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Royal Wedding Emblematic of the Decline of the Church of England
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| MAY 19, 2018
| BY PAULA BOLYARD
Posted on 05/20/2018 9:46:25 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45
The ceremony itself featured an African-American bishop who cited the American civil rights movement and quoted Martin Luther King Jr. as often as he did Jesus. The couple opted for a secular song, Stand by Me, performed by a predominantly black gospel choirjaws literally droppedin addition to old-school Christian hymns sung by the congregation. The traditional Anglican vows were altered slightly to allow the outspoken feminist Markle to opt out of the traditional promise to obey her husband.
While the acceptance of people of color into the royal fold is a welcome and long-overdue change, the acceptance of divorce and immorality by the Church of England is another thing altogether. That the Church blessed the union at all, coming as it did after the couple had been openly cohabitating and in light of Markles divorce, signals a radical departure from the traditions of the church headed by Queen Elizabeth, who inherited the title Defender of the Faith on the day of her coronation. That designation was first granted to King Henry the VIII by Leo X in 1521. Henry VIII, you will recall, famously left the Catholic church after the Pope refused to annul his marriage to first marriage to Catherine of Aragon. He later appointed himself Supreme Head of the Church of England and went on to wed five more women.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 1776; coe; europeanchristians; religiousleft; royals
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To: SaveFerris
I’ve read Diana was a convert to Islam and chose to reject Christ (not that she probably ever accepted Him as Savior anyways).
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posted on
05/20/2018 4:23:48 PM PDT
by
Roman_War_Criminal
(This country & world is living on borrowed time (Luke 17:26-27))
To: 50mm
Prince Henry (Harry) may have been presciently named.
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posted on
05/20/2018 4:31:52 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
To: linton59
Sarah Ferguson was there; in fact, she was one of the best-dressed women there. Learned a lesson, one supposes. But she was not seated by the Powers that Be next to her daughters, but in the main section of the church. The daughters sat up front in the choir with their father and the rest of the royals.
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posted on
05/20/2018 4:42:20 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
To: dandiegirl
The fact that the 36 year old divorced woman wore a veil over her face was a little much and Harry looked like an emotional mess.The fact is, Harry is an emotional mess, God bless him. And I was also very disgusted that the CoE officials and the Queen let her get away with the white dress and veil as if their meaning were simply visual, not spiritual. Even Camilla had the good sense to dress appropriately when she was remarried. I loathe the woman, but I really loved her wedding ensemble in every detail:
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posted on
05/20/2018 4:47:55 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
To: The Deplorable Miss Lemon
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posted on
05/20/2018 4:50:35 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
To: caww
Family was often smiling and even chuckling and laughing.Mostly at that over-the-top bishop's grandstanding, my FRiend.
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posted on
05/20/2018 4:52:08 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
To: Albion Wilde
Now who could he possibly mean? :-)
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posted on
05/20/2018 4:53:08 PM PDT
by
The Deplorable Miss Lemon
(If illegals are here to do the jobs Americans won't do why are so many illegals on welfare?)
To: PAR35
I take it you think you are being amazingly witty and clever to keep trotting out this widely-debunked, nasty and vile rumor about Harry’s father. It has been put to rest long, long ago, except for people who enjoy calling others bastards and thinking others’ pain is enjoyable. You stay classy, hear?
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posted on
05/20/2018 4:54:30 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
To: Albion Wilde
Ferguson made her bed and burnt her bridges through adultery...
and lies.
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posted on
05/20/2018 4:54:32 PM PDT
by
rollo tomasi
(Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
To: The Deplorable Miss Lemon
Poor Princess Margret forced into a loveless marriage and finally divorced. Not a very happy life for that poor lady.And it was her sister, the Queen, who, at the young age of 26, had to endorse that position of the Anglican Church, as she should have. But I think Margaret's eventual misery must be one of the dynamics underlying Elizabeth's reluctance to rein in her wayward descendants as regards marriage.
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posted on
05/20/2018 5:01:26 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
To: SaveFerris
Diana could have put a Muslim on the throne of England....That is not remotely possible, no matter to whom she would have remarried. She was not in the line of succession.
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posted on
05/20/2018 5:10:42 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
To: Para-Ord.45
While the acceptance of people of color into the royal fold is a welcome and long-overdue change
I didnt know a person of color was previously turned away. The author speaks as though we all have a duty to marry someone from another race. Silly me, Ive always thought you should marry someone you love.
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posted on
05/20/2018 5:12:30 PM PDT
by
liberalh8ter
(The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
To: SaveFerris
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posted on
05/20/2018 5:16:31 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
To: flaglady47; Wallace T.
He actually broke the military code governing facial hair; UK requires men to be clean shaven while in uniform. Think about it: otherwise, they would have to permit the muslims to have their henna-dyed ungroomed beards and the sikhs their turbans and daggers, etc. He had to get special permission from the Queen to keep the beard.
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posted on
05/20/2018 5:20:57 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
To: The Deplorable Miss Lemon
If you are financially subsidized, marry against “your will”, and take a vow before Jesus Christ/God/Holy Sprit, then swallow your pride/sorrows and honor your vows. That goes for the females too.
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posted on
05/20/2018 5:22:03 PM PDT
by
rollo tomasi
(Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
To: ladyjane
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posted on
05/20/2018 5:22:11 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
To: ladyjane; The Deplorable Miss Lemon
I have read that one of the first things Queen Elizabeth did after the coronation was to change the law so that Margaret could never become queen if Elizabeth pre-deceased her.Scroll a third of the way down the Wikipedia page on Princess Margaret and you will see that Winston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth tried to find a workable legal solution so that Margaret could, in fact, marry Townsend. Elizabeth was trying to help her sister marry Townsend. The Church of England and the Parliament were the ones opposed to the marriage to a divorced man with children. Margaret was only 22; Townsend was 16 years olderthe same age gap that scandalized the Democrats and RINOs last year when Roy Moore ran for Senate. Different times, different degree of wealth, different culture...
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posted on
05/20/2018 5:42:32 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
To: ladyjane; The Deplorable Miss Lemon
Pardon me; it was not Churchill, but his successor Anthony Eden, who tried to help Elizabeth remove Margaret from the line of succession so that she could marry a divorced man.
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posted on
05/20/2018 5:45:00 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
To: Albion Wilde
I never said it was Churchill. It was Anthony Eden, a divorced man, who plotted with Elizabeth to remove Margaret.
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posted on
05/20/2018 5:47:07 PM PDT
by
ladyjane
To: Albion Wilde
Her two sons don’t have a shot?
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posted on
05/20/2018 5:49:15 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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