Councils go secular, but public life can still benefit from the power of prayer

I READ with interest, and some regret, your story "Council drops prayer sessions" (The Herald, June 27).

We now have councils in Scotland – in Edinburgh and Dumfries and Galloway – following on developments in England with regard to prayer sessions being omitted before the commencement of council meetings. I view the reported reasons given on behalf of Dumfries and Galloway for the cessation (that they are part of moves to "eliminate discrimination, harassment , victimisation or any other prohibited conduct") as overblown.

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