81% say religion should be separated from British politico-economic life
From BRIN
The majority of Britons are keen to keep religion apart from politics, according to a study published on 13 September 2012. 81% affirmed that religious practice is a private matter, which should be separated from British politico-economic life; 76% agreed that religious leaders should not influence how people vote in elections; 71% disagreed that religious leaders should have influence over the decisions of Government; 66% disagreed that politicians who did not share respondents’ own religious beliefs should not run for public office; and 65% disagreed that Britain would be a better place if more religious leaders held public office. Fewer than one in ten took the opposite stance on all these measures, with the remainder neutral or undecided, albeit as many as 16% wanted Christianity to play a greater role in British politics.
Tags: Politics, Religion Society
September 19th, 2012 at 3:06 pm
In hoc signo vinces†
On these statistics not only would Iain Duncan Smith never have been elected but the whole of the Tory “G*d Squad” Government would never have been elected.
September 19th, 2012 at 4:11 pm
Interestingly, I would guess that these same people who want to bar religion from politics are the same people who castigate the church for not being more forceful against Hitler or the ills of society.
September 19th, 2012 at 7:37 pm
@Daniel Mann,
Hitler: looking at the question democracy v. strong economy, almost 50% of them would probably forfeit democracy for totalitarianism and a strong economy.
The survey gives the impression of the moral and political shallowness of the British people, a nation of ignorant petition signers.