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**Damien** · 23-02-2015, 21:41

I am not sure religion really encroaches on the state that much in a meaningful way. We have relatively liberal abortion laws, Gay Marriage has been made legal, blasphemy isn't illegal and whilst people seem to have many reasons to dislike Miliband I haven't heard his atheism being held against him. You don't have to pass a faith test in the UK in the way American politicians do. Cameron made comments about his faith a few years ago and no one cared. Blair seemed to have actively avoided the issue of his religion.

We have the symbolic links obviously but do they really harm anything? The House of Lords may have some bishops but that doesn't strike me as any more ridiculous than all the other people will chuck up there. If you're going to have an unelected chamber then who cares if it's bishops instead of party donors?

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Damien Remoaner Cable Forum Team Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 32,731	Re: If I were Prime Minister: I would privatise religion I am not sure religion really encroaches on the state that much in a meaningful way. We have relatively liberal abortion laws, Gay Marriage has been made legal, blasphemy isn't illegal and whilst people seem to have many reasons to dislike Miliband I haven't heard his atheism being held against him. You don't have to pass a faith test in the UK in the way American politicians do. Cameron made comments about his faith a few years ago and no one cared. Blair seemed to have actively avoided the issue of his religion. We have the symbolic links obviously but do they really harm anything? The House of Lords may have some bishops but that doesn't strike me as any more ridiculous than all the other people will chuck up there. If you're going to have an unelected chamber then who cares if it's bishops instead of party donors?