Why should the majority of Scots have to pay for visits and trips by religious figures, the pope or anyone, if they didn’t ask for them and don’t want to?  ( Here in my country we are constantly battling for the separation of church and State.)  Of course I totally agree that it’s more-than wrong. 

And pretending that the pope is somehow a government leader is ridiculous.  Would we all then be expected to pay for visits by Islam’s imams, who really ARE directing their governments?

Perhaps those 19% of Scots who want it would or could or should be the ones to donate or pay for the event…. as one does for a benefit or concert, etc. by whoever plans to support or attend…  which works for the entertaiinment industry and political candidates…

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When the coalition government took over they announced that there would be cuts all over the budget in order to reduce the national deficit.

So we now have reduced the amount we spend on defence, education and healthcare (to name but a few), but we can still find a few million to fund the visit of an advocator of an ancient story book? This is shameful.

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Around 16% of Scots are Roman Catholic. This might explain most of the 19% who favour the public purse being used.

Don’t ask Catholics alone to pay for their own religious leader in Scotland. That would make you a bigot.

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