Across Pacific Magazine  |   Humour  |  God at Work  | News Saturday, June 7, 2008 Church of England Blasts British Government By Jeremy Reynalds LONDON (ANS) -- The British Government favors Islam and other minority religions while paying only "lip service" to Christianity, according to a new Church of England report. According to a story by Britain's Press Association, newspaper reports say the highly critical study accuses the governments of Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown of focusing "intently" on minority faiths, while neglecting the Church of England. As a result, discrimination against the Christian faith has taken hold. The Press Association story said the study accuses the British Government of ignoring the breakdown in society, and failing to recognize the Church's potential contribution to public affairs. The Press Association said reports quote the study as saying, "We encountered on the part of the Government a significant lack of understanding, or interest in, the Church of England's current or potential contribution in the public sphere. Indeed, we were told that Government had consciously decided to focus... almost exclusively on minority religions." In contrast, the Press Association said, the study, titled "Moral, But No Compass," praises the Conservatives for what it calls their "strident" plans to tackle poverty. It calls for a minister for religion to be appointed, and accuses the Government of "religious illiteracy." The Press Association said the report also says, "The Government has focused so intensely on minority faiths that it has failed to develop a coherent evidence base for the largest religious body in the UK, the Christian church." The Press Association said a Church of England spokesman declined comment on the report, but confirmed that it will be published Monday. Jeremy Reynalds is a freelance writer and the founder and CEO of Joy Junction, New Mexico's largest emergency homeless shelter, http://www.joyjunction.org He has a master's degree in communication from the University of New Mexico, and a Ph.D. in intercultural education from Biola University in Los Angeles. His newest book is "The Face of Homelessness." Additional details are available at http://www.HomelessBook.com He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. For more information contact: Jeremy Reynalds at jeremyreynalds@comcast.net. Tel: (505) 400-7145.

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