Within Protestant Christianity there is no comparable central authority, but most Protestant theologians, except within the extreme fundamentalist constituencies, have also moved away from the exclusivist position.
But in the months since Lawrence, what has been startling is how many social conservative leaders with larger constituencies have also come to view Lawrence as an unexpected and welcome political opportunity.
The Labour frontbencher Chris Bryant yesterday told MPs the housing benefit cuts would lead to "cleansing" of poorer people from areas with high rents, such as London, while some Conservative backbenchers with urban constituencies have also voiced concerns.
The release from the daily constituency grind has also come at a time when a relatively new organisation inside the Liberal Democrats - the Social Liberal Forum - has grown in influence, putting down some of the key amendments and motions for the spring conference, as well as the one coming up in a fortnight in Birmingham.
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And the firebrand cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, who has a large constituency of radical Shias, has also declared himself against the draft, though he may yet relent, as he has done on other issues before.
The Obama phenomenon raises the question of what will happen when the Hispanic constituency, whose ethnic identity has also been carefully cultivated by the Democratic Party, decides it is no longer satisfied with black men or white women professing to speak for its distinct interests and runs "one of its own" in 2012 or 2016.
Secondly, a series of polls have indicated that the level of swing from Labour to the Conservatives will be higher in marginal constituencies, a pattern which has also been observed in past elections.
The Kremlin has also abolished constituency voting - in effect wiping out the last critics from the current Duma.
The governor has also irked constituencies within his own party by first proposing to cut money for artistic and cultural programs, although mosrt of the funds were were ultimately restored.
