Confusion about Church and State

Rating: Null/10 (13 April 2006)

One reviewer referred to a "fascist government where separation of church and state no longer exist". Unfortunately that is completely incorrect. There is an established church in Britain. The idea that Chruch and State should be separate, or are separate, is a peculiarly American concept. It arose because of the intolerance shown by Established churches in the early American colonies, many of which had established churches. In an attempt to prevent such abuses in future the constitution prohibited state churches. It didn't however ban religious expression, something which many people now fail to grasp. V is seemingly influenced by this confusion. What we must bear in mind is that V for Vendetta is really set in modern America. The ostensible UK setting is just a sham, just as in an earlier era Gilbert and Sullivan set their satirical operettas in foreign lands, and more recently Animal Farm attacked the Soviet Union in the guise of a farm. V is as much an attack on Bushite America as anything Michael Moore could produce- it just isn't so obvious.