On Saturday 19 April (BBC radio 4 Question Time 1.10 pm- 2.00pm) Fiona Hyslop MSP, Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, stated that in Scotland there is no established religion and that religion and politics are kept separate.
Is she not aware that the monarch, upon accession, is obliged by the Acts of Union of 1707 to swear to 'maintain and preserve the True Protestant religion and Presbyterian church government n Scotland? In its independence plans the Scottish Government says that it will keep the monarchy on its present basis and will not change the legal status of any religion.
And is Ms Hyslop not aware of the weekly 'Time for Reflection' in the Scottish Parliament when largely religious speakers address the whole Parliament in the debating chamber? And has she not heard of the separate system of state funded Roman Catholic schooling or of religious nominees on otherwise elected local council education committees?
It does not inspire confidence in those who seek to promote and constitute a separate independent Scottish state if they demonstrably do not understand how the current system operates.
letter in the Scotsman 21 April 2014
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