Britain is no longer a Christian country and should stop acting as if it is, a major inquiry into the place of religion in modern society has concluded, provoking a furious backlash from ministers and the Church of England.<\/p>\n
A two-year commission, chaired by the former senior judge Baroness Butler-Sloss and involving leading religious leaders from all faiths, calls for public life in Britain to be systematically de-Christianised.<\/p>\n
It says that the decline of churchgoing and the rise of Islam and other faiths mean a “new settlement” is needed for religion in the UK, giving more official influence to non-religious voices and those of non-Christian faiths.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a> from the Telegraph.<\/p>\n Update<\/b> Ruth Gledhill who spoke before the commission really does not like the report<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Britain is no longer a Christian country and should stop acting as if it is, a major inquiry into the place of religion in modern society has concluded, provoking a furious backlash from ministers and the Church of England. A…<\/span><\/p>\n