We could, as a country, adopt the French policy of Laïcité and ban all use of public land to promote religion. No more prayers each morning in the House of Commons chamber, no more Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords, change the national anthem from “God Save the King”.
We could do all that.
I would actually be relatively supportive of that.
However I don’t think that is what the Tories are going for here, so the question is, why are they just objecting to one particular religion? What does that say about them?
Groovy66 on
I was brought up Catholic and think it would be wrong for Catholics to block the streets praying, for Jewish people to block streets praying, for anyone really.
Of course there could be exceptions, I’m thinking of parades like the St Pats Day parade, Sihk parades I’ve seen on holy days, that sort of thing but they are one-day annual celebrations.
Worship is/was a private matter and shouldn’t impinge on the public sphere either in politics or praying on the streets.
Go and worship your made up friend in a house of worship and leave the rest of us in peace.
wishbeaunash on
Aside from everything else gross about this ‘controversy’, does it not just seem utterly pathetic to view some Muslims praying in a square as ‘domination’?
Like how low is their opinion of the British culture that these people claim to defend if that’s a threat?
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We could, as a country, adopt the French policy of Laïcité and ban all use of public land to promote religion. No more prayers each morning in the House of Commons chamber, no more Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords, change the national anthem from “God Save the King”.
We could do all that.
I would actually be relatively supportive of that.
However I don’t think that is what the Tories are going for here, so the question is, why are they just objecting to one particular religion? What does that say about them?
I was brought up Catholic and think it would be wrong for Catholics to block the streets praying, for Jewish people to block streets praying, for anyone really.
Of course there could be exceptions, I’m thinking of parades like the St Pats Day parade, Sihk parades I’ve seen on holy days, that sort of thing but they are one-day annual celebrations.
Worship is/was a private matter and shouldn’t impinge on the public sphere either in politics or praying on the streets.
Go and worship your made up friend in a house of worship and leave the rest of us in peace.
Aside from everything else gross about this ‘controversy’, does it not just seem utterly pathetic to view some Muslims praying in a square as ‘domination’?
Like how low is their opinion of the British culture that these people claim to defend if that’s a threat?