Echo Readers Support Councillor's Refusal to Stand for Prayers

Express & Echo (Exeter, UK) › July 24, 2007

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Echo readers have reacted strongly to a city councillor's refusal to stand during prayers at a civic meeting.

Comments have appeared on the Echo's website following a report about Councillor Paul Pettinger's decision not to stand at the start of a full council meeting at the Guildhall.

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Echo Readers Support Councillor's Refusal to Stand for Prayers

Lord Mayor Hazel Slack had asked councillors to stand during prayers, whatever their religion, as a show of respect to her role ...

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