Government is different from public opinion. I don’t have the stats to hand, but I would hazard a guess that: - Iranians are on average more secular than in 1979 - Indian Hindus are more secular than… (View Post)

You’re conflating curbs on freedom with corruption. 2 different things. Nice boudoir by the way. (View Post)

Vanilla is now readable again. Just rejoice at that news. As for immigrant religious belief: surely the trends of the last couple of hundred years hold true. 1. That incoming groups will become more … (View Post)

The US for all its faults remains much less corrupt than many “democracies”. And the UK is objectively one of the least corrupt states on earth. That’s not to say we don’t have any, but it’s generall… (View Post)

It’s only a few years ago that same sex marriage was illegal. It’s good to see it’s now accepted - and indeed embraced as a core national attribute - by those who until very recently were sharply opp… (View Post)