Town Council being bullied into changing centuries-old tradition

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

I should hope so. I would be very very disappointed in the British legal system if they did not. Are you saying that a Christian judge would deal out a harsher sentence in this situation?

I wouldn't expect them to, and I fail to see how it is relevant.

Turn the question on it's head: Would an atheist Judge understand or appreciate the multiple social-care functions a Church fulfill, and the consequent damage done by the robber to the local community?