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David Cameron studies plans for multi-faith Lords ( UK )
Telegraph ^
| 23 Apr 2011
| Melissa Kite
Posted on 04/23/2011 6:34:37 PM PDT by george76
David Cameron is considering plans to create a "multi-faith" House of Lords where Muslim imams could sit alongside Anglican and Catholic bishops.
The controversial suggestion is revealed in a paper drawn up by Tory officials which calls for a wide range of different churches to be represented once reforms to the Upper House are carried out.
Currently 26 Anglican bishops have seats in the Lords. But Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, is drawing up a draft bill setting out wholesale changes to the Lords that are expected to include provisions for hundreds of existing peers, including the bishops, to be evicted while at least 80 per cent of new members are elected.
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The idea of imams in the House of Lords may upset some people but that is better than not having anything spiritual at all.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: houseoflords; imams; muslim; muslimimams; muslims
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posted on
04/23/2011 6:34:40 PM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
I’m sure the ABoC goes along with this foolish idea.
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posted on
04/23/2011 6:36:57 PM PDT
by
kalee
(The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
To: george76
The idea of imams in the House of Lords may upset some people but that is better than not having anything spiritual at all. From what I have seen of Islamic "leaders", atheists would be more spiritual.
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posted on
04/23/2011 6:39:41 PM PDT
by
Pollster1
(Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
To: george76
how the hell do you get an imam in the house of lords when the seats are inherited? If you are going to start that BS then its not the house of lords anymore. Might as well end the house of lords all together.
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posted on
04/23/2011 6:43:43 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: george76
I don’t even understand how they even got anglican bishops in the house of lords.
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posted on
04/23/2011 6:44:47 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: george76
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posted on
04/23/2011 6:49:06 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: mamelukesabre
It is, after all, The Church of England.
They’ll be better off not changing that.
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posted on
04/23/2011 6:50:03 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: george76
create a "multi-faith" House of Lords where Muslim imams could sit alongside Anglican and Catholic bishops. That would be like making room some cancer cells in your brain just for the sake of biodiversity.
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posted on
04/23/2011 6:54:29 PM PDT
by
tbpiper
To: george76
Tic, tic, tic”...............
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posted on
04/23/2011 6:54:59 PM PDT
by
itsahoot
(Almost everything I post is Sarcastic, since I have no sense of humor about lying politicians.)
To: george76
National suicides are ugly things
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posted on
04/23/2011 6:57:45 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: george76
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posted on
04/23/2011 6:59:59 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: george76
The sad thing is Cameron knows how the Muslims feel about non Muslims.
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posted on
04/23/2011 7:00:51 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: george76
a "multi-faith" House of Lords where Muslim imams could sit alongside Anglican and Catholic bishops.
Make sure they sit within sword swinging distance. Don't want to make it too hard for the muzzie to murder them like he's commanded to!
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posted on
04/23/2011 7:06:28 PM PDT
by
rawcatslyentist
(It is necessary that a person be born of a father who is a citizen; ~Vattel's Law of Nations)
To: george76
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posted on
04/23/2011 7:10:02 PM PDT
by
ken21
(dem taxes + regs + unions = jobs overseas.)
To: mamelukesabre
Three estates ~ the Nobles, the Church and the Commons. This comes down from Medieval times. The kings rarely called meetings of the Commons. The Nobles were available for feasts at the King's castle all the time. He saw the Church on Sundays.
If you had a meeting of the Estates General, ALL the estates met.
BTW, this is why the news media pukes used to refer to themselves as the Fourth Estate ~ just as if they were a piece of government.
The Brits and the British Commonwealth nations imagine they're catching up with the rest of the world by modernizing the House of Lords. Canada did this and it went from being the laughing stock of the North to being the outrageous fun house of crazy whacked out Leftwingtards of the North.
This could be dangerous.
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posted on
04/23/2011 7:15:14 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: mamelukesabre
The Parliament of England developed from the Magnum Concilium, the "Great Council" that advised the King during medieval times.[6] This royal council came to be composed of ecclesiastics, noblemen, and representatives of the counties (afterwards, representatives of the boroughs as well). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lords Under Edward III Parliament was divided into ecclesiastics, noblemen (The Lords Spiritual and Temporal) and county and borough representatives (The Commons)
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posted on
04/23/2011 7:27:18 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.- H. L. Mencken)
To: Oztrich Boy
bad idea putting clergy of any religion in the house of lords. or any house of anything.
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posted on
04/23/2011 7:48:54 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: george76
Just a few weeks ago, Cameron was quoted as saying that
multiculturalism had failed. Did he mean that letting the British hang around while Muzzies moved in was a bad idea?
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posted on
04/23/2011 8:05:25 PM PDT
by
Hunton Peck
(See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
To: george76
He must be getting his manhood lubed by someone whose last name is Abu.
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posted on
04/23/2011 8:06:09 PM PDT
by
MissMack99
(BO Stinks!)
To: george76
I thought the House of Lords had been done away with. If it hasn’t letting the head-choppers in will be sure to do it.
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posted on
04/23/2011 8:12:12 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
(Two wrongs don't make a right. But they can make it interesting.)
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