tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post6552996346592348496..comments2024-03-27T12:40:09.015+00:00Comments on Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness: Kane "the Twelfth could be and should be accessible to everyone who values liberty and individual rights"Owen Polleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00567787385096905811noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-32304064752180644862008-07-17T13:16:00.000+01:002008-07-17T13:16:00.000+01:00Kloot. The Glorious Revolution established princi...Kloot. The Glorious Revolution established principles which developed into liberties and freedoms for all. No-one would claim that immediate equality was realised for Catholics, but that is to miss the point entirely. What the Glorious Revolution did establish was the idea of a limited constitutional monarchy, the idea of the constitution protecting individuals from tyrannical power, the idea that Parliament should be sovereign and the idea that individuals were in possession of certain rights. The Glorious Revolution was as pivotal in establishing rights and freedoms as was Magna Carta.Owen Polleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00567787385096905811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-12442141715470966432008-07-17T12:52:00.000+01:002008-07-17T12:52:00.000+01:00I genuinely fail to understand the contention that...I genuinely fail to understand the contention that "the Battle of the Boyne safeguarded the Act of Settlement which enshrined liberties and freedoms which underpin the United Kingdom’s constitution to this day."<BR/><BR/>The glorious revolution as it is called, merely secured for one religion (ie protestantism ) the liberties and freedoms that you talk about. James threatened to restore Catholicism as the religion of the state, and tried to enforce rules and regulations on how people should practice their faith. The revolution reversed this trend and gave protestants freedom of conscience in practising their faith. It did not however give similar rights to practising Catholics.<BR/><BR/>It too many many years more before Catholics could share similar liberties and freedoms, and even then they were begrudgingly allowed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-4956598729794097182008-07-17T10:41:00.000+01:002008-07-17T10:41:00.000+01:00I think that its fair enough that the Orange Order...I think that its fair enough that the Orange Order is a Protestant organization, it is its raison d'être after all. <BR/>What is a problem though is the very monolithic Empire Britishness the organization displays. I agree with you that they should make their event a celebration that others can enjoy just like you might go to a Semana Santa festival in Spain even if you have no religious beliefs. <BR/>The other thing that I find a bit strange is the idea of monolithic 'Protestantism'. There are many Protestant religions and I don't think that they speak with one voice so why is there this continued focus on a Protestant and British identity when both labels mean quite different things to different people.Aidanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14634020914060592767noreply@blogger.com