Equality Bill [HL]

A great many years ago, I was at a boarding school in the United States where at least 10   per cent of the boys were Jewish. We had a short morning assembly, as schools do, at which the Lord’s Prayer was said. I do not remember any of the Jewish boys objecting to coming to this assembly. I also know a Muslim—it must be 20 years since I have seen him—who went to an English public school. His parents are practising Muslims. He went to chapel because his parents thought, ““When in Rome, do as the Romans do””. Why are people now so ultra-sensitive as to object to the religion of the host country? It is quite extraordinary. People were easy-going and relaxed then about attending other people’s worship provided it was not forced down their throats; why should not this remain the case?