Prime minister can't be catholic?

mcast123 · 12 Jul 2010 at 18:53

So I just watched the news on Scottish tv and they're saying a Catholic can't be prime minister? What the heck happened to PC UK?

I'm an athiest although was born catholic. Are they really saying a muslim can be PM before a catholic?

mcast123 · 12 Jul 2010 at 18:57

simulatorman said:
They're talking about the monarch.

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Catholic-leaders-criticise-PM-for.6413415.jp

oh /facepalm

Nothing to see here.

mcast123 · 12 Jul 2010 at 19:04

So my initial statement was correct, a catholic cannot be PM?

mcast123 · 12 Jul 2010 at 21:29

anant_shah94 said:
I don't think that religion matters that much. Whether you are Catholic or Muslim should not affect your ability or eligibility to be a prime minister

Apparently being catholic means you can't. :eek:

mcast123 · 13 Jul 2010 at 10:19

Chiiives said:
lol? So are you saying we should have a catholic head of state in a majority protestant country. It would be like having a protestant pope as head of the catholic church.

Can we not have an athiest PM in a religion free country? religion is so 1600s