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How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without knowing the stories and iconography of your own culture and all the world's main religions?

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But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches' bare, ruined choirs are converted into luxury loft living, a Labour government - yes, a Labour government - is deliberately creating a huge expansion of faith schools.

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There is all the difference in the world between teaching children about religion and handing them over to be taught by the religious.

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But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Journalist

Born: December 27th, 1946

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