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Randman's call for nonSecular education...

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MangyTiger
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11-15-2005 10:49 PM 		Reply to: Message 115 by bobbins
11-15-2005 10:17 PM

England does have a state religion
Apart from football - or in my case rugger
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yet the church of England is not a 'state religion'
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I may be wrong on this but I don't think this is true.
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The Church of England is technically the Established Church in England - and that makes it (by definition) a state religion.
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What has happened over the course of our long history is that the practical impact of the CoE being our state religion has become effectively zero.
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When I was at school back in the '60s and '70s we had to attend state mandated assemblies - which had a Christian element - every morning. I believe this is no longer the case - another example of the way we have disestablished the Church in practical terms but haven't done it in legal or constitutional terms.
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I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then
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