Why Anglican England is better than secular France

From the London Telegraph a reflection on the differences between the "faiths" of France and England

The French Republic, belligerently secular since the Revolution, and whose separation of church and state is encoded in a 1905 law, may start according a special role to the Catholic Church; that at least is one interpretation of comments by President Nicolas Sarkozy that a new, "positive secularity" should recognise the central place of religion in the country. "It would be crazy to deprive ourselves of religion" he said - "[it would be] a failing against culture and against thought".

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/urmeekhan/blog/2008/09/15/why_anglican_england_is_better_than_secular_france