Sunak: The Church has enabled multi-cultural Britain
by Will Hobbs, Premier:
“You can be a practicing Hindu and a proud Briton, as I am. Or a devout Muslim and a patriotic citizen, as so many are. Or a committed Jewish person and the heart of your local community, all underpinned by the tolerance of our established Christian church. We are a country where we love our neighbors. We are building Britain together.”
So said Rishi Sunak outside 10 Downing Street in his lectern speech on Friday evening.
The comments, crediting the Church in England for enabling people of all faiths to feel embraced by Britain, were praised by the Executive Director of Christians in Politics, Andy Flanagan.
“I agree with what Rishi Sunak said about the Church being the basis for our plural society. You know, the very idea that the word secular comes from the idea of the secular, going right back to Constantine until the idea of the Church providing a plural public space—a place where everybody could play, where nobody was forced to believe something, where everybody had the freedom to believe what they wanted to believe.
“That’s the gift of the Church to the world. It’s sometimes not realized by people. That’s where we get the word secular from. It’s a gift of the church to the world.
“So I absolutely agree with what Rishi said about that.”
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