In a further maneuver in the one-way war against British traditions and values, what was known for 156 years as the Young Women's Christian Association has dropped the word "Christian," along with the rest of its title, changing its name to Platform 51.
This is not, apparently, a new point of departure for the Hogwarts Express, but a reference to the fact that women make up 51% of the population. The word "Platform," it is said, was chosen to reflect the fact that they can use the charity as a platform "to have their say" and "to move to the next stage of their lives." The old name, it is said, "no longer stands for who we are."
This is despite the fact that the organization has been funded mainly by legacies left by Christian supporters who intended its specific Christian orientation to continue. The YWCA was founded by Emma Robarts, who ran London prayer groups, and Mrs. Arthur Kinnaird, who ran a London hostel for nurses on their way to work in the Crimean War hospitals.
