Law and religion round-up – 8th January
from Law & Religion UK:
Religious observance in Scottish schools
The Times reports (£) that an online poll by YouGov for its Scottish edition has found that (55 per cent of Scots believes that children should not be made to participate in religious observance at school. 38 per cent of all Scots (and 48 per cent of SNP voters) feels that there should be no place for collective worship in the Scottish education system and a further 17 per cent wants children to be able to opt out, even without parental consent. [Thanks to British Religion in Numbers: see below.]
Church and State in Scandinavia
We noted the change in the status of the Church of Norway on New Year’s Day – and the slight degree of confusion as to what had changed. Subsequent Twitter comments led us to think that a roundup on the current status of the other Scandinavian Churches might be helpful. It appears to look like this:
Related Posts
Tags
Share This
