My own hunch is that the intolerance of Christianity is largely an elite class thing. Most Britons - even if they don't go to church - still have a deep affection for the Christian faith and Jesus' teachings. That's why so many send their children to faith schools and even more will do so.
In the News
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July 23rd, 2009
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July 23rd, 2009
The NSS website is a catalogue of anti-Christian propaganda, mixed in with tales from real theocracies like Saudi Arabia and Iran to discredit religion in general. They?re free to hold those opinions, of course, but it?s not secularism.
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July 23rd, 2009
Children as young as 11 are drinking the equivalent of 15 shots of vodka a week, figures have found. Some youngsters revealed that on average they drink 14.6 units of alcohol a week - the same as around seven pints of beer, 15 125ml glasses of wine or almost 10 alcopops.
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July 23rd, 2009
Thousands of children are drinking more alcohol each week than the recommended safe limits for adults, new figures have revealed.
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July 23rd, 2009
A man whose terminally ill partner committed suicide in Switzerland has been arrested on suspicion of helping him end his life.
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July 23rd, 2009
The investigation into the deaths of an eminent conductor and his wife at a Swiss suicide clinic will be referred to Britain's top prosecutor.
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July 23rd, 2009
Chris and Wendy Jeub have 15 children ? five boys and ten girls ? and can't wait for more. They belong to the Quiverfull movement, a Christian group that shuns birth control.
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July 23rd, 2009
A group of Spanish professionals are using life-sized models of a 13 week-old fetus to respond to statements by the country?s Minister of Equality, Bibiana Aido, who said in an interview that fetuses at that stage of development are alive but are not human beings.
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July 23rd, 2009
Rick Wilking is a Reuters contract photojournalist based in Denver, Colorado who has been shooting for Reuters for almost 25 years based in Europe, Washington, D.C. and now in Colorado. Rick recently developed the idea of spending time documenting the lives of a Christian 'Quiverfull' family who have 15 children due to their belief that all family planning is best left in the hands of God.
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July 23rd, 2009
Parents in England are to be given the right to complain about other parents who do not make sure their children behave in school, it has emerged.