It’s very easy for people to claim oppression when something happens that they don’t agree with, but at a full Council meeting in Manchester the level of oppression I experience when the guest Chaplain is urging us to debate for the good of the City and exercise free speech is nothing compared with the baying mob trying to shout me down a few minutes later when attempting to exercise that liberty of speech.
Any oppression at Council meetings generally comes from people not listening to the sentiments of the Chaplain, not from having to stand through the prayers at the start. Whilst technically today’s Court ruling that civic prayers breach the secular / civic divide might be correct, there’s a lot of items much further up my priority list to tackle.
February 10, 2012
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Friday 16 March 2012 - 7:43 pm
A strange response. 30 seconds of research will tell you that in fact people of all main faith groups have led the Council prayers in Manchester. As for “my superstitions”, you clearly don’t have a clue what my superstitions might in fact be.
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So basically, because there are more major infringements to tackle, you are going to ignore all other infringements as beneath you?
And why a chaplain? Have you invited a mullah to offer prayers yet? A Zoroastrian? A Moonie? A Scientologist?
Keep your superstitions out of politics, and you might actually do something worthwhile for the good of the community. Just a thought.