Debenhams, sort of a UK version of JC Penney, has chosen this Christmas season to unveil a revolting new way to insult Christians. The controversy centers on a line of so-called “festive” merchandise emblazoned with the phrase “A Gay in a Manger.”

Among the worst offenders was a gaudy purple jumper, complete with cartoonish depictions of nativity imagery and a mug bearing the same slogan in gold print—because nothing says reverence for the birth of Christ quite like weaponizing it for cheap LGBTQ pandering.

Predictably, this affront to Christianity was met with outrage from Christians who rightly pointed out the sheer lewdness of mocking the birth of Christ. After all, the nativity represents not just a cultural tradition but the miraculous birth of Jesus Christ, the Savior of mankind.

Debenhams, though, seemed perfectly content to trivialize this sacred event to pander to a movement obsessed with remaking the world in its own image.

Let’s not pretend for a moment that Debenhams—or the LGBTQ activists who cook up these culture-war atrocities—would dare to pull this stunt with Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, or literally any other religion. Can you imagine the retail giant marketing a product mocking the Quran or portraying Buddha in a similarly irreverent light?

Of course not. They wouldn’t dare. The predictable cries of “Islamophobia” or “cultural insensitivity” would erupt faster than you could say “double standard.” But Christianity? Oh, that’s fair game.

Mock away—Christians, they claim, need to lighten up. It’s just a joke, they say, all while congratulating themselves for their “bravery” in targeting the one faith they know won’t fight back with anything more than a strongly worded letter.

On the bright side, these kinds of things confirm the words of Jesus Himself: “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you” (John 15:18, ESV). These people hate Christ, and by extension, they hate His followers. It’s as simple as that.

This is the LGBTQ agenda on full display. It’s not about tolerance or coexistence—it’s about domination and derision. The movement that demands “respect” for every conceivable lifestyle cannot abide the existence of Christianity, the one worldview that stands immovably opposed to its moral chaos.

So, it doesn’t just ask Christians to tolerate its agenda, it demands that we celebrate it—or else. And when we refuse? They resort to the pettiest, most juvenile forms of mockery, like twisting the nativity into a punchline for their warped ideology.

Debenhams eventually pulled the products, but not before the damage was done. The message was loud and clear that Christianity is fair game for ridicule, and the season celebrating the Prince of Peace is just another opportunity to shove an anti-Christian agenda down the throats of believers.

Meanwhile, the LGBTQ activists and their corporate lackeys will smugly pat themselves on the back for their “courage” in standing up to the dreaded forces of traditional morality. Courage? Please. Mocking Christianity in the modern West takes about as much bravery as booing the referee at a football match.

What we’re witnessing is the moral bankruptcy of a movement that can only define itself by tearing down everything that came before it, including sanity. They can’t even tell the difference between a man and a woman. Should we be surprised that they can’t recognize God’s wrath when they’re the literal embodiment of it?