Nonsense on stilts

[dgs49]

England is a country with Christian traditions that go as far back, and are as essential, as the monarchy. It is also a country that more-than-tolerates all other faiths, including a complete lack of faith in anything other than humanity and science.

It is a complete perversion of logic and reality to propose that anyone who is not Christian is in any way harmed by the honoring of religious traditions in government institutions and activities. If they do feel insulted or harmed or in any way slighted, they can LEAVE! And good riddance.

The same is true of the United States, with the relatively-minor exception that we have chosen, though our First Amendment, NOT to have a national religion (as England does). Otherwise, Christianity is as much a part of our political heritage as is representative democracy, and it is ONLY in the past few decades that people have been pretending that this is not the case. One does not have to look very long or hard to find overtly religious themes in political discourse in all levels of government through the 1950's. Many of our state constitutions give thanks to God for one thing and another. When I was in grade school, every class day in Pennsylvania public schools was started with the recitation of the Lord's Prayer.

And now we have idiots claiming that the First Amendment guarantees freedom FROM religion What horse shit.

[loCAtek]

My link to Trevor Phillips' interview, which I recommend you read; states his inclusion of all other religions.

So England is a Protestant Christian country that is therefore better than other societies? How does this view "uphold ALL people's rights and freedoms"?

I don't know, He nor I professed to having those views.
I will address what can be quoted.

I believe he bases his comments on the report on religious discrimination, just released, which covers all faiths in the UK, including non believers.

No link to online yet;

Religious discrimination in Britain:
A review of research evidence, 2000-10

You can download a copy of this report as a PDF from our website:
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/

If you require this publication in an alternative format, please contact the Communications Team to discuss your needs at: communications@equalityhumanrights.com
You can download a copy of this report as a PDF from our website:
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/
please contact the Communications Team to discuss your needs at: communications@equalityhumanrights.com

The current Religion and Belief, Discrimination and Equality project will generate quantitative data for direct comparison with the 1999-2001 research findings as well as some new results relating to the social and legislative contexts of the past decade. Specifically it will research the position of those of ‘no religion’, an important gap in the evidence noted by Woodhead with Catto (2009: 32) and especially necessary since the legislative and policy framework for dealing with religious discrimination is now one that needs to address ‘religion or belief’ and not religion alone.

[thestoat]

England is a country with Christian traditions that go as far back, and are as essential, as the monarchy

Well since the monarchy is pretty pointless - at least completely nonessential, then I read from your words, surprisingly, that you believe religion is nonessential. Nice one

Anyway, paganism goes back way further than mere christianity.

[Lord Jim]

Does God need to oversee the road repair crews?

It certainly couldn't hurt....

Caltrans can use all the help it can get....