefully understand and accept it.”
…I could go on…
(With help from FoxNews.com’s Tongue-Tied)
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