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The Catholic ban makes sense for as long as the monarch remains the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, when that's no longer the case then the Act of Settlement can be revised.
quite right. since the Catholic Church is well known for not changing it's mind on issues(i.e. in this case, that the non catholic should convert) we will(and i feel quite confident in saying) NEVER see the ban lifted. most people feel it is discriminatory and it is if you look at it in the "human rights" sense but it makes complete sense if you look at it from the viewpoint of the 2 churches. since the monarch is the head of the CoE why would you want them to convert to catholicism (if the couple were devout enough to follow that rule) and if the monarch is the head of a church then they should be devout. HM takes her role as the head of the CoE very seriously and her faith has probably sustained her throughout many trying times. for the record, i'm Roman Catholic but don't see the ban as discrimanatory at all.