Church of England fortsætter sit ihærdige arbejde for sin egen udryddelse. Nyeste ide er, at når eller hvis Prins Charles skal krones til konge bør det ske under en "multi-religiøs" højtidelighed.
Således er det ikke nok med kristne bønner og salmer i den kirke, hvor engelske konger og dronninger er blevet kronet siden 1066. Nu bør monarken også velsignes af sikhiske, jødiske og muslimske bønner, hvis det står til den kommende domprovst i Westminster Abbey, John Hall, skriver The Sunday Telegraph.
"The coronation service needs to find the right way of including people of other faiths," Canon Hall told The Sunday Telegraph. "It must be different in some ways because of the nature of society and how things have changed."
He said that the Church must be prepared to let other faiths play a role in the service. "We need to recognise the reality of religion at the heart of our national life. Rather than hold it possessively, it has become possible to help to create space for other religions within our national life. It is leading to inclusion and cohesion."
Hovedpersonen selv er såmænd ikke fremmed for tanken. Således ønsker Charles at blive udnævnt som "forsvarer af tro" snarere end "forsvarer af troen.
Guderne være priset, at der dog stadig findes besindige røster i den engelske kirke:
Alison Ruoff, a member of the General Synod, the church's parliament, voiced concern about the plans.Kan man sige andet, end Amen! til det?
"We should not pander to political correctness," she said. "There is no way that other faiths should be involved in the service. This is a Christian country and so the coronation service must remain exclusively Christian and we should not apologise for that."
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Det er da også ganske vanvittigt at manden som indtrædersom overhoved i den anglikanske kirke, mener at andre trosretninger hører hjemme i "hans" kirke.
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