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Originally posted by sandee@Nov 4th, 2003 - 6:13 pm
So William can marry a girl of any faith EXCEPT a roman catholic? Could somebody please tell me why that is...it really confuses me.
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The short answer is because it is the LAW. You want the REASON for the law.
Well, to make a very long story short, I'll try to explain it briefly. It goes way back to the 1500's when King Henry VIII broke with the Church of Rome. He set up his own church with himself as the Supreme Head of that church, which is today known as the Anglican Church[Church of England]. HM The Queen is still the Supreme Head of this church today.
After quite a few years this church became firmly established and those in power decided to exclude all Roman Catholics from ever having the possibility of becoming Sovereign. They no longer wanted to have the Pope in Rome to have any influence whatsoever in the politics or religion of England. After the rule of a few Roman Catholic Soveriegns [after Henry VIII] such as "Bloody" Mary I, and James II, those in power decided to enact several laws[the ones I posted about earlier] that would forever bar any more Roman Catholics [or ones that married Roman Catholics] from the throne. As long as the Soveriegn remains as the Supreme Head of the Anglican Church, I doubt that little will ever change.
It really all boils down to discrimination and bigotry. These laws are really out of place in todays world, in my opinion. :flower: