Peterborough City Councillors to stop praying at municipal meetings until legal staff review Supreme

[Warren Stupidity]

City's legal staff to consider implications of Supreme Court decision.


Peterborough Ontario, Canada.

PETERBOROUGH -- Monday evening (April 20) marked the first time in years (and possibly decades) that Peterborough city councillors didn't open a municipal meeting with the Lord's Prayer.

The prayer was listed on the agenda for the Committee of the Whole, but councillors aren't reciting it until the City's legal staff can determine whether it's against the law, according to Councillor Andrew Beamer, who chairs the Committee of the Whole.

The Supreme Court ruled on a specific case out of Saguenay, Quebec on April 15 -- a decision that's likely to set a precedent for all Canadian municipalities. Coun. Beamer can't say yet whether the City will stop using the prayer altogether.

Veronica Abbass has taken issue with the City over the practice for years, and even filed a lawsuit against the City in 2012. That legal battle was put on hold to wait for the Supreme Court ruling.

http://www.mykawartha.com/news-story/5567686-peterborough-city-councillors-to-stop-praying-at-municipal-meetings-until-legal-staff-review-supreme/

Ms Abbass is being scorned here on this forum as Yet Another Bad Atheist. She is a hero, a warrior for human rights, in my book.

[beam me up scottie]

1. Of course they're slandering her.

When someone spanks your god's pee pee you have to retaliate.

She is a hero, a warrior for human rights, in my book.

Yes, she is.

Nice find, Warren.

[rug]

2. Warren, you say scorn as if it's a bad thing.

[trotsky]

3. Very glad we have people like her fighting the good fight.

Sad that so-called progressives or liberals would attack her. Sad, but I guess not that surprising. We unfortunately have a few vocal individuals here whose hatred of strong, outspoken atheists outweighs their commitment to issues like the separation of church and state or reproductive rights or sexual/gender equality.

[rug]

4. You get the sadz often, trotsky.