Unless you've sat in the public gallery at Redland City Council, you probably wouldn’t have realised how much their meetings resemble church services. So we thought we’d share with you some highlights from recent meetings.
Although 40% of citizens who live in the Redlands shire south-east of Brisbane are not Christian, councillors are insisting that they can ignore their own council's inclusion policy and begin each meeting with exclusively Christian sermons and prayers.
We think this is not on. We’re calling on Redland City Council to introduce a more inclusive and representative opening to official meetings.
In fact, we know that meetings at many councils include prayers. Sectarian prayers go against the spirit of our Constitution, which states that our government should not make laws for imposing religious observances.
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