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Church Calls for Unity After Referendum

Thursday September 18 2014

On the day of the independence referendum, the Church of Scotland has urged voters to display unity, however they vote.

The Moderator of the Church's General Assembly called for 'cool heads and calm hearts' today, and a 'harmonious and future-focused' post-referendum period.

The Rt Rev John Chalmers urged politicians and campaigners to 'be clear in both their words and their actions that the issue has now been settle democratically' after the result is announced. He also called for:

The campaign with the majority to announce a post-referendum event inviting the main players on both sides to discuss a shared strategy for delivering the settled will of the Scottish people.
Voters to remove their Yes/No affiliations from their social media profile images and replace them with a shared symbol of unity, such as the ‘One Scotland’ badge available on the Church of Scotland Facebook page.
Politicians, campaigners and voters could post selfies of themselves with someone who has voted the opposite way. Both Yes and No sides could also agree a number of joint hashtags to promote magnanimity and a celebration of the democratic process, such as #indyrefone.

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