First Woman Bishop Elected In Wales !

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-37847575

I met this lady, briefly, and few years ago, and this couldn't have happened to a nicer person. Congratulations to her and the Church in Wales !

[Mamyalynne]

Good luck to Joanna.

[jno]

and David Bowie married a female Imam. It's as well there are scholars around to set me straight, Tilly.

[Tilly2]

I'm sure she'll do a good job.

[Tilly2]

....and me, Jno. I must get out more.

[jno]

females can issue fatwas, though

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/20/heard-everything-women-fatwa-hotline-abu-dhabi

[Tilly2]

This is my favourite:

“If I have noises coming from my vagina during prayer, does it nullify the prayer?”

“It is not flatulence, so no, your prayer is fine,” Sheikha Naeema tells the caller delicately. “This problem is common to many women who have given birth.”

[pastafreak]

I find it interesting that on the one hand, one faith group çan be criticised for upholding traditions/staying in the dark ages( whichever way you want to look at )...while another is condemned for adapting to the times.

[New Judge]

“Its been a long hard slog, against some very well organised misogyny.”

Indeed it has Mikey. I am a lifelong (well, since the age when I could think) atheist and have little interest in Church matters. However, quite why any woman should want to involve herself in the machinations of the Church of England is beyond me. It’s similar to golf clubs that don’t allow women members. Why on earth would a woman want to join a club which bans 50% of the population (her 50%) from joining?

No, women should have long ago told the Church where to stuff its hassocks and cassocks. Those who felt strongly enough should have established their own worship organisation leaving the boys to fiddle with their surplices.

[naomi24]

pastafreak, I haven't noticed any condemnation? Where did you read that?

[naomi24]

Tilly, //I shall use that information next time she visits me and I go with her to the local CoE church with its lady vicar! //

She'll probably have forty fits if you suggest to her that the church was founded by St Paul. They all know Jesus founded it and many of them insist he was a Christian - but he didn't - and he wasn't. ;o)

[Togo]

/and David Bowie married a female Imam.//

Do note the difference, all you scholars.

Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid, mononymously known as Iman, is a Somali fashion model, actress and entrepreneur, .........who married David Bowie.

[youngmafbog]

What a load of fuss over a Fairy tale.