Recently, the heads of Commonwealth countries have agreed to update some of the rules regarding royal succession. In efforts to modernize this selection process, the leaders have decided to remove certain restrictions discriminating against gender and religion. One of the previous rules was that the male children would come in front of the female children for being the monarch. From now on, it has been settled the first-born will be the heir, regardless of gender. Also, the monarch is now allowed to marry a Catholic. Prime minister Stephen Harper stated, "There was universal agreement, unanimous agreement that these changes simply recognize the equality of women and Catholics and they're not long overdue."
Personally, I was surprised when I read this article, most of all because such a rule still existed. Around the world, several countries have been criticized on their gender inequality, yet at the political peak of the Commonwealth, the male bore dominance. All in all, this is just another small business that needed to be taken care of.
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