Salmond and the "fight" against sectarianism

Unfortunately The Scotsman has decided to down the facile headline route (Salmond is responsible for many things, but he is not solely to blame for the existance of sectarianism in Scotland and actually, that it is not what McConnell is alleging) with this, rather than setting out McConnell’s arguments why he believes Salmond is not paying enough attention to the ongoing problem of sectarianism in Scotland.

In the original article in the Scottish Catholic Observer, the ex-Labour First Minister said that:

"He (Salmond) should reconvene the anti-sectarianism summit by the end of the year," he said. "He should be willing to work with all parties on this and he should make very clear that the eradication of sectarianism is a prerequisite of a modern Scotland in the 21st century."

The SNP answering the specific charge of the cancellation of the summits:

"These remarks are ridiculous and quite unbecoming of a former First Minister. Alex Salmond's commitment to and leadership in combating sectarianism is second to none.

"There is general recognition that endless summits are not the answer".

Also, by coincidence, not very popular with the Catholic Hierarchy apparently:

The Catholic Church last night said it was "very supportive of Jack McConnell's desire to put sectarianism at the top of the agenda", but was not "particularly thirled" to a particular form of anti-sectarian action.

A spokesman added that it had been "unfortunate" that the summits had brought up the question of Catholic education once again.

I wonder if that's the real source behind that "general recognition"...