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. She has made the link between her religion and her votes on the lifestyle of others. That means this is a political debate in the material world, not a religious debate in the spiritual world.
The final aspect is the role of faith in public life. It is deeply embarrassing and confused to imagine some kind of anti-religious ban given the circumstances we currently find ourselves in. The head of state role is reserved for an Anglican. Church of England bishops are literally handed 26 seats in the legislature. Westminster begins each day with prayers. Faith schools are not just tolerated but encouraged.
Forbes and her defenders have not discovered a plot against faith. They have discovered causation. Nothing more. The rest of us have recognised it for some time.It’s a noughties Steven Speilberg film with Tom Hanks, so take it as a given that this film about an eastern European man trapped in bureaucratic limbo and forced to live in an airport terminal has a good healthy dollop of cheese in it.
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