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In a desperate attempt to appear like a gregarious great
uncle to people from certain segments of the community, the Droylsden councillor, Kieran
Quinn, took the opportunity this St Patrick’s Day to try to give the impression,
that as a man for all seasons, he is totally in-tune with the traditional
festivals of his constituents.
As he says in his latest blog, “As a ward councillor I can now expect to attend a wide variety of
cultural events that go beyond the Christian festivals I grew up with. We’ve
just had the Chinese New Year and later on there will be Eid at the end of the
Muslim month of Ramadan, and Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. I’m also
looking forward to Easter in a few weeks’ time.”
Now I’m not accusing the Irish councillor of anything but forgetfulness,
but if you must mention the variety of religious festivals of ones constituents in a last ditch hope that they might be persuaded to put their ‘x’ against your
name, it might be a good idea not to overlook those of the Jewish, Mormon, Buddhist,
Sikh and the Rastafarian faiths too.
Most thinking men know that ‘Politics and Religion’ do not
mix. They represent two different worlds, and candidates vying for office who
start to play the religious card, are close to reaching a point when an
emphasis on religion becomes inappropriate and even unsettling in a religiously
diverse society such as ours.
Personally, I would expect anyone who was seeking to win an election;
local or national, should not be trying to curry favour and kow-towing to the
populist segments, but be promising to serve and be responsive to the full range
of constituents, irrespective of their beliefs.
To Labour in particular the burgeoning size of the Muslim block vote is increasingly important.
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