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> Indian Parliament gives zero official role to any religious clergy
UK Parliament opens with Christian prayers led by Church of England chaplain
26 Anglican bishops sit and vote in House of Lords
> India has no monarch
UK has King/Queen as head of state + head of Church of England
> India President = secular constitutional post
UK monarch = “Supreme Governor” of Church of England + defender of Protestant faith
> India has no state religion
UK has established state church (Church of England)
> Indian Constitution enforces equality of all religions (Articles 25–28)
UK Parliament oversees Church of England laws (Church Measures need approval)
> India national anthem = fully secular
UK national anthem invokes God (“God Save the King”)
> India has no reserved seats for religious leaders
UK has 26 Lords Spiritual (bishops) with legislative power
> India has no religious test for office
UK monarch must be Protestant (Act of Settlement 1701)
> Indian currency/symbols have no religious references
UK coins carry “Defender of the Faith”, “By the Grace of God”
> India state schools cannot impart religious instruction (Article 28)
UK funds Church of England schools with mandated Christian worship
> India state ceremonies are secular (Republic Day, Independence Day)
UK state ceremonies follow Church of England rites
> India government has no role in appointing clergy
UK PM influences appointment of senior bishops
> Indian Constitution = explicitly secular, “We the People”
UK constitutional system = historically intertwined with Christianity
Despite all of this, we’re a Hindu-majority republic.
We decide policy, we decide priorities, and we decide who gets what treatment, on our terms, not yours.
Dr. Calum Miller@DrCalumMiller
Stop persecuting Christians then.
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