A COUNCILLOR has threatened to take legal action against Kendal Town Council’s traditional prayer reading before meetings.
Enda Farrell, who represents the Far Cross ward, argued that having a Christian prayer in the meeting room before proceedings could make some people feel excluded.
He called for prayers to be scrapped or to be held in a different room, stressing that it was a matter of equality.
“This council has to be seen to be acceptant of all people regardless of creed, colour or race,” he told councillors at a meeting on Monday night.
However Coun Graham Vincent argued that the council was a “Chrisitan council” and could see nothing wrong with the tradition.
For the full story see today's Westmorland Gazette.
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