With all the awful news recently about Muslims and the UK, I think at long last we deserve a bit of hilarity. And the Flying Spaghetti Monster must be looking out for us, because we are getting some.
That the Church of England is vastly out of touch with its own followers is no secret. Now, however, they can be happy that there is a segment of the population that is on their side. The problem is that this segment is not Christian at all.
MORE Muslims than Anglicans approve of the Church of England’s current policies towards women, a new poll suggests.
The poll, which was carried out by YouGov, was commissioned for the third Westminster Faith Debate, which takes place next Thursday on the question: “Is it right for religions to treat men and women differently?”
A total of 4437 people were polled, of which 1261 identified themselves as Anglican and 201 identified themselves as Muslims. The remainder identified themselves as Roman Catholic (354), Jewish (162), Baptist (58), and of no faith (1649).
Of those who identified themselves as Anglican, 11 per cent said that they approved of the Church of England’s “current policies towards women”. Of the Muslims polled, 26 per cent said that they approved. Just eight per cent of respondents as a whole expressed approval.
Fifty-five per cent of Anglicans and 36 per cent of Muslims said that the “major religions” would be “better” if more women held senior positions.
And the poll has another piece of info that they seem to be completely ignoring: the conduction a survey of public opinion, and largest number of those surveyed are the ones with no religion. Hard as they may try to look the other way, this is going to be the trend of the future.
