David Cameron has claimed that he will stand against the “aggressive secularisation” of British society. 
The Prime Minister promised Christians that his Government “cares about faith” despite clashes with religious groups over same-sex marriage, the Daily Telegraph reports.
At a pre-Easter reception in Downing Street, Mr Cameron said that the Coalition Government cared “about the institutions of faith and it does want to stand up and oppose the aggressive secularisation that can sometimes happen in our society”.
He added: “Wherever we go, we stand up for the right of Christians to practice their faith.”
He praised Education Secretary Michael Gove for handing out Bibles to state schools and said the right to say prayers before council meetings will be protected.
“We’ve sent out a very clear message to aggressive secularists,” he said. “We changed the law so that people can go on saying prayers before council meetings.
“Micheal Gove made the very brave decision, I thought, and right decision to give every state school a copy of the King James Bible. Some people said ‘what a waste of money’.
“I say no, I think it was a great use of money. This book is one of the things that made our country what it is today in terms of its messages and its brilliant language.”
Mr Cameron said it had been “a great week for Christians”. On Thursday he attended the enthronement of the new head of the Church of England, Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.
Two cabinet ministers attended the inauguration of Pope Francis in Rome on Tuesday.
Mr Cameron has been criticised by the Church of England and the Catholic Church over his plans to introduce same-sex marriage.
The Coalition have claimed that the legislative safeguards will protect churches from being forced to conduct same-sex weddings, but senior clergy have expressed fears that European human rights law may force them to carry such weddings out if a case is taken before the European Court of Human Rights.
In addition, the British Government did not defend a number of Christians who recently appeared before the European Court of Human Rights.
These included a woman who was sacked as a civil registrar because she would not officiate at civil union ceremonies for same-sex couples.
It also included a nurse who wanted to wear her cross at work.
They both lost their cases as did a therapist who did not want to counsel gay couples about their sex lives.