Raise a Saltire in honour of the memory of Bishop Robert Wishart

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

The question I have is the Union flag part of a war memorial?

T.

Flags are laid up in churches (of all denominations) in Scotland only with the permission of the governing body of the church. Neither the government nor the military have the power or authority (yet) to force a Scottish church to display-- or remove from display-- any flag.

In churches the significance of flags (other than the national flag and, perhaps, that of the church if it has a distinctive flag) is that they commemorate the service and sacrifice of soldiers from the surrounding area, nothing more, nothing less. Some churches do contain "war memorials" but these, unlike the flags, memorialize only the names of the fallen, most of whom rest far from the fields of home.

Since no "war" was fought that brought about the Union of Scotland with England, I don't think the Union Flag can be considered a war memorial.

[ThistleDown]

I am opposed.

[macwilkin]

Flags are laid up in churches (of all denominations) in Scotland only with the permission of the governing body of the church. Neither the government nor the military have the power or authority (yet) to force a Scottish church to display-- or remove from display-- any flag.

In churches the significance of flags (other than the national flag and, perhaps, that of the church if it has a distinctive flag) is that they commemorate the service and sacrifice of soldiers from the surrounding area, nothing more, nothing less. Some churches do contain "war memorials" but these, unlike the flags, memorialize only the names of the fallen, most of whom rest far from the fields of home.

Since no "war" was fought that brought about the Union of Scotland with England, I don't think the Union Flag can be considered a war memorial.

That was my thought as well, Rathdown -- my question was is this particular Union flag a military colour laid up in the Cathederal, or part of a war memorial for a Glasgow unit, etc.?

T.

[Mael Coluim]

I thank everyone for their participation and their excellent points. As we all concur that Bishop Robert Wishart was a true Scottish Patriot, I request the Mods to close this thread.