Comments on: Another religious controversy http://www.learnedfool.com/another-religious-controversy Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:30:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Fool http://www.learnedfool.com/another-religious-controversy#comment-36 Fool Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:34:35 +0000 http://www.learnedfool.com/?p=222#comment-36 That money was already being paid. The comments seem to imply additional money was being pumped into it. I don't know what the average pay for chaplains is at any hospital or how many chaplains they have. I'm sure it is not just one person getting that pay. You may claim that they are trying to justify using that money, but if the chaplains did not do their jobs previously, then they'll work for it now. Do you seriously have an issue if someone asks you about your religious beliefs? That money was already being paid. The comments seem to imply additional money was being pumped into it. I don’t know what the average pay for chaplains is at any hospital or how many chaplains they have. I’m sure it is not just one person getting that pay. You may claim that they are trying to justify using that money, but if the chaplains did not do their jobs previously, then they’ll work for it now. Do you seriously have an issue if someone asks you about your religious beliefs?

]]> By: Gerry Smythe http://www.learnedfool.com/another-religious-controversy#comment-35 Gerry Smythe Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:45:18 +0000 http://www.learnedfool.com/?p=222#comment-35 What the BBC story didn't reveal - but which can be seen on the National Secular Society's website - is that the NSS did a Freedom of Information request about how much was spent on chaplains at the Southampton University Trust Hospitals. It is a staggering £280,000 a year. Now wonder they're "touting for business" - they've got to justify that kind of money coming out of the NHS budget to pay for vicars somehow. What the BBC story didn’t reveal – but which can be seen on the National Secular Society’s website – is that the NSS did a Freedom of Information request about how much was spent on chaplains at the Southampton University Trust Hospitals. It is a staggering £280,000 a year. Now wonder they’re “touting for business” – they’ve got to justify that kind of money coming out of the NHS budget to pay for vicars somehow.

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