Oh, hang on a second, I've just re-read that. In fact, the Councillors have been saying a prayer at the start of the Council meeting, in accordance with a time-honoured tradition (also observed in our own Parliament). There is no requirement for Councillor Bone (or anyone else) to be there, let alone participate; the register of those present at the meeting is taken after the prayer. However, this is so offensive to his sensibilities that he has made a bit of a fuss. The Council has considered his point of view and voted, twice, to maintain the practice. One might call that a democratic process.
BUT (ta-daa!) enter the National Secular Society, and Councillor Bone's terrible predicament is now to be resolved by the High Court.
I listened to Keith Porteous Wood, the Executive Director (now there's posh!) of the NSS on the radio, and there was something about the quality of his indignation and detestation of all things Christian that made me wonder... and sure enough 'Wood is in a civil partnership with Terry Sanderson, the president of the National Secular Society,' according to Wikipedia. (Well, that's cosy isn't it: they can discuss their vicitimisation over the morning latte.)
Somehow, militant secularism and the militant gay agenda often go hand in hand - and I know which I believe to be in the driving seat.
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Poor old England! Have linked from my blog.
And, if I remember correctly, in the 16th century it was the peasantry of Devon who revolted against the imposition of Henry's Common Prayer Book (!) and forced their priest to retract and say the Latin Mass. They then died in their thousands for their belief.
What a distance the Devonians have travelled.
LF: thanks for the link. Let's wait for the High Court's verdict before finalising the shroud for England (though I suspect it will be needed before too long.)
RC: yes, in 1549, joined by many from Cornwall too, of course, and suppressed by foreign mercenaries (who were probably Catholic, too, and probably did not know the nature of the action in which they were deployed...)
Poor ol' Councillor Bone; he is a poppet isn't he.
Have linked to this one also.
Thanks Stuart: links always welcome...
And yours is always an interesting blog to read, too.
Funny how these people are so bothered by the allegedly non-existent Deity!
Patricius - perhaps they are motivated by spite and the desire to shock, more than pure atheism.
LF: I certainly question the purity of their atheism...
By the way Ben, that Twitter link still doesn't work.
I'm only moaning because I keep trying to use it to find you on Twitter to bother you.
Perhaps it's best if you don't fix the link :)
Thanks Stuart, kept forgetting; should work now, I think (now I've actually told it my Twitter username - a minor detail!)
Er - actually it is ex-Councillor Bone. The trauma of prayers was obviously too much for him.
Poor old Bone! I hope he gets his therapy subsidised by NSS.
"Somehow, militant secularism and the militant gay agenda often go hand in hand - and I know which I believe to be in the driving seat."
Exactly... St Paul was spot on when he wrote the passage contained in Romans 1:18-32. It would seem that those who glory in unnatural lusts have always been prone to hatred of God and truth.
Excellent post, by the way!
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