Posted on 2/11/2009, 4:09:47 AM by AfterManyASummer
The governing body of the Church of England, the General Synod, voted overwhelmingly to follow the lead of the police and bar ordained priests, trainees and lay staff from becoming members of racist political parties, specifically including the BNP.
It will require discplinary rules for vicars to be rewritten, and some critics claimed the move could still breach human rights and trigger employment tribunal cases because the BNP is a legal organisation.
Others warned that far-right parties could get around the rules by changing their names, or by claiming their members are merely supporters rather than official members.
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Earlier the Archbishop of Canterbury told the Church that divisions in the Anglican Communion over women bishops and homosexuality are not completely beyond repair.
In his Presidential Address, Dr Williams said both traditionalists and liberals must accept that the other side is not going to go away, and not cling to the "fantasy" of a pure church.
He admitted that the communion between the 80 million members of the global church is "indeed a very imperfect thing".
Last year hundreds of church leaders, mostly from Africa, boycotted a key conference in protest at the presence of liberal Americans who had consecrated a homosexual bishop, the Rt Rev Gene Robinson, while many Anglo-Catholics have threatened to leave the Church of England if women are introduced to the episcopate without provision for those who oppose the reform.
But the Archbishop insisted: "We have not yet got to the point where we can no longer recognise one another as seeking to obey the same Lord."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
The Archbishop of Canterbury. Isn’t that that extreem left wing SOB that wanted Sharia incorporated in British law?
Yes
Sodomy is praised but racism cannot even be forgiven. Veddy interesting.
yes he is he has no problem with sharia law being incorporated but in his eyes no one can join a perfect legal up coming political party but they can be commies , and far left loons
no wonder why I left that church, it is dead to me now
Next Headline: “Church of England votes to ban clergy from Church”
I would hope the Bishops in my country would have similar spine and outlaw membership of Catholics in the Democart party.
Headline after: “Archbishop of Canterbury ‘Blasts Those who Still Believe that God is Real’”.
The Church of England is the reason we have the First Amendment.
Ahh the Church of England. Started as a bad joke, and seems destined to end as one too.
And don’t get me started on the travesty that is the American branch, The Episcopalians!
this man is an idiot, first he think sharia law is ok to be introduced into England and now he thinks joining a pro British legal political party who is on the up and up is not acceptable
does anyone have any contact info on this loving muslim anti British man please so I can leave him not one but a few messages about my personal feelings..
IDIOTS like him do not understand that muslims want to take over Europe and he is helping them.
Queen Elizabeth the first is rolling in her grave and how I wished for another meanwhile chamberlain would be impressed with their passiveness
LOL. And what a great decision that was. I am grateful that the Episcopalian offshoot never became “Church of America”.
*shudder*
I left the religion because of their liberal leanings and still look for a place where I’m more comfortable to be in
is it OK to support Islamification of Europe?
Ping
Dhimmi.
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