Aus der Londoner Times:
‘Rebranding’ for St George
Forget St George, the saint of slaying dragons, the Crusades and the England football supporter. It is time for the patron saint of England to be “rebranded” as a persecuted representative of Britain’s ethnic minorities, a black dissenter who rebelled against the abuse of power.
Ekklesia, the influential theological think-tank, today calls for St George, who appeared to the Crusader army at Antioch in the 11th century and was adopted as the patron saint of soldiers, to be given a makeover. Out must go the dragon, the crusades and the associations with patriotism and Empire. Instead St George’s Day should become a “day of dissent” when England celebrates its noble, alternative tradition of rebellion against the abuse of power, Ekklesia says. The papers call for a national holiday on April 23.
[Die Pressemitteilung, auf die sich die Times bezieht, gibt es hier.]
By George, I think they’ve got it! Aus dem Drachentöter-Heiligen wird eine Art frühchristlicher Sozialarbeiter ... und aus England die Weltzentrale der politischen Korrektheit. Heiliger Georg, bitte für uns!