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Jesus e Maria não eram sem-abrigo

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This is the time of year, as Hillary Clinton once put it, when Christians celebrate “the birth of a homeless child” — or, in Al Gore’s words, “a homeless woman gave birth to a homeless child.”

Just for the record, Jesus wasn’t “homeless.” He had a perfectly nice home back in Nazareth. But he happened to be born in Bethlehem. It was census time and Joseph was obliged to schlep halfway across the country to register in the town of his birth. Which is such an absurdly bureaucratic over-regulatory cockamamie Big Government nightmare it’s surely only a matter of time before Massachusetts or California reintroduce it.

But the point is: the Christmas story isn’t about affordable housing. Joseph and Mary couldn’t get a hotel room: that’s the only accommodation aspect of the event. Senator Clinton and Vice President Gore are over-complicating things: December 25th is not the celebration of “a homeless child,” but a child, period.

Mark Steyn, na National Review. Imperdível.

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  • O Insurgente » Blog Archive » Natal e demografia
    December 16th, 2007 at 23:22

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  • Gabriel Silva
    December 17th, 2007 at 0:11

    Era apenas uma família com alguma dificuldade no planeamento das suas viagens, não tendo feito as reservas atempadamente.

  • Miguel Madeira
    December 17th, 2007 at 1:59

    “It was census time and Joseph was obliged to schlep halfway across the country to register in the town of his birth. Which is such an absurdly bureaucratic over-regulatory cockamamie Big Government nightmare it’s surely only a matter of time before Massachusetts or California reintroduce it.”

    Para falar a verdade, essa ideia das pessoas terem de se registar na terra natal (ou na terra natal do clã) até me parece mais “conservadora” do que “progressista” (ou seja, algo mais Alabama do que Massachusetts).

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