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Hugh
It would seem that the perpetrators of both religion and politics suit 
each other both having vested interests in self aggrandisement, 
debauchery and thievery  no point in trying to separate them as they are 
two paths to the same destination
frank


On 7/5/2013 7:04 PM, HUGH wrote:
> Frank,
> As an instance of how the "laws" of religious groups can work, or seek 
> to work, against the common laws of a sovereign nation I need only 
> cite the recent case of Cardinal (ex-Cardinal?) O'Brien in 
> Scotland.  After all the revelations about his sex life and sexual 
> orientation, and plans to settle down in Dunbar here, he was "ordered" 
> by the Vatican to leave Scotland forthwith. Which, of course, he 
> hasn't done.
> In the 19th C and before, the Church of Scotland decided who among 
> paupers got poor relief in Scotland, and they could and would 
> routinely discipline members publicly for misdemeanours they thought 
> conflicted with Holy Writ or their own rules.
> They were, and still are, all at it in some way.
> Hugh.
>

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