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Should the Pope be given the honour of a UK state visit?
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http://www.guardian.c...k-state-visit-protest
So /// Stephen Fry, Terry Pratchett, Philip Pullman and Richard Dawkins are among more than 50 public figures who have signed a letter to the Guardian arguing that the pope should not be given the "honour" of a UK state visit.///
Roman Catholic, Religious or not,
Why should the Pope not be given the honour of a UK state visit, just because of the Vatican's record on 'gay rights', 'abortion' and 'birth control'?
Would they also criticise other religions on their various records of their faith?
So /// Stephen Fry, Terry Pratchett, Philip Pullman and Richard Dawkins are among more than 50 public figures who have signed a letter to the Guardian arguing that the pope should not be given the "honour" of a UK state visit.///
Roman Catholic, Religious or not,
Why should the Pope not be given the honour of a UK state visit, just because of the Vatican's record on 'gay rights', 'abortion' and 'birth control'?
Would they also criticise other religions on their various records of their faith?
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Thomas, that's a bit insensitive. Abuse takes place in any closed system: children's home, prison, residential school, religion etc because there's an imbalance of power and a lack of accountability. Remember the outcry over the play 'Outrage'? The demonstrations against it was not because a rape had taken place but that it had had taken place in a Sikh temple. Rape's ok but not in a temple; it's the same mindset. The bloke on Channel 4 news tonight shows that the catholic Church STILL doesn't get it.
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@R1Geezer - "the whole Catholic church is a disgrace." - I don't suppose you'd elaborate on that dizzyingly sweeping statement?
@B00 - "sausage jockeys"?
@sp1814 thanks for posting the Madonna video which, although really stupid ("So you see, he didn't do it!"), is great viewing as she has rarely looked better than that.
ummmm I think I'm with you on that last post above.
@B00 - "sausage jockeys"?
@sp1814 thanks for posting the Madonna video which, although really stupid ("So you see, he didn't do it!"), is great viewing as she has rarely looked better than that.
ummmm I think I'm with you on that last post above.
I think that to equate catholicism with Irishness is rather naughty. Many noble families of England, including the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal and England's premier peer, have retained their RC faith whilst still professing their loyalty to the Hanoverian succession. My maternal grandfather was Irish (d. 1917 before insulin was discovered). Apparently this makes me 25% Irish and thus qualified for an Irish passport. (Might come in useful some time if I need to flee the country in a hurry).
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