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Brits obsessed with sex and divorce says bishop

An obsession with sex and divorce is running rampant through British society, the Bishop of London said on Saturday, urging Britons to use the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations as a chance to reflect and change their ways.

Taking stock of the changes in Britain since Elizabeth came to the throne in 1952, Richard Chartres said rapid economic and progress had not come without its cost.

“Promiscuity, separation and divorce have reached epidemic proportions in our society,” Chartres said in a pamphlet written to mark this weekend’s festivities.

“Britain is indeed a better place today materially than ever before, but that material progress has been at the expense of our relationships with one another, our communal life.” Continue reading

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