I've heard that argument a lot. I don't buy it. I still see Jesus everywhere in the media during Easter and Christmas. People may remove Jesus from them in their everyday celebrations, but they are still of Christian origin, unless you are going back centuries. The Muslim Brits I know still do not celebrate Christmas.

And I've had plenty of interesting spiritual and theological discussions with British people. I'd imagine that there are certain social segments in which discussing belief is tacky, but like American culture, British culture is diverse and so is etiquette.

State funded church schools piss me off something rotten.