One reason why religion is a load of bollox.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

A lot of non-religious people might still consider freedom of belief a human right. I don’t see a contradiction there providing it doesn’t interfere with the rights of others.

Propping up the churches and other places of worship could be argued to interfere with the lives of other people

Homosexuality , women priests, gay marriage

Do you think it was the power of the congregation that made the church more Liberal?

I think it was the pressure from non religious society

The Anglican Church now has women priests ........that was down to society . If the church had its way it would have kept the status quo and no progress would have been made .

[Eric the Half a Bee]

The Anglican Church now has women priests ........that was down to society . If the church had its way it would have kept the status quo and no progress would have been made .

Issues like women priests, even women bishops now, marrying divorced people, acceptance of homosexuality and so on has come from society and from within the church, as the church looks to reflect society. People within church have fought for things like this, after all it's your average members of society that go to church.