Original post by Prof. Paul Braterman.
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any better for our Petition to remove unelected Church nominees from Scottish Local Authority Education Committees, things got better.
Spencer Fildes and Paul Braterman testifying to Public Petitions Committee
The Scottish Secular Society is petitioning the Scottish Parliament for the removal of the theocratic anomaly, according to which every Local Authority Education Committee in Scotland must include three representatives of religious bodies. These church nominees are not answerable to the electorate, nor to the elected Councillors, and do not even have to declare an interest. The Public Petitions Committee has now discuss the matter at three separate meetings.
