The emphasis on the birth of Christ tends to polarize our pluralistic society and create legal and ethnic belligerence.

The statement argues that publicly foregrounding the Nativity—especially in civic or governmental settings—can sharpen “us vs. them” boundaries in a religiously diverse society. “Polarize” suggests that what is, for Christians, a devotional focus may function socially as a marker of cultural dominance, prompting backlash, litigation, or policy disputes (“legal belligerence”) and heightening tensions among different communities (“ethnic belligerence”). The quote frames the issue less as theology than as social cohesion: it implies that emphasizing one tradition’s sacred narrative in shared public space risks turning religious celebration into a contest over belonging, rights, and identity in a pluralistic polity.