Reply #10: Jack Straw, in this context, IS the government interfering.

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He is the government, and he brought the subject up.

I can't see that anyone in this argument, so far, has resorted to evidence. I'm not even sure what such evidence would look like. Statistical studies on the effects of various sorts of public religious dress, anecdotal testimonials, maybe.

The Archbishop is not asserting that anyone wants to take away all religious symbols, the Archbishop is arguing that the government should have nothing to say about the subject, that it is none of the governments business.