I'll be with Jesus in Heaven

We're all so politically correct, we're all so tolerant, we're all so full of ourselves.

Yesterday on the news stands, I saw the headline "I'll be with Jesus in Heaven." I didn't read the article, but I understand that it was a quote from one of the four RCMP officers who recently died in a drug raid gone bad. Now I have no real problems with plastering his quote across the nation's newspapers, however I had to ask myself some questions.

If the officer had said "I'll be with Allah in Heaven" or "In my next life, I still want to be a police officer," would it have made an above-the-fold headline? Or would it just be "First fallen officer's funeral held?"

Looking a little deeper: yeah, we're "tolerant" of all sorts of religions in Canada. Despite the fact that they're non-christian. Listen to that: non-christian. By default, even that little phrase is showing our nation's Christo-centrism. Is this right? No. Were we truly tolerant, truly equal, we wouldn't have Islamic sensitivity classes at our universities and primary schools. We wouldn't have "Black History Month" or whatever it was called, nor would we have gay pride parades. Remember, the pride in being associated with a group is, in fact, discrimination against those who are not in it.

Someone, please convince me I'm wrong, that I'm seeing spectres.