From: ANDOVER@delphi.com
Date: Sat 13 Aug 1994 - 12:58:22 EEST
Herewith I make my bid for the title of obnoxious pedant! Bryan's piece
is wrong in one important respect. In 19th century Great Britain, the
question was not the disestablishment of the English Church, but of
the IRISH church! The Liberals were in favor of ending the establishment
of the (Episcopal) Church in Ireland; the Tories against. In the early
20th century the same split occurred again over the question of dis-
establishing the Welsh Church. So at the present time, the position
in Great Britain is as follows: the Episcopal Church is established
in England, the Presbyterians in Scotland, and there is no established
church in Wales and Northern Ireland.
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