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UK: Lord Carey intervenes in council prayers battle

By Alliance Alert

The Guardian: "The former archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, today backed the saying of prayers before council meetings as a pressure group prepared to launch a legal battle on the issue . . . The National Secular Society has intervened in a long-running controversy over the saying of prayers at Bideford and is to seek a judicial review, arguing the practice breaches the European convention on human rights. It hopes that if it wins its case, hundreds of other councils will be forced to stop prayers."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on May 07, 2010 (boomark / email).