UK is no longer Christian country and shouldn’t act like it, says judge in new outrage
CHRISTIANITY in Britain has been downgraded by other religions rising in prominence, a top judge has ruled, sparking furious backlash from the Church of England.
By REBECCA PERRING
Express.co.uk
Mon, Dec 7, 2015
A major inquiry into religion in modern society, led by former senior judge Barnoness Butler-Sloss, has called for public life in Britain to be de-Christianised.
The two-year report found a decline in church goers – but a rise in Islam and other faiths – was the reason for a steep decline in Christianity.
The findings have provoked fury among Cabinet ministers who say it is “seriously misguided, while the Church of England said it had been “hijacked” by humanists.
Compiled by the Commission on Religion and Believe in British Public Life, the report suggested faith schools should be stripped of powers to select their own pupils because they are “socially divisive”.
It said allowing schools to choose pupils by faith had “negative practical consequences”.
The report read: “It is in our view not clear that segregation of young people into faith schools has promoted greater cohesion or that it has not been socially divisive, leading to greater misunderstanding and tension.
“Selection by religion segregates children not only according to different religious heritage but also… by ethnicity and socio-economic background. This undermines equality of opportunity.”
The report also called for religious studies in the classroom to teach how faith was used by extremists as a justification for terrorism.
The teaching of religion in schools should be radically changed to make it more realistic and relevant Britain becomes an increasingly secular country, the report said.
A recruitment drive was needed for those teaching religion and belief so the subject can be treated “seriously and deeply in these unprecedented times of religious confusion and tension”.
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