TREVOR Phillips, Chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, exposed breathtaking ignorance on Sunday by alleging that the NSS was using the High Court in London to PROSECUTE a West Country council over prayers said in the council chamber. Under the headline Human rights should help us protect the vulnerable (behind paywall) Phillips wrote: [...]
PRAYERS uttered at local authority council meetings in England could soon be a thing of the past if the National Secular Society wins a High Court case that began in London yesterday. Despite the fact that virtually no-one in the UK with an ounce of commonsense believes in the efficacy of prayer, around half of [...]
The National Secular Society this week applied to the High Court to have council prayers declared  unlawful. If the society wins the case it would create a precedent that would be binding on other councils. After weeks of exhausting preparation, the papers were lodged at the High Court for a “Judicial Review between the Queen [...]
TWO new mayors in the UK have sparked anger among Christians by kicking council prayers to the kerb. Less than a month after he took up the chains of office, Labour councillor Colin Hall this week found himself in the firing line after expressing his “delight” at being able to end the tradition council prayers [...]
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