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It's the official state religion and is represented in the house of lords. That's real actual power, albeit moderated by the rest of the HoL. And, while they ap
by DanBC 7y ago
It's the official state religion and is represented in the house of lords. That's real actual power, albeit moderated by the rest of the HoL. And, while they apologised, they stuck by that announcement.
We also have Catholic churches here, who've made similar pronouncements about relationships of gay people.
We've had a long running demonstration outside primary schools by Muslim people complaining about age appropriate lessons about relationships.
A transwoman was ostracized by her orthodox Jewish community to the point where she was unable to see her children. Despite winning the various court cases she's now given up trying to have contact with her children.
Religious intolerance of LGBTQ relationships is widespread in the UK across most religions.
- notahacker 7y agoNobody is saying that religious prejudice in the UK is nonexistent. What I am saying is the data source's conclusion that the UK has a high level of religious prejudice not found in the rest of Western Europe is palpably absurd. 'But I have to worry about the power of bishops in the House of Lords', said no tourist ever.
- DanBC 7y agoAre you ignoring Northern Ireland? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Northern_Ireland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Northern_Irelan... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party#Social_policies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party#Soci... EDIT: Also, it's weird to discount the fact that about one third of all schools in England are faith schools - most of those are either Church of England or Catholic. Ofsted requires schools to teach about same sex relationships, but Ofsted doesn't prevent schools from teaching that these relationships are sinful. https://www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2019/07/faith-schools-must-stop-stigmatising-same-sex-relationships https://www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2019/07/faith-schools-...
- dependenttypes 7y ago> Despite winning the various court cases she's now given up trying to have contact with her children. Wait, what? Do you have a source for this? Because if it is true it is outrageous.