Religion & Law

England: Lord Mayor of Leicester bans prayers before council meetings
The Christian Institute: "The Lord Mayor of Leicester has banned Christian prayers before council meetings, and branded the process 'outdated, unnecessary and intrusive'. Colin Hall?s decision to abolish the prayers is likely to alarm many Christians who feel their faith is being increasingly excluded from the public sphere...

UK: Ban councils Christian prayers, say secularists
Christian Institute: "A secular campaign group is trying to use the courts to ban a North Devon Council from starting its meetings with Christian prayers. Bideford Town Council has had prayers at its meetings since the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, but now the National Secular Society (NSS) says the practice infringes the human rights of non-believers...

UK: Council drops prayers for poetry readings
The Christian Institute: "A London council is set to stop beginning its meetings with Christian prayers, and replace them with poetry readings. ... Many councils choose to start their meetings with Christian prayers, but Jayne Buckland, the Mayor of Enfield, has chosen to replace them in a bid to 'support and encourage the arts'...

UK: Christian prayers at Helston Town Council are non-PC
This is Cornwall: "Town council members have been criticised for holding Christian-only prayers at the beginning of meetings. Pat Woodhouse, who has attended a number of recent Helston Town Council meetings as a member of the public ? and is considering standing for a seat ? asked if the practice was now politically correct...

Bakersfield council prayers too Christian
Bakersfield.com: "Bakersfield is the second city in Kern County to have prayers at city council meetings challenged by the Freedom From Religion Foundation Inc., a Wisconsin nonprofit with a membership of mostly atheists and agnostics...

Council prayers campaign: If you dont like Christian ways, go and live somewhere else objectors told
A prominent Jewish businessman in Torbay has said that those who object to prayers as part of town's Council meetings 'should go and live somewhere else'.

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