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Not all Catholics are bothered, however. In fact, some of us are rather in favour of the act, and are impatient with those among our co-religionists who whine about it and play the victim, as tough they were members of an oppressed minority.

The Act of Settlement is good in so far as it reminds us Catholics who we are and what we believe. It reminds us that we reject the Protestant settlement and the Glorious Revolution – and, for that matter, the American and French revolutions. It reminds us that we are Europeans, not Anglo-Americans, and, if we are old enough and pompous enough, it reminds us also that England was once known as "Mary's Dowry".

Remember, remember the fifth of November...

1 posted on 09/26/2009 9:59:36 AM PDT by Alex Murphy

If they do this, won’t the Windsors have to hand the throne to the Wittelsbachs? They have a better claim based on descent from King James I. George I became king in 1714 because he was the closest Protestant cousin to Queen Anne, but there were a number of Catholic relatives who were more closely related.

2 posted on 09/26/2009 11:00:46 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus

Or a Catholic can remember Tyburn.

4 posted on 09/26/2009 12:16:36 PM PDT by StAthanasiustheGreat (Vocatus Atque Non Vocatus Deus Aderit)

Remember, remember the fifth of November

The Reichstag Fire before the Reichstag Fire.

6 posted on 09/27/2009 5:24:00 PM PDT by Campion ("President Barack Obama" is an anagram for "An Arab-backed Imposter")

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