#Church #Autonomy #Doctrine Does Not Shield #CriminalConduct

https://religionclause.blogspot.com/2023/07/church-autonomy-doctrine-does-not.html
In the case, three Old Order #Amish #bishops were convicted of #misdemeanor #intimidation for threatening to place an #Amishwife under a bann if she did not remove herself from a #protectiveorder she had obtained to protect her and her children from her husband.

Tommy #Sheppard is not wrong to say that having #bishops in the House of Lords gives "democracy a bad name". But as his own party, the #SNP, has consistently acknowledged, the #HouseofLords gives #democracy a bad name. If anything, the bishops are sometimes among the more sensible participants. But there are no good reasons why unelected people should be members of a legislature
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66128252

#Bishops should lose guaranteed seats in House of #Lords, MPs to hear

No god given right….

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/bishops-uk-parliament-house-of-lords-snp-anglican-b2370307.html

Sandi Toksvig notes that "[t]here are only two countries in the world where representatives of the state religion automatically get a seat in the legislature: the UK and Iran."

She thinks it's time for the UK to remove the Anglican bishops from parliament. When the bishops have used their votes to try to block the advance of LGBTQ rights, she notes that giving them automatic seats in parliament has practical consequences for everyone.

#UK #parliament #bishops

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/05/house-of-lords-reform-bishops-parliament

#PopeFrancis approved changes to the norms governing the #SynodOfBishops, a #Vatican body that gathers the world’s bishops together for periodic meetings, following years of demands by #women to have the #RightToVote.

The Vatican on Wednesday published the modifications he approved, which emphasize his vision for the lay faithful taking on a greater role in #Church affairs that have long been left to clerics, #bishops and #cardinals.

https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-vatican-women-catholic-synod-ffc3dcf12f6c2bdcf7eb6896cade2ee1

Petition: Remove Bishops From The House Of Lords

https://chng.it/N9PJHfGqhC

#HouseOfLords #bishops #politics #religion

#Bishops around the world condemn unjust persecution of the #Church in #Nicaragua
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-02/bishops-condemn-the-unjust-persecution-of-church-in-nicaragua.html

https://www.change.org/p/remove-bishops-from-the-house-of-lords
#bishops #houseoflords #petition

She's absolutely right. Deep shame on all the #bishops. If #schism is the only solution then so be it. Tear the whole institution apart and rebuild with actual love as the foundation, not this tiresome bigotry. It's destroying and even ending lives.

#BBC News: Sandi Toksvig: I can't let the #Church of England hurt #LGBT people

#SandiToksvig #CofE #Synod #Anglican

BBC News - Sandi Toksvig: I can't let the Church of England hurt LGBT people
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64561692

Petition:

Remove Bishops From The House Of Lords https://chng.it/Zx5jvcCf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1jfZ3lLxgc

#ComeOutForLove #SandyToksvig #HouseOfLords #Bishops

[Petition • #BishopsOut] "There are only two countries in the world where representatives of the state #religion automatically get seats in #Parliament. They are the #UK and Iran."

👉 Remove #Bishops From The House Of Lords https://www.change.org/p/remove-bishops-from-the-house-of-lords?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=custom_url&recruited_by_id=01446220-a3aa-11ed-9e88-ad7916504750

https://t.co/YLlEM8dBJu

#democracy

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#22Gennaio #bishops

Church of England bishops refuse to back #gay marriage

The #church of #England will refuse to allow #same-sex couples to get married in its churches under proposals set out on Wednesday in which the centuries-old institution said it would stick to its teaching that #marriage is between a man and a woman.

The proposals were developed by #bishops , who form one of three parts of the Church's governing body known as the General Synod, after the Church of England's six-year consultation on #sexuality and marriage - among other subjects - and will be put to the General Synod at a meeting next month.

The Church of England is central to the wider Anglican communion, which represents more than 85 million people in over 165 countries.

"Same-sex couples would still not be able to get married in a Church of England church," the statement said

Separately, Church of England bishops will be issuing an #apology later this week to LGBTQI+ people for the "rejection, exclusion and hostility" they have faced in churches, according to the statement.

#unitedkingdom #religion #lgbt

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/church-england-bishops-refuse-allow-same-sex-marriages-2023-01-18/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64313367

@GottaLaff @parislady1492 Some #Catholic #Bishops are in on it. Some are the same ones who don’t like Francis and his light touches of Liberation Theology. Some right-wing bishops are pro-authoritarianism, some were part of the abuse cover-up. Some are part of all of the above.

#church #childabuse #bishops #pope

How Hindu-supremacists—in the #judiciary, on the streets, in the state #legislatures—keep on resurrecting the bogey of #LoveJihad, an imaginary Muslim conspiracy to convert unsuspecting Hindu women to #Islam

How #interfaith couples—particularly those involving a #Hindu woman and a #Muslim man—are facing relentless #legal and #socioeconomic #persecution

How #Catholic #Bishops in #India have joined this Hindu-supremacist bandwagon persecuting interfaith #couples

https://thewire.in/communalism/lies-insistence-and-disregard-for-evidence-the-journey-of-love-jihad-laws

"This established church, with 26 #bishops in the #Lords, is already resisting #Labour’s plan for its #abolition. Why are a third of state schools still religious, mainly Church of England and Catholic; many highly selective? In Northern Ireland, only 7% attend integrated schools. Far from abandoning a compulsory Christian “collective act of worship”, #NickGibb, the schools minister, threatens to “investigate” any schools that don’t ensure one takes place every day."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/23/christmas-religious-christian-humanist

#ChurchOfEngland #bishops oppose the abolition of the #HouseOfLords). Unsurprisingly, but very disappointing to see them put their privilege before the common good #ChurchAndState #UKPolitics #faith
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2022/9-december/news/uk/bishops-reject-labour-plans-to-abolish-house-of-lords

Documents suggest #Pope John Paul II (Karol Józef Wojtyła) knew about the #abuse of minors by #Catholic #clergy, and helped the perpetrators evade punishment, many years before becoming Pope.

#CatholicChurch #abuse #ChildAbuse #religion #Christianity #KarolWojtyla #priests #bishops

https://nltimes.nl/2022/12/03/evidence-suggests-pope-john-paul-ii-knew-abuse-minors-decades-becoming-pope

It's definitely time to remove #Bishops from the #HouseOfLords, and to remove the legal obligation of daily #Christian worship in schools.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/religion/bulletins/religionenglandandwales/census2021