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Keith, the court ruling was meant to ban all English councils from holding prayers at the start of their meetings. Although it was directed at Bideford Town Council, the English Law meant that it was directed at all councils in England owing to the principle of precedent.
The national Government decided that a court cannot hold such authority over local Government, and overruled the court order, on the grounds that local Government can not be ordered by a judge to abolish the Christian Faith.
The Government also declared that the Christian Faith is a basic principle of British society, and noted that the House of Commons holds prayers in the Chamber.
Many English councils had already stated they would not follow the court order, so we would have been on the verge of State persecution against local Government if Parliament had not intervened.
I am sure if the Police had been asked to arrest councillors for holding prayers at the start of a meeting within the council chamber, the Police would have refused to carry out the order.
No-one can order local Government to abolish the Christian Faith. If they had succeeded, they'd next have tried their hand at ordering Parliament to stop saying prayers, using the European Human Rights Act to dictate Stalinist tyranny.
One cannot order British Police to drag local Government officials out out the Chamber and to prison.
The Government understood full well that the State would have been close to collapsing if this court order had not been swiftly overruled.
If you read back on the original thread, Keith, relating to when the court order came out, I stated straight away then that the Government must overrule the court order, which they did!