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https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news-and-events/news/articles/Statement-Assisted-Dying-Bill-voteI think you said somewhere further up the threat that Church of Scotland (?) were neutral on the topic? but the Moderator said he was glad if had failed and the church opposed it.
My understanding certainly was that the COS had put together a committee to look into the issue after a show of hands at their synod. that committee recommended a neutral stance the the church accepted that. I think once again its the leadership ignoring the membership. I'll look into it a bit more
I might be wrong but I think they are saying the church is against it but if you are a member of the church we aren't going to cast you out for having a different view?We acknowledge that it moves the church away from a binary ‘for’ or ‘against’ approach
Is the key statement - so the moderator is being disingenious at best
its even more absurd these types of people have any sort of say on such important real life issues.
You know that pesky democracy thing where all voices in a society get a say? That. I'm not religious by any stretch of the imagination but to try to suggest that people who believe in God can't take part in civic society is wild.
Well I wouldn't go that far, but there are roles in civic society which exist only because someone believe in god, and in fact carry surprising power which I find unsettling. If we are to create specific seats on committees etc "for the church" there should be equivalent for atheists.
Personally I think that participation in organised religion should be disclosed on members register of interests (as would involvement in other bodies like the masons etc).
You are right to call out that it's not just the churches. The leader of the opposition and the last first minister have both been consistently clear that they would vote against for religious reasons and there's no suggestion that the are christian!