Anti-Discrimination Statute Would Force Church Underground in Britain

The enemies of the Church are showing their hand all the more boldly each day. If they have their way in England bishops would be prosecuted who refused to ordain women and whoever else wanted ordination. Seminaries would be required by law to accept anyone of the whole lot of LGBTs. The Catholic Church would be outlawed once again in England.

Catholic Culture reports:

The CNS reports that an antidiscrimination statute under consideration in Britain could make it unlawful for the Catholic Church to require that her priests be male and celibate.

The Catholic bishops of England and Wales said they could be at risk of prosecution under a proposed law unless they accept women, sexually active gays and transsexuals as candidates to the priesthood. They made their claims in a briefing for Catholic members of the House of Lords, Britain’s upper political chamber, ahead of a scheduled Dec. 15 debate on the Equality Bill, which aims to stamp out discrimination in the workplace. Read more here.