Tags: Government prayers
Council prayers – the ripples spread to Lincolnshire
The leader of West Lindsey District Council has come under heavy fire from the religious establishment in the town... Read More »
Council prayers – the ripples are still spreading: Brighton and Hove
The leader of Brighton and Hove, Bill Randall, has announced that he intends to significantly increase the amount... Read More »
Scottish council drops prayers at council meetings
A Scottish council has dropped prayers at its meetings in order to eliminate discrimination. Dumfries and Galloway... Read More »
Councils abandon prayers following NSS High Court victory
A survey by The Sunday Telegraph has found that 40 councils have recently decided to drop, or "water down" the practice... Read More »
Eric Pickles is behaving like a dictator over council prayers
The National Secular Society has accused Communities Secretary Eric Pickles of behaving like a dictator by unilaterally... Read More »
Council prayers decision continues to provoke controversy
A Muslim councillor in Reigate in Surrey claims he has been deselected by the local Conservative Party after he objected... Read More »
Bideford Council drops appeal over council prayers
Bideford Town Council has decided not to appeal the High Court's decision that putting prayers on agendas is unlawful.... Read More »
Challenge to council prayers in Scotland
The practice of council prayers held by some local authorities in Scotland has now been challenged by the National... Read More »
Eric Pickles is allowing his evangelical Christianity to cloud his judgment
The National Secular Society has accused the Minister for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, of allowing... Read More »
Councillor heckled for walking out of prayers during council meeting
A Cheshire town councillor who walked out of a meeting before prayers was heckled and told 'he should be ashamed of... Read More »
Poll shows majority think councils shouldn’t pray
Two new polls about religion, which specifically asked a question about the Bideford case, illustrate an ambivalent... Read More »
Council prayers: doubts over Eric Pickles' “general power of competence”
The government is activating a power it claims will allow councils in England to hold prayers at meetings.
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Bideford Council will appeal council prayers ruling
Bideford Council reportedly decided last night to appeal against the High Court's decision that prayers during Council... Read More »
Council prayers ruling starts national debate
Media reaction to the judgement on council prayers last week has inevitably been mixed while the public reaction has... Read More »
Council Prayers unlawful rules High Court
The High Court today ruled that "The saying of prayers as part of the formal meeting of a Council is not lawful under... Read More »
Cheddar Parish Council vote to continue praying
A row has erupted at Cheddar parish council in Somerset over prayers at council meetings.
Cheddar parish councillor... Read More »
Council prayers ban upheld in US
The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from the North Carolina County Board who were seeking to overturn a ban... Read More »
Another local council reconsiders prayers
A councillor in Winchester in Hampshire has called for an end to the saying of prayers at the start of the main council... Read More »
More councils re-evaluate prayers at meetings
The NSS's council prayer challenge has caused other councils to reconsider their policies.
NSS argues for an end to council prayers at High Court
The National Secular Society's challenge to prayers in local council meetings was heard in the High Court on Friday... Read More »
Gloucester County Council ditches prayers
The Chairman of Gloucester County Council has ended the practice of saying prayers before council meetings. Conservative... Read More »
NSS Challenge to Council prayers reaches the High Court
The National Secular Society's challenge to prayers in local council meetings is to be heard in the High Court on... Read More »
Conflict over council prayers in Axbridge
Axbridge Town Council raised the idea of abolishing prayers at its meetings last August when some councillors said... Read More »
