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LeftishBrit

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12. Or rather the constitution we don't have! That is one aspect of your political system that I'd like.

Reply to goldent (Reply #10)

Fri Feb 22, 2013, 04:50 AM

Feb 2013

The reason why a Catholic can't be monarch is mainly to do with the fact the Monarch is supposedly head of both church and state, so that the Church of England would in theory cease to exist as an independent organization and revert to being a branch of the Catholic Church. Church-state separation would remove that problem. As would the abolition of the monarchy, of course!

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Britain’s 10 worst violations of religious equality [View all] mr blur Feb 2013 OP

Post removed Post removed Feb 2013 #1

Do you think that clergy should be able to vote on legislation? trotsky Feb 2013 #2

Aww, another one of his posts got hidden. Color me surprised. cleanhippie Feb 2013 #4

I was going to point this out skepticscott Feb 2013 #5

This is one of the things I like about DU3. trotsky Feb 2013 #6

It's outright discrimination magellan Feb 2013 #3

I'm confused. Many of our UK members here are frequently crowing that the cbayer Feb 2013 #7

People are accepting of non-believers, but religion gets official privilege muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #8

I see the distinction, I think. cbayer Feb 2013 #9

It is a bit of a paradox LeftishBrit Feb 2013 #11

Thanks so much for this coherent explanation. cbayer Feb 2013 #13

The article didn't even mention... goldent Feb 2013 #10

Or rather the constitution we don't have! That is one aspect of your political system that I'd like. LeftishBrit Feb 2013 #12

My British husband has repeatedly told me that the ruling monarch IS the constitution. cbayer Feb 2013 #14

The UK has an official, state religion (the Church of England) of which the Queen is the head. Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #15