This article was first published on the Premier Christianity Blog.
Sir Gary Streeter MP, chair of the Christians in Parliament All-Party Parliamentary Group, responds to the cross-party group of MPs who are calling for Parliamentary Prayers to be abolished.
Parliamentary prayers are “not compatible with a society which respects the principle of freedom of and from religion”. That’s according to an Early Day Motion put down by Crispin Blunt and backed by a cross party group of my fellow MPs.