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27 September, 2004
27 September 2004Also not the C of E: Hunters in the U.K. are converting to the "Free Church of Country Sports," at the rate of up to 700 new pilgrims a day, in order to protect fox hunting from a proposed government ban. If the bill is passed the Free Churchers say they will challenge it on grounds of race discrimination, claiming that "those who take part in country sports are sufficiently culturally different to be considered a social group with an ethnic identity." Anne Wybergh, of Cumberland Farmers’ Foxhounds, told The News and Star's Pam McClounie, "'I'm not a church person myself and I'm not sure if I would choose it as a religion but I can understand why they join.'"
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