[tjwmason]

They [the English blasphemy laws] should be ignored, and repealed.

Why?

Technically speaking this is a Christian country. Our head of state was crowned by an archbishop, during a service of the Church of England. Our Bishops sit, as of right, in Parliament. Every singe coin of this realm affirms our Christian status. Our flag consists of three crosses, each of them emblems of our Patron Saints. Long may it so remain, I don't want a country where judges can ban nativity scenes, or sculptures of the decalogue.

[steve-b]

This just confirms that a few centuries ago, the Atlantic acted as a diffusion filter through which sheeple did not readily pass. An unfortunate side effect of modern technology was to degrade this effect.