From The Times – April 17, 2008
The Pope: let’s be more open
Here in Britain, we don’t do God. We can learn a lesson from the openness of secular America
Melanie McDonagh… Americans may go overboard in the association between religion and politics but their assumption that religion is something to be upfront about and celebrated is more humane and natural than the sneery agnosticism of our political classes.
The Pope suggested that a secular state like the US, where all religions are welcomed, is a positive model from which Europeans can learn. Britain, with a state religion that most public figures are embarrassed to profess, is a case in point.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article3760505.ece
