:ukkk: the Brits haven't even separated church and state and still have explicitly anti-Jewish and anti-Catholic statutes on the books. "Free World" country.

https://twitter.com/JasonLoch/status/1584559004713635845#m

  • TornadoThompson [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    The Catholic thing is deeply ingrained in the rules and traditions of the Royal Family ever since ol' Hank 8 went a bit axe happy after he broke ties with The Vatican and started the Reformation. That's why there was an uproar in certain monarchy circles when Charles started (or made public) his relationship with Camilla - who happens to be Catholic.

    • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      it was more that his kids kept u turning on which religion you were allowed to be without being executed.

      Religious persecution is bad enough but alternating religious persecution is just silly. Everyone having to pretend to have always been secretly catholic and then having to pretend to have always been protestant not long later was getting ridiculous