08 December, 2014

Report: UK no longer a Christian country

The Commission on Religion and Belief in Public Life, chaired by former senior judge Baroness Butler-Sloss and involving leading religious leaders from all faiths, called for public life in Britain to be systematically de-Christianised.
The report said: "Three striking trends in recent decades have revolutionised the landscape on which religion and belief in Britain meet and interact. The first is the increase in the number of people with non-religious beliefs and identities. 
"The second is the decline in Christian affiliation, belief and practice and within this decline a shift in Christian affiliation that has meant that Anglicans no longer comprise a majority of Christians.
"The third is the increase in the number of people who have a religious affiliation but who are not Christian".
Its central recommendation is for a UK-wide consultation exercise to draw up a 21st century equivalent to the `Magna Carta' to define the values at the heart of modern Britain instead of the government's controversial "British values" requirements, the Daily Telegraph reported.

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