17. Church of England Rejects Appointing Female Bishops

      In this article, the writer John F. Burns writes about the rejecting of female bishops in Church of England. In the introduction, he draws the readers' attention by informing the readers about what had happened on the last Tuesday: the church of England voted against the appointment of women as bishops. More than 70% of people voted in favor, however, it is necessary for two thirds of votes for it to be applied. The writer, then goes on, by saying that it has caused many problems, for an instance, a man named David Sims wrote: “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do”. However, even some women were against it, and thought that it would lead them to be viewed as a humiliating concessions. Then he ends the article by quoting someone that says that by voting women as bishops, the church could show the diversity of view without division, diversity in amity.
     The purpose of the writer is to show that even though nowadays women are equally treated with men, there are places such as in the Church of England, where women are still rejected. In addition to that, he is trying to inform the readers that even though churches are trying to unite people, for all of them to have equal rights, ( he even talks about the Church of England about to approve two people from the same sex to get married) women are sometimes treated differently:  Even though men can be bishops, the women cannot. The church would allow women to be bishops in 2014 if the vote was more than two thirds, but since it was not, they do not know when the rule will be changed.