Eric Pickles: Britain still a Christian nation – get over it

[zebo-the-fat]

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014...n-atheists

"Eric Pickles: Britain still a Christian nation – get over it
Communities secretary calls on militant atheists to stop imposing 'politically correct intolerance' on UK's Christians"


Eric Pickles: Britain still a Christian nation – get over it
Communities secretary calls on militant atheists to stop imposing 'politically correct intolerance' on UK's Christians

Eric Pickles
Pickles has previously accused the former Labour government of 'diminishing Christianity'. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

"Militant atheists" should accept that Britain is a Christian country and "get over it", the communities secretary Eric Pickles said yesterday.

Pickles changed the law in 2012 to ensure that English parish councils could not face legal challenges for including prayers in public meetings, and accused the last Labour government of "diminishing Christianity" by suggesting that religion and politics could not mix.

The minister told delegates at the Conservative spring forum in London that non-believers should not be able to impose "politically correct intolerance" on others.

"I've stopped an attempt by militant atheists to ban councils having prayers at the start of meetings if they wish," said Pickles. "Heaven forbid. We're a Christian nation. We have an established church. Get over it. And don't impose your politically correct intolerance on others."

Pickles also said that the government had backed British values by stopping Whitehall from "appeasing extremism", whether it came from the English Defence League, militant Islamists or "the thuggish hard left".

"They're all as bad as each other," he said.

Well.... comments anyone??

[Tonus]

He should name his children "Dill" and "Sweet."

Oh, the "Christian nation" crap. Laughable. I like the part where he pushed for legislation so they could pray at public meetings without worrying about legal challenges. Because as we all know, Christians already lack for opportunities to pray to god.

[Nine]

downbeatplumb beat you to this thread: http://atheistforums.org/thread-25277.html

[zebo-the-fat]

downbeatplumb beat you to this thread: http://atheistforums.org/thread-25277.html

hhmmm... missed it! (is there a way to search for this kind of thing on the forum?)

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For the first time in my life I have sent an email to a politician (I feel dirty!) I told the mighty eric to stop wasting my tax money at council meetings to spend time chatting to his invisible friend. I also pointed out that if Britain was a christian nation the churches would be full every Sunday (they aren't)

BTW he is at [email protected]