[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by EyeballPaul

Yeah and that's fair enough if it's by choice.But it should be a choice.If a school wants to do a modern take then that's cool but they also should be able to do a traditional Nativity if they so choose without feeling outside pressure to censor the religious content so we don't upset other religions.Our country bends over backwards to accomodate other cultures but we should'nt be forced to forget our own.Imo.

Well put Paul.

When it comes to 'upsetting other religions', immigrant 'Cultures' or 'Creeds', I am getting very tired of having to be on the defensive as an English Christian in my own country. A country which just happens to be England, which just happens to still be a Western Christian Democracy - and always will be if I have anything to do with it.

None of the many subtle and not so subtle alterations to our democratic way of life, our customs and traditions, even our laws, over the past 60 years have happened by chance, but slowly and oh so surely, 'Englishness' if not 'Britishness' is disappearing, and it's almost as if some people are now 'ashamed' to be either.

Schools should leave Christmas Nativity plays alone or completely stop performing them and perform something which will better appease and please their School Governors, 'Power Parents' , and Local Councillors -- how about 'The Life And Times Of The Prophet Muhammad'? That should keep everybody happy.