Women Bishops - synod rejects again

Maybe they have an equal vote on the decision and used it to vote against other women having equality.

Wonder how the Supreme Governor feels about this controversy. You there, your maj? Time to break cover and tell your fellow grans!

Nanaej, as I understand it, the women in the House of Laity who voted against women bishops were predominantly conservative evangelicals. They have misused their vote as they do not represent the views of the vast majority of members of the C of E. However, because they are conservative in mindset, they tend to be fairly comfortably off, stay at homes with the time to get involved in church meetings and thus have a disproportionate influence in Synod. That being said the vote was only six short of the necessary two thirds majority.

There will be ways out of this situation, Frank Field has tabled a motion in the House against exemption of the C of E from the Discrimination Act, and that, at least, will focus minds.

The bishops could decline to consecrate any more to their number until women were candidates, the ABC designate could decline to accept his position temporarily and so on.

I think it likely that a way will be found, but how sad that it has come to this.

By its name the House of Laity must be for the laity, so those in it are not aiming to become non-laity so are not personally involved. Women in training to join the priesthood need a vote if a balance is to kept - and young male trainees too.

Roll on The Age of Reason! This farce brings it a bit nearer. Now let's see what a dog's dinner they make of gay marriage.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2012/nov/23/puritans-scuppered-female-bishops-revel

Why hasn't this come up blue?

www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2012/nov/23/puritans-scuppered-female-bishops-revel

Thank you absentgrana.

I wonder what I did wrong. Would you mind explaining how you did it?

Type the address beginning with www, not http://, inside a double set of square brackets www.xxxxxxxxxxx I got it wrong a couple of times before I finally managed to get it right.

Thanks. I've made a note of that.

I was trying to do it by highlighting, copying and pasting for some reason.

There is a petition if you are interested:
Get rid of the automatic seats in the H of Lords if they persist in their sexist policy
epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/42117

Signed.

Done.
There should not be bishops in the H of L anyway, regardless of this silly decision.