Why does the Government still not allow hymn-singing in Church?
by Archbishop Cranmer:
“My Lords, regardless of matters of hindsight, does the Minister agree that prolonging the restrictions might be justified for certain reasons?” asked the Bishop of Leeds, the Rt Rev’d Nick Baines, in the House of Lords on Tuesday. “I do not demur from that, but the prolonging of inconsistencies is a serious impediment to public adherence to the rules,” he ventured, as a prelude to highlighting the most glaring of inconsistencies.
“You do not have to look very far to see where the discipline broke down a long time ago. For example, this is not special pleading; it is just at the forefront of my mind. You can sing in a pub but not in a church. This is what brings the rules into disrepute, and therefore people do not agree with them.”
Lord Bethell responded on behalf of the Government, saying: “I hear loud and clear the frustration of many noble Lords on the question of singing in churches; it is enormously frustrating to those who have a passion for singing.”
Yes…?
“But I would be pretending to be other than I am if I did not level with the Right Reverend Prelate and say that this is an airborne, aerosol disease. It is breathed into buildings at huge risk to those inside, and there is a direct correlation between infection rates, that aerosol and that kind of singing.”
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