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Posted by RonInBayside on Mon Aug 27 15:13:31 2007, in response to Re: nonsense about Religion in England, posted by soton si on Mon Aug 27 13:56:26 2007. "Do you not feel that the possibility of a new law effectively banning the official religion of the state to be an attack on that religion by the state?"No, more like the state deciding that the one official religion should no longer be treated preferentialy to the others. "the state corrupts the church, and that the majority of people aren't part of the church, the church shouldn't be officially part of the state." I certainly don't want the US to be officially part of a church and vice-versa. "I won't go whole hog and kick bishops out of the Lords," In the United states there are ordained clergy who hold elected office. The Reverend Cleaver is Congressman from Missouri, for example, and was Mayor of Kansas city. Nothing wrong with that. Of course, when I go to see him about government business, I expect him to treat me equally as he would any other constituent, regardless of my religion or lack of it. He's my Congressman, not my priest. Of course he has constituents who were his parishioners as well. That's fine, but as Congressman he's there to forward his constituents' agendas, not the church's. As to your other points about local English politics, I acknowledge what you're saying. |
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