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https://news.yahoo.com/turmoil-church-england-consecrates-first-woman-bishop-104827218.html
Why are religions so mired down in dogma and "tradition" that they can't see such blatant discrimination even when it's biting them on the face?????
YORK, England (Reuters) - The Church of England consecrated its first woman bishop on Monday, the culmination of years of efforts by Church modernizers to overcome opposition from traditionalists - one of whom briefly shouted a protest during the service.
More than two decades after the Church allowed women to become priests, 48-year-old mother-of-two the Reverend Libby Lane became Bishop of Stockport in a ceremony at York Minster, a Gothic cathedral in northern England.
Why are religions so mired down in dogma and "tradition" that they can't see such blatant discrimination even when it's biting them on the face?????