No Christmas Lights for Britain?

First there was Piglet being banned, then banks stopped handing out piggy banks, and now we have the great Christmas light issue. Political correctness, dhimmitude, whatever you want to call it, appears to have gone to an ridiculous extreme in Britain.

COUNCIL is planning to scrap grants for festive lights because Christmas does not fit in with its core values of equality and diversity.

A report drawn up by the council in Suffolk concedes that the move could lead to officials being accused of not supporting the spirit of Christmas.

The move is the latest in a string of decisions by organisations to downplay the celebration of the birth of Christ ostensibly to prevent offence being caused to non-Christian religions. Last week it emerged that Lambeth council in south London had insisted on renaming its Christmas lighting displays as winter or celebrity lights.

The latest is Conservative-controlled Waveney council in Lowestoft which provides grants totalling £10,000 for festive lights. Its report states that because Christmas focuses only on the Christian faith, continuing the funding would not fit well with the councils core values of equality and diversity. TimesOnLine

Why would Christmas lights, whether red, green, or clear, be offensive? Does equality and diversity really mean to suppress the one group over fears that it may offend the other group? Shouldn't the diversity that Christians bring to a society be allowed?

Please let me know how you feel about these questions. I for one, do not see how the festive lights of Christmas can do nothing more than brighten the darkest days of the year even if one is not a Christian.