We Need Leaders Like This in America
Councillor Colin Hall, the new Lord Mayor of Leicester, is turning tradition on its head and taking on the Anglican Church in the process. He appointed a secularist as Chaplain and refused to attend a traditional cathedral service that welcomes new Lord Mayors. It gets better.
Hall has also announced the banning of prayers before monthly council meetings, calling the practice “outdated, unnecessary and intrusive”. He added: “I consider that religion, in whatever shape or form, has no role to play at all in the conduct of council business. This particularly applies in Leicester, where the majority of council members, myself included, do not regularly attend any particular faith service.” His chaplain has backed the move: “I think it’s a good move because saying Christian prayers picks out one particular stance of people in the city. It’s rather divisive, in my view.”
Can you imagine what sort of firestorm would erupt if someone banned prayers before a city council meeting in an American state like Texas? I would love to hear about it. Let’s get Councillor Hall packed up and shipped over to the States. I don’t think we can find a secular politician in the States who actually follows his principals rather than pandering to the ridiculous ideologies and superstitions of voters.