Tags: Government prayers
Religious ceremonies exclude non-Christians and the non-religious, says councillor
A local councillor has called on Ross-on-Wye town council to move away from religious events and to embrace inclusive,... Read More »
East Herts Councillor resigns following vote to retain prayers at council meetings
A Local councillor has resigned after his motion to remove prayers from East Herts District Council meetings was defeated.... Read More »
Council rejects prayers during meetings in “victory for common sense”
A bid to introduce Christian prayers during council meetings in Norfolk has met with a crushing 10-2 defeat, as one... Read More »
Councillor called an “absolute disgrace” for asking that prayers not take place in official meetings
A local councillor has been called an "absolute disgrace" by a Conservative councillor for suggesting that it was... Read More »
Whitchurch scraps prayers in Council meetings
Whitchurch Town Council has voted to abolish the practice of saying prayers at its meetings, just weeks after the... Read More »
Prayers cause conflict on Northern Ireland council
Councillors in Northern Ireland have been left bitterly split after an hour long row over whether to begin council... Read More »
Canadian Supreme Court rules unanimously against council prayers
The Canadian Supreme Court has ruled that a municipal council in a Quebec town may not hold prayers as part of its... Read More »
Council prayers bill “no triumph for democracy”
A Bill enabling local authorities in England to hold prayers as part of their official business and to "support or... Read More »
Council prayers bill branded a "recipe for divisiveness"
A Government backed Bill to give local councils the power to include prayers in their meetings has been branded a... Read More »
Town Council divided over prayers in meetings
The controversial topic of prayers in council meetings has divided local councillors in Hampshire after a recent vote... Read More »
Bill to allow prayers in council meetings clears Commons
A private members' bill to allow local authorities to summon councillors to prayer has successfully completed its... Read More »
Tory MP introduces amendment to make council prayers compulsory
Conservative MP Philip Davies has introduced an amendment to the Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Bill... Read More »
Council prayers bill makes progress: MP “rejoices” to live in country with established Church
The Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Bill to allow councillors to be summoned to pray has passed a further... Read More »
New Government backed council prayers bill will 'undermine religious freedom'
The National Secular Society has accused the Government of seeking to undermine religious freedom by supporting a... Read More »
Judges' religious service criticised by secular lawyers
Secular lawyers have called for a separation of the Church of England from judicial affairs after judges marked the... Read More »
US Supreme Court backs prayers during government meetings
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that opening public meetings with prayer does not automatically violate the Constitution's... Read More »
US Supreme Court to hear council prayers case
Tomorrow (6 November) the United States Supreme Court will consider whether opening council meetings with prayers... Read More »
Traditionalists furious as Plymouth council shifts prayers
Conservative councillors in Plymouth have reacted furiously to a new timetable for council meetings that moves prayers... Read More »
MP attempts to reintroduce prayers during council meetings
Conservative MP Matthew Offord has introduced a parliamentary bill to reintroduce prayers to local council meetings.... Read More »
Council prayers challenged in the United States
The US Supreme Court is to consider whether prayers can be offered as part of government meetings.
The case is being... Read More »
Despite secular constitution, Fiji government won’t rule out prayer at official functions
With Fiji set to become a secular state when the new constitution comes into effect, it has been confirmed that "general... Read More »
Cromer Council agrees to take prayers off the agenda
Councillors at Cromer Town Council in Norfolk voted by 12 votes to one that in future those who wished to join in... Read More »
Secular group in Canada seeks to end prayers at local authority meetings
In a campaign that echoes the National Secular Society's successful challenge to council prayers in England and Wales,... Read More »
St Albans Council ditches prayers
Last week, St Albans district council voted 34-13 to discontinue prayers as part of the agenda for full council meetings,... Read More »
Prayers removed from Edinburgh council meetings
The National Secular Society has welcomed an announcement from Edinburgh City Council that new ten minute "Pause for... Read More »
