The Magistrates Association, which represents 23,000 lay magistrates,
has rejected a motion which proposed ceasing the current practice of
defendants and witnesses swearing on the Bible.
At their annual general meeting in Cardiff, Graham Higgins, a
magistrate who opposed the motion, told the meeting: ‘We will be
pilloried for going against centuries of tradition’. Another JP urged
members to reject the motion because it represented a: ‘further
marginalisation of faith in our society’. The motion was defeated by a
show of hands.
Read more: Daily Telegraph 21/10/13
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