The Tragedy of the Church of England
By Frederick Dixon: “Its obscene” the vicar of Edmonton recently declared “oppressive, racist and wholly inappropriate to a multi-faith society in the 21st century”. What was the vicar railing against – the racist grooming of poor white girls by Moslem paedophile gangs, female genital mutilation, child pornography? No, none of these; the vicar’s ire was aroused by the beautiful hymn “I vow to thee my country” with its deeply patriotic interweaving of love for our…