20/11/2012
Twenty years after women were first allowed to be priests, the Church of England's governing body is to vote today on whether they can be bishops. Should women be bishops?
Should women be bishops?
20 years after women were first allowed to be PRIESTS - the Church of England's governing body is to vote TODAY on whether they can be BISHOPS.
The issue's been debated for YEARS - and split the church in two. The new Archbishop of Canterbury is in FAVOUR. Campaigner REVEREND RACHEL WEIR says it's time to modernise the clergy.
FATHER DAVID HOULDING is a traditionalist. He says there are good reasons why arrangements should stay as they are.
What do YOU think? Should women have a place in the top tier of the church? Or does that go against two thousand years of ALL that the scriptures - and Christianity - have stood for?
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Listeners argue for and against women bishops
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- Tue 20 Nov 2012 09:00麻豆社 Radio 5 Live