A new Disruption
A dozen or so hard-line evangelical churches have already gone but the fact is that they had been semi-detached for decades and their eventual departure was inevitable.
(Rev Dr) John Cameron
Howard Place
St Andrews
Speaking to the Free Church of Scotland at its annual General Assembly, Scottish communities minister Roseanna Cunningham has given no guarantee about its place in any future constitution (your report, 22 May).
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Hide AdAny future constitution must enshrine the freedom of religion. The right to private religious belief and practice must be protected. What must end, however, is the religious assumption that they speak for all and have the right to impose their beliefs in schools and in local government.
That is not “freedom”. It is privilege.
Neil Barber
Edinburgh Secular Society
Saughtonhall Drive
Edinburgh