religious descrimination on Facebook
Archbishop Cranmer is one of the best blogs around for discussion of religion and politics. (In fact I haven't checked, but I seem to recall it's award winning.) It's on the conservative end of things, but I'll forgive him that. Always a good read.
Archbishop Cranmer also had a Facebook account. But was asked to remove the account, or rename it – which he did, simply to Thomas Cranmer. However, other accounts under pseudonyms (Miss Piggy, King Henry VIII, Cardinal Wolseley, etc) were allowed to stand. "Thomas Cranmer" entered into a lengthy correspondence with Facebook, the upshot of which was that he was disallowed the pseudonym "Archbishop" but allowed "Ayatollah Cranmer".
So will Facebook allow Catholic Cardinals, and Ayatollahs, but not Anglican Archbishops? I don't know whether to be disgusted at discrimination, or delighted that they think Anglicans are that dangerous and interesting. Read the whole story here. And check out Ayatollah Cranmer here.
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Pre-recorded, I hope, for your sake?? I’m usually up and about by then, on my first coffee to wake up the brain cells, but don’t put the radio on.
Live?
Live or not Maggi, an excellent word. Thank you
I listened while drinking tea in bed – I like prayer for the day and I get to listen to it an hour later here. thanks it was good