THE CHIEF of an organisation campaigning for the separation of church and state has backed Shetland councillors on their stance around the requirement to appoint religious representatives to a committee. Stephen Evans, chief executive of the National Secular Society, said.
THE NEED for the councils in Scotland to appoint religious representatives on education committees is “quite frankly ridiculous in the 21st Century”, according to one Shetland elected member. Gary Robinson criticised the requirement and said he would prefer to have local.