Quote:Religious groups have backed Prime Minister David Cameron's assertion Britain is "a Christian country".

Public figures, including authors Sir Terry Pratchett and Philip Pullman - in an open letter published in Monday's Daily Telegraph - said: "We object to his characterisation of Britain as a 'Christian country' and the negative consequences for politics and society that this engenders.

"Apart from in the narrow constitutional sense that we continue to have an established Church, Britain is not a 'Christian country'.

"Constantly to claim otherwise fosters alienation and division in our society."

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-27105023

Its just drama to be honest. Probably just trying to win back some of the religious groups that threw a tantrum when gay marriage was being legalized.

At least we don't have an established church here. Neener-neener.

That could be the problem. Having an established church might be acting as a straitjacket, keeping the more extreme nutters in check. That's not to say that we don't have our share of religious idiocy, just that we keep ours in a zoo.

That's great news!!! We can now unfuck ourselves by returning the Pilgrims.

(April 22, 2014 at 11:15 am)Insanity Wrote: Its just drama to be honest. Probably just trying to win back some of the religious groups that threw a tantrum when gay marriage was being legalized.

This is exactly what's happening.
Nothing to worry about at all. Christianity will continue to die off in this country, as it has been doing for a while. It's only really old people, thick people, and immigrants who are still Christians at all.

I wonder if these crazy "gays cause storms!!!" people noticed how the arrival of this wonderfully improved weather basically coincided with the first same sex marriages? Maybe their God was actually mad at them for trying to stop it happening. Bet none of them thought of that, because strangely enough they believe that their God, by some magical coincidence, happens to believe all the things they do.

I wonder how many fireworks will accrue (if any) with the ascension of Prince Charles (and Camilla) to the throne at some point?

Just from the entertainment value alone, I am hoping for quite the row, but I realize the numbers of folks outraged by the implications are being weeded out (if you will) by old age and some big public hullabaloo about divorce, remarriage, Morganitic queens, Diana, tradition, virginity etc. would be really fun and a nice dividend from all the blood treasure and capital expended on all their pomp and circumstance.

Ostensibly, Britain is encumbered with a state religion, and (depending on your viewpoint) 500 years or 2000 years of religious red tape to cope with whenever anything big happens in the Monarchy, but the number of folks that actually care these days is small and shrinking fast.

The Tories are desperate to claw back the UKIP vote.

As long as you guys keep making Top Gear, you'll be fine. They make such fine contributions to society. Like the Hover-Van, and the Toybota, and the Gee Whizz!

Independence pleeeeaaaase.