Submitted on Sunday 1st November 2020
Rejected on Monday 9th November 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Open churches and places of worship for communal prayer
Following the latest restrictions due to the pandemic, we'd like to ask the Government to allow communal prayer in churches and places of worship. In these very difficult times the banning of communal worship will have profound consequences on many, as prayer supports our spiritual and mental health
There have been many examples where people reported how prayer made a big difference in getting through the previous lockdown.
Also, please consider that over the last few months churches invested a lot of effort into measures to protect worshipers – stewards and cleaners, attendance lists, social distancing and much more – and so they're much safer places than many other, like schools or shops which remain open.
We understand the lockdown decision wasn't easy to make, but it's still very difficult for us to understand why the current restrictions have to affect our communities. Please reconsider the rules and allow churches and places of worship to open for communal prayer.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/548621
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