Directory of Disestablishment Resources

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Sites pertaining to the debate on whether or not the Church of England should be disestablished ie whether it should remain the official state church in England or whether it should cease in accord with the principles of church-state separation.

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• Guardian: Church backs PM's right to choose

  http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jul/09/religion.monarchy
  Stephen Bates. The General Synod of the Church of England votes in favour of retaining the right of the Prime Minister to have the final say in choosing the Archbishop of Canterbury and other Bishops.

• Guardian: The church must choose its own leaders

  http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2002/jul/09/religion.politicalcolumnists
  Hugo Young argues that the right of the Prime Minister to appoint bishops should be done away with.

• National Secular Society (UK)

  http://www.secularism.org.uk/
  The National Secular Society fights religious privilege and the survival of superstition. It vigorously campaigns for secularism, freethought, civil liberties and rational ethics.

• The Church of England and Establishment

  http://ubh.tripod.com/whist/chhist/ce-est1.htm
  Notes on the Church of England as an established church from a historical perspective. Prepared by the Department of History at the University of Botswana.

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