This cartoon by Dave Brown from The Independent relates to the vote by the Church of England General Synod not to allow women bishops, a decision which has been called "suicidal" by some media commentators. Andrew Brown, editor of the Belief section of the Guardian's comments pages, argued the church was now in danger of complete collapse. "I think I have just watched the Church of England commit suicide," he wrote, saying the move was "naked and indefensible discrimination".
THE CARTOON
The scene is a church. A bishop has hung himself with his staff, or crosier, symbolizing the Church of England's "suicide" over women bishops.
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