Thursday, March 18, 2010

British Think Tank Warns That Muzzling Religious Voices May "Undermine Democracy"

The Theos Think Tank website reports today that nearly a third of people believe that religious freedoms have been restricted in England over the past decade.

High-profile cases of believers being "persecuted" because of their Christian faith -- such as the British Airways worker banned from wearing a cross around her neck -- have led to many to question Britain's commitment to religious tolerance, the research indicates.

The results came as an influential think tank warned that keeping religious voices out of public life "undermines democracy."

In a paper for the public theology think tank Theos, Roger Trigg, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick, wrote: "A free society should never be in the business of muzzling religious voices, let alone in the name of democracy or feigned neutrality."

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