[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Don’t attribute things to me I didn’t say...

Henry VIII deposed the Papists because of the usurpation by clergy to determine hereditary kingdoms.

Elizabeth I never married for the same reason, it was just the Presbyters she was at odds with.

[wideawake]

Henry VIII embraced heresy because he wanted to find an excuse to put away his wife who had done nothing wrong. Monogamy wasn't invented to frustrate him - he reintroduced divorce to the West for his own personal pleasure, putting the West on the path to "gay marriage". Plus being able to steal billions of pounds of Church property didn't hurt his plans either.

Elizabeth did not marry because she did not want to share power. If she really didn't marry because she thought that was somehow a blow against the Scottish church elders, she failed magnificently - because she was succeeded by the Scottish Presbyters' number one choice: their student James VI.