VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Graham|DATE|1370252755|CONTENT|And speaking of equality, today the equal mariage legislation is going through the Lords.  Apparently the bishops are planning to abstain. I can&#039;t believe this is an issue on which they have no opinion, so why abstain when their sole argument for having privileged places in the Lords is so that they can act as the moral conscience of the nation?  Gutless and hoping to offend nobody in order to hold onto their positions of privilege.  As Frank Field said a few weeks ago, if their track record is one of abstention or failure to attend they are just blocking seats which could be used by people willing to actively participate.  Abstention is surely an indication that they are superfluous and should be kicked out of the Lords??  Self-serving parasites disguised as men of high moral standing and hoping to get away with it.|IP-ADDRESS|95.149.11.149|MODERATIONFLAG|