South Carolina cancer center becomes Sharia-compliant, bans Santa Claus

Would this Santa be OK?

Vicky Agnew, who is clearly a nattering nabob of negativism, suggested that "Muslim and Jewish" patients might object to Santa Claus. But Santa Claus has been around for decades as part of the American pop culture celebration of Christmas, and Jews do not register any objection.

It is much more likely that Agnew, that pusillanimous pussyfooter, has the perpetually offended adherents of Islam in mind. "Cancer center's Santa gets boot," by Renee Dudley for theCharleston Post and Courier, November 16 (thanks to Mackie):

It's not even December, but Santa has already been fired from Charleston's Hollings Cancer Center.

For each of the past two years, hospital volunteer Frank Cloyes spent one day as St. Nick, spreading good cheer and snacks to patients sitting through chemotherapy treatments. The 67-year-old James Island resident, a retired insurance executive who calls himself a "gregarious guy," paid for his own costume rental.

On Tuesday morning, a volunteer coordinator told Cloyes his services no longer were needed. Read the rest on: Jihad Watch