Church on Margins of Public Arena, warns Ireland Primate
by Daniel Blake
Posted: Thursday, August 30, 2007

The Church of Ireland Primate has warned that churches in Ireland can no longer rely on having “a place as of right” to exert influence in the public arena.

Archbishop Alan Harper has told that the changing role of the churches in society means that the weight of numbers is no longer sufficient to ensure the churches' voices will be heeded in public affairs.

Instead, the power and quality of their case's argument, and strength of analysis, would be the litmus test. the rest