Petition Modify the question on "religion" in censuses

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The current census asks "What is your religion?". However, this question is inadequate for the following reason. The majority of people in this country select "Christian - CofE" as their religion, but the fact is that a significant number of such people are not actually practising Christians, but just happened to have been baptised as a Christian. Although there is an "Atheist" option, that requires someone to have made a positive decision to identify themself as an Atheist - and only a minority actually do so.

Far better to ask firstly: "Are you a practising religious person?" - and then only if the answer is yes, to ask which religion is practised.

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Date closed 19 October 2012
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