[thechat] What?? WHAT?????

Martin Burns martin at easyweb.co.uk
Thu Jun 27 11:40:01 CDT 2002


On Thursday, June 27, 2002, at 04:10  pm, John Handelaar wrote:

>> Well, call me naïve, but aren't you guys the ones who have that
>> whole clause
>> about separating Church and State?  Does the UK?
>
> Extremely, and depressingly, not.
>
> The head of state here is also the head of the Anglican
> church.  People of other religions (or none) are barred
> outright from becoming head of state.

I had it in mind that that only applies to Catholics as per the Act of
Settlement

Cheers
Martin
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