UK Religious laws = Government Vs. People

[Fidel_Castronaut]

There was a Census in 2009? :/

No I believe he's referring to this:

http://www.natcen.ac.uk/series/british-social-attitudes
http://ir2.flife.de/data/natcen-social-r...ligion.pdf
http://www.bsa-29.natcen.ac.uk/

The BSA does a fine job in collating non-official data on a myriad of topics. Some argue their data is more reliable than the ONS in academic circles due to the repeated investigations throughout various years as opposed to the ONS' decade long wait till the next study.

The data reports around 50% idenitfy as having no religion. The argument is that the census over reports religious figures because a lot of people identify as nominal Christians (being born and raised in the faith but having no real affiliation), whereas the BSA's more informal and less 'official looking' data collection methdology means people tend to be a little more honest about what their actual beliefs are.

In reality, whilst the BSA survey says around 50% have no religion, I'm willing to bet the figure is actually a lot higher than that.