Quote Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown View Post
I don't see a need for religious-based tartans. Despite having an established church (The Church of Scotland) Scotland is a secular nation with a thriving multi-cultural, and multi-faith, secular population. Tartans based on family, or location (district tartans), show the wearer to be an integrated part of that community, even if their ancestral roots come from some other place.

Religion-based tartans would seem to be divisive, rather than inclusive, as they imply that their use should be restricted only to persons of that faith.

That there isn't a Presbyterian tartan, or a Catholic tartan, or an Episcopalian or Hindu tartan, speaks volumes for the cultural attitude which subscribes to the belief that a person's religion is a private matter between himself and God. ....
Actually, there is an Episcopalian tartan---two, in fact, I believe. There are also at least two Buddhist ones, as well tartans of several other denominations.

But that is beside the point. Being Jewish is these days in Britain and the US could be better described as an ethnic identity than a religious one.