Religion, religion, religion...

I don’t understand why we can’t all just get along… Being the nice guy that I am, I want everybody to enjoy life without being interfered by others.

So the other day, I accepted Parliament’s Clarendon Code that basically reestablished the Church of England. Fine, no problem. They can practice their Anglican religion. But… they pushed it so that Catholics and Puritans were forced to conform to the Anglican Church. There’s a problem now. I don’t like being told what to do and I’m pretty sure none of our Catholic and Puritan friends do either. This was in the beginning of my reign… I’m getting used to the palace, the court life, and the day-to-day business. Who would’ve thought I’d have to refute the rulings of the Parliament. I, with audacity and in response to their unjust legislature, passed the Declaration of Indulgence which overruled the laws against the rights of the religious minorities. I felt pretty good stepping up for what I believed was right.

But these Parliamentary members are unrelenting: the following year, they passed the Test Act that offered military and governmental positions only to Anglicans.

I didn’t want to farther complicate these political issues or play along with their childish plays. I mean, I didn’t pass the declaration because I favored the Catholics… Other than the fact that my entire family is utterly Catholic and that I have some gains by being Catholic, I have no reason to favor Catholicism… My jurisdiction is solely for the good of the Mass.

It’s been tough trying to handle these religious issues.

-Charles