Scottish Secularists Want to Curb Churches’ Role in Education

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Incident date
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United Kingdom
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Anti-Religion or Humanism Groups
  • Private
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Exclusion (of individuals or ideas)

Secularists in Scotland have called on the government to remove religious representatives from education committees. Under the Local Government Act 1973, local authority education committees are required to appoint three representatives from religious organisations and the Edinburgh Secular Society wants to see a change in the law.

Sources: http://www.christiantoday.com/article/scottish.secularists.want.church.reps.removed.from.education.committees/35383.htm
http://www.christian.org.uk/news/scots-secularists-bid-to-curb-churches-role-in-education/