Remembrance Day in the UK is specifically to remember those who died in service, and yet right across the country the Christian church is still an official part of many of the Remembrance Day ceremonies.
Remembrance Day should be completely secular. The Cenotaph was designed by Edwin Lutyens as a secular memorial because the war dead were from an array of different people from many faiths, not just Christians such as Hindus, Muslims, Jews, Sikhs and those of no faith. It is no longer appropriate for the Church to presume to lead the nation in such events considering the majority of the UK population is not Christian, and over half the population are not even religious, we believe our civic ceremonies should reflect that.
In fact all ceremonies of national importance should be secular in character. This would mean all members of British society should feel equally included.
The Guardian Article we referred to in the podcast https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/06/remembrance-sunday-lack-of-secular-presence
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