How This Country Is Slowly But Surely Being Destroyed

[bazwillrun]

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khan-set-to-be-formally-sworn-in-as-mayor-of-london-in-multifaith-service-a3242486.html

pandering to him has already started

[Old_Geezer]

Unsure what the issue is. Were the previous mayors sworn in at a secular ceremony ? If so then I see the possible issue.

[hc4361]

Surely pandering to him would involve him being sworn in at a mosque in a Muslim only ceremony?

[douglas9401]

I did hear that top of his 'to do' list is re-naming the capital Mosque-oh.

[New Judge]

I'm puzzled to know why the Church has to be involved in this at all. There has only been a Mayor of London (not to be confused with the Lord Mayor of London) since 1998. It is hardly some medieval post steeped in history.

Having said that, I suppose it's something of an achievement that the ceremony is taking place at Southwark Cathedral and not in Tooting Mosque. I fancy the odds on a "multi-faith" ceremony being held there are considerably longer.

[mikey4444]

I can't see anything wrong with this whatsoever, but there again... I'm not a racist.

[bazwillrun]

"Surely pandering to him would involve him being sworn in at a mosque in a Muslim only ceremony?"

and no douby they would have if they werent worried about the backlash it would have caused...

im sure theres mosques all over the country celebrating their muslim mayor of london...and quietly high fiving theyve got another one in a position of power

[bazwillrun]

"I'm not a racist. "

please do try a little harder...youd just wreck the country even quicker with your let 'em all in politics, people like you are an utter disgrace. and should be ashamed for the damage you are doing and have done to what was a once proud nation.

[Mamyalynne]

Not quite sure who it is pandering to as it is a multifaith service, but if you fear for those who would not set foot in a religious building maybe hold it in Hyde Park?

[Bigbad]

Would there have been a backlash, though baz?

Anyone complaining would be accused of being racist.
As we know, only white people can be racist!

[New Judge]

“I can't see anything wrong with this whatsoever, but there again... I'm not a racist.”

Neither am I, Mikey. But we fundamentally differ in many respects. As I said earlier, I cannot imagine why the swearing in ceremony of the London Mayor has to take place in a Church of England Cathedral. There is no religious connection to the post. It has to be said that Southwark Cathedral (on the south side of London Bridge) is probably the nearest big building to City Hall. But there are others and, of course, there is City Hall itself where there must be a decent sized room to hold the swearing in. After all, there’s no need to make a song and dance about it and all it needs is Mr Khan, a Commissioner for Oaths and a few officials to act as witnesses. Why “faith” has to be involved at all is a little mysterious. I don’t know how much “faith” is involved with the ceremony (in fact until today I didn’t know there was any at all) but since it is and since a Cathedral has been chosen for the venue I would expect the Christian faith to be the only one involved (because that’s what cathedrals do). I am absolutely certain that a Mosque would not be used for a “multi-faith” ceremony so I don’t see why a cathedral should.

I still hanker after the days when there were few or no Muslims in the UK. As I’ve said before, in my opinion there is no place in the UK (or indeed in Western Europe) for Islam. It is a pernicious invasive religion whose followers are often unable to take part in normal life in the UK without special dispensations. But the irreparable damage is done and future generations of non-Muslims in the UK will look back on the day of Mr Khan’s election as a pivotal moment. They will wonder what on earth we did to stand by and allow the Islamification of this country. They will ask why we did not learn from the Moorish invasion of southern Europe (which took 800 years to finally repel).

[mikey4444]

Hello again Bigbad !......there's someone just like you on the other side !

Racists come in all shapes and sizes, and all colours and creeds. But they usually self-identify by their words and actions, as can be seen on here today.

[mikey4444]

New Judge....as an atheist, I'm not comfortable with a swearing-in ceremony for an elected politician. But, unless things have changed since I was last in court ( as a witness I might add quickly ! ) religious books are used as part of the evidence given, are they not ?

But if this is a truly multi-faith ceremony, is that not such a bad thing ?
The Cenotaph ceremony every November includes lots of different religions,and is all the richer for so doing.

If it brings people together, I would be prepared to put my atheism to one side and attend, given the chance.

[bazwillrun]

As usual sidestepping the issue...why not answer NJ, and call him a racist whilst youre at it, as he seems to have similar views to others on here that youve already labelled but are scared to name...

[Old_Geezer]

I believe one does not need to 'use' a holy book in court. I think one can simply affirm to telling the truth. It's all symbolic anyway, doesn't mean much if you use a holy book or not. But I can't be bothered to websearch to check.

[mikey4444]

OG...I think you are right...all religion is only symbolic after all !

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2016-36236538

[Zacs-Master]

Baz, can you clarify why this is 'pandering to him?

[bazwillrun]

NJ already has, I suggest you read his earlier posts

Nice afternoon for fishing....

[mikey4444]

Interesting question Zacs !

Khan has been elected democratically, and no one is suggesting that the contest wasn't fair and above board.

So, being sworn in is "pandering" ?

[bazwillrun]

says the sidestepper extrordinaire