The politics of religion
A Church of England archbishop has just been named as one of the six-person shortlist for this year's Channel 4 News Political Awards. Guess which archbishop it ?
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Once again, we're looking for a personality - inside or outside the traditional political classes - who made a difference. And it really doesn't need to be a political insider. Witness the roll of honour of past winners:
1998 Mo Mowlam
2000 Tony Blair
2001 William Hague
2002 Tony Benn
2003 Dr David Kelly
2004 Boris Johnson
2005 Jamie Oliver
So this time will it be Aishah Azmi, Tony Blair, David Cameron, General Sir Richard Dannatt, Brian Haw or Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York?
When the morality of religion gets into politics, gets enacted into law, and the law must be enforced as written, this can happen;
By this logic, the Attorney General of the State of Michigan would spend the rest of his life in jail. Maybe it's not such a bad idea after all and deserves its own award.