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February 22nd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda According to a recent YouGov poll, a majority of Britons have said that they do not belong to any particular religion, which means religion plays a minor, if no, role in their lives.
The survey questioned 1828 adults from across the UK, to which 37 percent of respondents said they are “not very religious”, while 39 percent said they are “not very religious at all’, making the total of 76 percent who are not religious, compared with just 5 percent who regarded themselves as “very religious”.
Meanwhile, the poll suggested that 50 percent of Britons or half of the population said that they do not consider themselves as belonging to any particular faith, compared with 43 percent, who considered themselves as a member of a faith.
Now, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles announced the government’s plans to end state-sponsored multiculturalism, and pledged to stand up for ‘mainstream’ values through strengthening national identity.
He said the government will celebrate what people in England have in common, rather than what divides them.
Pickles said there will be a strategy on community cohesion and integration which calls for people to come together around shared values.
The Communities Secretary accused the previous Labour government, and its equalities minister Harriet Harman, of taking the country down ‘the wrong path’ by encouraging different communities to live separate lives.
According to his plan, migrants will be required to speak English, the number of official documents translated into other languages will be reduced and councils will be allowed to hold prayers at the start of meetings.
“We are rightly proud of our strong history of successful integration and the benefits that it’s brought,” said Pickles.
However, Terry Sanderson, president of the National Secular Society, said Pickles’ strategy would fuel sectarianism.
“While we agree that there should be some common values to live by – a shared language and respect for human rights – there cannot be a religious hierarchy that discounts the feelings of those who don’t share in that faith,” said Sanderson.
“It is a recipe for conflict between communities that already eye each other with suspicion”, he added.
Andrew Copson, chief executive of the British Humanist Association, said: “The vast majority of people in Britain are not members of any local church, religious group or community, and so to lay such emphasis on religious identities as being the ones most important for encouraging voluntary work or community building is misguided.”
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