‘Whereas Christianity is being shoved into the closet, the religion that dare not speak its name.’
oh please...drive through any moderately sized town in the US, and you will likely find at least five operating Christian churches of varying denominations...how is this ‘not speaking its name’...?
Yes, Christians are still allowed their churches. But they've been expelled from the public square.
The Hallmark Channel offers a dozen or so new Christmas movies every year. Ever see one that mentions the name Jesus?
Christianity has been sanitized from mainstream entertainment. (Unless it's a sadistic nun, an adulterous minister, a perverse priest, a hateful preacher, or a greedy televangelist.)
One friend told me that his office used to have Kris Kringle every year (where employees would buy gifts for whose ever name they picked form a hat). But that was considered too Christian (even Secret Santa was considered too Christmasy), so they changed the name to Grab Bag.
In a mall near me in Los Angeles, there's a huge menorah which a rabbi lights every year (with local politicians). And a Holiday Tree. That's what the sign says. Menorahs and rabbis are okay, but this mall dare not say "Christmas Tree" (of course, no Nativity Scene).
When I was a kid, Nativity Scenes were common in the public square.
These are only a few anecdotes. I have more. Ever observant person of a certain age has anecdotes of how Christianity was pushed off the public stage, and every other religion (and gays) have taken its place.