What Do Anglicans Believe

When facts get in the way of denialism

I was nowhere near Matabeleland when all these horrors were taking place, but the reality of Gukurahundi struck me hard from far-away Harare in 1985 when my principal at Tegwani (now Thekwane) High School, where I was a boarder, in Plumtree in the 1970s, Luke Kumalo, and his British-born wife Jean were reportedly summarily executed for disclosing the atrocities to human rights watchdog Amnesty International. “Whereas traditional societies can be characterised by a high consistency of cultural traits and customs, modern societies are often a conglomeration of different, often competing, cultures and subcultures.In such a situation of diversity, a dominant culture is one that is able, through economic or political power to impose its values. . . on a culture or cultures subordinates. This can be achieved by removing legal or political. . . "@ Nyange. Your brief analysis should receive more publicity because it is there. This is the mentality of the Ndebele is the problem. In most countries that have more than two tribes, such as Kenya, it is still the second most populous tribe that speaks of marginalization. Even if the capital is moved Byo you can never meet these people. One tragic thing in the discourse is that the other tribes are assummed to share the same feelings as the Ndebele's, which might not necessarily be true. The truth of the matter is that the Ndebele's are bitter about anything and everything. You can never satisfy a bitter person and sadly a bitter person will never produce anything in life because bitterness never attracts success but rather tragedy and negativity. Well articulated Conway.I also wish my brothers in Mthwakazi would read this piece with an open mind.Indeed, we are all Zimbabweans and as marginalized by none other than our politicians, but has given us so much with our future as far as giving them an open political cheque.Those receiving this marginalization, regardless of their tribal origins , see no evil or hear no evil perpetrated against their own people.Look John Nkomo, Jonathan Moyo, Jabulani Sibanda, Cain Mathema, Obert Mpofu, Kembo Mohadi and politicians from other regions, such as Didymus Mutasa, Mnangagwa, Mavhaire, Chinamasa and others.One many things later, a large Edgar Tekere could not stand was toadies.It was revulsed by his former colleagues as they all bowed down to a man like Mugabe to win his favor.

Thinking Anglicans: CofE advertises for a new Communications Director

This is no ordinary Communications Director job. We are looking for somebody who will share our values and whilst not necessarily an Anglican, is a practising Christian (this post is subject to an occupational requirement that the holder be a practising Christian under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010 because of its representational role and its responsibility for maintaining a Christian ethos within the national Church, as one of its senior officers).

Now, this has been assumed by some people to be a reference to Clause 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 9 . That clause is the one which contains all the exemptions relating to gender, marital status, sexual orientation and so forth.

However, I do not believe that is what they meant to reference. I believe the intention was to reference Clause 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 9. This reads (scroll down at the previous link):

3 A person (A) with an ethos based on religion or belief does not contravene a provision mentioned in paragraph 1(2) by applying in relation to work a requirement to be of a particular religion or belief if A shows that, having regard to that ethos and to the nature or context of the work—

(a) it is an occupational requirement,

(b) the application of the requirement is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim, and

(c) the person to whom A applies the requirement does not meet it (or A has reasonable grounds for not being satisfied that the person meets it).

This is the clause that transposes into the Equality Act 2010 the exemption formerly contained in The Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003. This exemption was, and is, entirely separate and distinct from others which were formerly contained in the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, as amended and The Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003. All of these are now bundled into Clause 1.

So, why have other interpretations been put upon this advertisement? I think there are two causes.

The first is the febrile atmosphere that has arisen following the publication of official guidance (previously disclosed) issued in connection with legal Bishops Choose - Equality Act 2010.

The second is the fact that during the passage of the Equality Act, Secretary General William Fittall testified before a parliamentary committee in which he specifically cited the work as an example of a position of responsibility, likely to be held by a lay person, which he considered to fall within the scope of Article 1 of the exemptions. Here's what he said at the time. The context of his remarks was a Labour government proposal incorporated in the draft bill to modify the wording of the Clause 1 exemption to be more explicit about who was to be included. This was fiercely resisted by the CofE, and was the reason why a large number of bishops turned out to vote in the House of Lords in favour of an amendment which deleted the proposed changes. The amendment passed, and so the scope of the exemption today remains exactly what it was before.

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