But only among the British elite. The ordinary English people love their saint and his flag more than ever. We read of their contemptible Established Church:
"The Church of England is considering rejecting England's patron saint St George on the grounds that his image is too warlike and may offend Muslims....
Clergy have started a campaign to replace George with St Alban, a Christian martyr in Roman Britain....
If St Alban replaced St George, the red cross on a white background would have to be replaced as England's flag by Alban's symbol, a diagonal yellow cross on a blue background."
Source
It helps you to understand one thing that is wrong with an establishment of religion. It becomes effete and corrupt.
Being an academic, I cannot resist grumbling about the poor grammar in the article from which the above quote was taken. "slayed" is used in the headline instead of the usual "slain": Just another example of the constant Leftist attack on educational standards bearing fruit, I guess.
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