THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND has actually safeguarded the work of bishops in the House of Lords following the launch of a petition to eliminate them from parliament.
They state bishops make “a unique and non-party political contribution in Parliament” and speak “openly, and often forcefully, for those in the margins”.
On Friday, broadcaster and author Sandi Toksvig, introduced a petition to eliminate the 26 bishops who being in Parliament as the Lords
Spiritual, arguing the Church’s exemption from equality laws is “discriminatory” for females and the LGBT+ neighborhood.
Both the archbishops of Canterbury and York together with other 21 bishops, form the Lords Spiritual.
A Church of England representative informed Premier: “The Bishops in the House of Lords make a unique and non-party political contribution in Parliament, rooted in the Church’s function as a Christian existence in every neighborhood in England.
“They don’t take a celebration line, or vote as a bloc; they are not designated due to the fact that of political connections and they are the only group in the Lords whose numbers are restricted, who have a set retirement age and who, due to the fact that of their own dioceses, successfully represent a particular location of the nation.
“This allows them to satisfy an extremely unique function in Parliament – offering an everyday ethical and faith point of view on legislation and other business, drawing from their faith and what they see and hear first-hand in parishes and other networks throughout the nation and overseas.
“That allows them to speak freely, and typically powerfully, for those on the margins – whether on the effect of the universal credit two-child limitation, the treatment of refugees and detainees, human rights at home and abroad, betting reform and getting justice for the victims of the cladding scandal, for instance.
“Questions about their future role are, and always will be, a matter for Parliament.”
The petition, which has actually been signed by over 75,000 individuals – making it among the leading signed petitions on Change.org – checks out as follows:
“26 bishops from the Church of England, chosen by the church, sit as a matter of right in the House of Lords. No other faiths have this opportunity, and nor do the other UK areas.
“These bishops can vote on every law that is passed – even laws that the church doesn’t need to comply with due to the fact that it has legal exemptions from Equality legislation. The just other nation worldwide where agents of the state faith instantly get a seat in the legislature is Iran.
“Whatever goes on within spiritual organisations, the Church must not be enabled to hold sway in the Houses of Parliament. It doesn’t matter what your faith is and even isn’t, it’s prejudiced and it needs to stop.
“This petition calls for the removal the Church Of England’s privilege to appoint bishops into the House of Lords, and remove existing bishops currently sitting in the House of Lords.”
In a TikTok video, which is presently going viral, Sandi Toksvig describes that there are just 2 nations on Earth where agents of the state faith instantly get a seat in the legislature – Iran and the United Kingdom.
To see the petition go to: change.com/bishopsout
