Fearing that they did not have a moral leg to stand on when they admonished Muslim countries that harshly punish for blasphemy, the House of Lords voted to abolish their own blasphemy laws. I wouldn’t be surprised if England eventually separated the church from the state (it could be the best thing to happen to the Church of England if they did):

A funny thing happened in November when Britain launched a righteous protest over Sudan’s arrest of a British schoolteacher accused of insulting Islam by letting her students name a class teddy bear Muhammad.
The Sudanese ambassador was summoned; Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued a protest. But it didn’t take long for someone to point out that Downing Street was standing on diplomatic quicksand: Britain itself has a law making blasphemy a crime.
Thus began a period of collective soul-searching on free speech and secularism, traditional values and the church that anoints Britain’s queen. It culminated Wednesday in a 148-87 vote in the House of Lords to abolish the laws on blasphemy after a wrenching, two-hour debate.
“It is crystal-clear that the offenses of blasphemy and blasphemous libel are unworkable in today’s society,” Kay Andrews said in introducing the government-backed amendment, adding that “as long as this law remains on the statute books, it hinders the UK’s ability to challenge oppressive blasphemy laws in other jurisdictions.”
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“The essential question is: Should we abolish Christian beliefs and replace them with secular beliefs? As long as there has been a country called England, it has been a Christian country, publicly acknowledging the one true God,” said Detta O’Cathain, a Conservative member of the House of Lords.

There is no such thing as a “Christian country.” God has not given any land or nation to his people, Israel is the only nation that could have made that claim. Jesus said that his kingdom is not of this world so no nation can claim a special relationship with God not matter how close the church and the state are.
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