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  As far as the UK is concerned, there are huge constitutional issues that would need to be resolved if the RC Church extended its influence greatly....given that even as far as local government level, our way of government is founded upon Anglican parish boundaries, a matter of constitutional reform would be required if the C of E became a minority religion.
  
  So, for me, the debate over whether women should be allowed to become priests has greater significance than that single issue alone; it's more about whether or not the Anglican Church should modernise its thinking or not. By doing so, it would alienate many of its members for whom traditional values are being eroded, and with a dwindling congregation, could the C of E continue to have the influence at senior level. Should, for example, the C of E continue to have seats in the House of Lords? Strikes me their continued presence in that august body would have only the weakest justification in such a scenario.
  
  It's a house of cards.........

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