[denydenydeny]

I always find myself saying "Best Steyn ever" but this really is the best Steyn ever.

It's hard not to conclude a form of mental illness has gripped the world's elites. If you're one of that dwindling band of Westerners who'll be celebrating the birth of a child, "homeless" or otherwise, next week, make the most of it. A year or two on, and the eco-professors will propose banning Nativity scenes because they set a bad example.

[goldstategop]

I suspect in fact that's the true motivation behind banning the Nativity Scene. Jesus is the embodiment of every thing the Left detests about Western Civilization. The Bible and its Judeo-Christian values have to go. Of course if they do, Nature abhors a vacuum. Its not going to be neo-paganism filling the space that's left but Islam.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus