CofI opposses Bill of Rights for the North - says it is political and should be a UK thing! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7168142.stm
Strange that a church that professes itself to be "of Ireland", dissociates itself from its co-religionists in the South when it suits!
Seems highly political to me - and make its "of Ireland" claim a nonsense.
Maybe if you feel strongly about it, you might post a link or two...Originally Posted by joel
He gave a link
“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen” - Albert Einstein
I tried the Church of Ireland Gazette (online) but couldn't find the article.
""There are those in the Stormont establishment who want a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland, as opposed to the UK as a whole, because they want Northern Ireland to relate more closely to the Republic of Ireland than to the rest of the UK," it said."
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Which you'll see isn't in the post that I quoted because it wasn't there when I posted it.
Thanks though
It's a complete nonsense of an article. The writer is obviously some sort of ukup nut. The whole point of the legislative authority is that the six can create its own legal identity separate from the rest of the UK. If it feels that a bill of rights is necessary (like most democratic countries) then it should go right ahead. The failure of the UK parliament should not prevent the NI parliament going down that road.
The point:
"There are those in the Stormont establishment who want a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland, as opposed to the UK as a whole, because they want Northern Ireland to relate more closely to the Republic of Ireland than to the rest of the UK,"
suggests that the person either suffers severe paranoia or is just an idiot. How exactly would a bill of rights accomplish any such thing.
“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen” - Albert Einstein
these are the same people who accuse the Republic of being priest ridden, twhile hey have unelected Bishops in the house of Lords making laws, they have to have a non catholic Head of State,
laugh, its a disgrace to demorocy
Think Tall
and you accuse ME of bigotry ? what a laugh
so let me getit right: according to eejits like you, to be proper Irish you have to be as follows:
1. Gaelic
2. Nationalist
3. RC
4. Anti-UK
5. Subscribe to the nationalist ideology and revire it's "saints".
It's no possible to have another opinion. We're all to be products of our enviorments, without question. Obey.
and you say the uk isn't democratic?
"I would be ashamed to lead a party who persecuted any man for his religion, just as I would not tolerate any man persecuting me because of mine"
Sir Edward Carson, Feb 3rd 1921
You're making up badly written nonsense out of thin air and then arguing against it. Brilliantand you accuse ME of bigotry ? what a laugh
so let me getit right: according to eejits like you, to be proper Irish you have to be as follows:
1. Gaelic
2. Nationalist
3. RC
4. Anti-UK
5. Subscribe to the nationalist ideology and revire it's "saints".
It's no possible to have another opinion. We're all to be products of our enviorments, without question. Obey.
and you say the uk isn't democratic?
“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen” - Albert Einstein
The article is obvioulsy motivated by extremist unionist opinion and is an insult to members of the Church of Ireland who are Irish Republicans. Anglicanism is terribly tied up in politics and it inevitably affect's that Church's ability to be objective about anything.
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