Only half of Britons say UK is a Christian country...

[sianrose]

Only half of Britons say UK is a Christian country

Only half of British adults are confident that Britain can now be described as “a Christian country”, according to research.

The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, has written to David Cameron urging him to review laws that have seen Christians forced to abandon their faith in public.

He warned that reforms introduced under Labour promoted “tolerance, equality and fairness” at a cost of eroding Christianity as the foundation of British culture and society.

The warnings follow a series of court cases in which the beliefs of Christians have come into conflict with the state authorities.

A ComRes poll of 1,000 adults, conducted for Christian Concern, found that 72% of adults thought Christians should be able to refuse to act against their beliefs without being penalised by their employers.

But only 50% said they were confident that Britain can now be described as “a Christian country”, according to the survey, released for the Not Ashamed campaign, which Lord Carey supports.

In the letter to the Prime Minister, Lord Carey said Christians were too often "ridiculed” and dismissed as relics of “a bygone age”.

“Notwithstanding its vast and varied contribution to our society, there appears to be a suspicion about the validity and value of the role that the Christian faith plays in our national life,” he said.

“This has been highlighted by the spate of recent instances in which ordinary Christians who have sought to manifest their Christian faith in the workplace and have allowed their Christian conscience to direct their public service have fallen foul of new employment practices and then discovered that rather than protect them, the law has sided against them.”

Lord Carey suggested that recent legislation was unclear on where the balance of rights fell between different groups. One particularly contentious subject has been the clash of rights between homosexuals and Christians.

“Whatever the explanation, this situation needs urgent review and action from government,” he said.

“It is a remarkable state of affairs that, in such a short space of time and in a country that has been so shaped by, and benefitted so significantly from, a Christian foundation, those who hold traditional Christian viewpoints, in common with millions across the globe and across history, can suddenly find their position labelled discriminatory and prejudiced and then discover that it has effectively become a legal bar to public service.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8210671/Only-half-of-Britons-say-UK-is-a-Christian-country.html

[Dages]

You have "Dawkins" in England.

He did some marketing with your bus and "God probably does not exist".

In France, it's quite the same, nobody would say that France is a christian country, nor a catholic country.

"Laicism" is the rule.

[sianrose]

In France, it's quite the same, nobody would say that France is a christian country, nor a catholic country.

"Laicism" is the rule.

Just learnt a new word

Laicism -

a political system characterized by the exclusion of ecclesiastical control and influence

Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

[Dages]

Yes, in France, this word is almost everyday on TV...