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Until they give up their separate schools funded by the taxpayer I'll be all in favour of the Act of Settlement.
Prime minister can't be catholic?
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Soldato
Why is it BS?
wait what?
Yeah I was forced into the 'faith' at birth.
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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
Church of the latter day saints origin story?
Bs or plausible to you?
Often it's simply the length of time that makes people see things as fact/plausible/not bs.
There's a lot of outdated little rules like that - the fact that Sinn Fein members in parliament have no say in the house because they don't make an oath to the queen comes to mind. Highly undemocratic and very third world, much like this Catholic prime minister arrangement.
Soldato
Where on earth did you manage to find that sensationalist statement? Or is it just on the bandwagon?
Associate
What's wrong with that? Sounds perfectly acceptable to me. If you wish to sit in the parliament of the United Kingdom you should bear allegiance to the sovereign of it.
Actually, come to think of it, how on earth did Tony Benn get round that? Isn't he a republican?
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Soldato
You arn't religious then? It sounds like you just daren't tell your family that. It reminds me of a conversation I've had on 2 seperate occasions with Irish people:
Them: Are you Catholic or Church of England?
Me: I'm not religious
Them: Ok, but which one are you?
Me: I'm not religious
Them: OK, OK. I get that, you're not religious but .......... which one are you?
Me:
What? It's true, because there are laws that specifically forbid Catholics. At least for the monarchy.
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
We are not even close to being a religion free country, although there is nothing to stop an atheist becoming PM.
I'd prefer all politicians to keep their personal beliefs out of politics, whatever they are.
Soldato
would have been funny if Labour had kept their place and Miliband had made it to head of the party being jewish and all.
Middle eastern politics could be different.
KaHn
Middle eastern politics could be different.
KaHn
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Personally, I think anyone who believes in fairy tales (i.e. Santa Claus, the tooth fairy, God) shouldn't be allowed to be an MP.