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NSS meet with Scottish Minister to discuss St Margaret's adoption charity case
The National Secular Society has met with Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, Mike Russell... Read More »
Trial of Bradlaugh and Besant to be examined in new play
PLEASE NOTE: THIS PLAY IS NOW FULLY BOOKED.
A new play by Derek Lennard, The Fruits of Philosophy (Such a scandal!)... Read More »
Turkey wants to retrieve children adopted by Christians and gays
Turkey recently launched a campaign to retrieve Turkish children in European countries who have been taken from their... Read More »
OIC coming back with another attempt to stamp out free speech
Getting the go-ahead from the Cairo Islamic Summit, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has been actively... Read More »
Win £250 – just write an uplifting Secular Thought for the Day
The ongoing irritation at the BBC's exclusion of secular voices from The Thought for the Day slot has spurred one... Read More »
Edinburgh secularists back bid to abolish religious observance in schools
An Edinburgh parent has launched a petition requesting that City of Edinburgh Council conducts a local vote to challenge... Read More »
Leeds is latest council to consider scrapping free transport to religious schools
Leeds City Council is the latest to consider scrapping free transport to religious schools. The plan will mostly affect... Read More »
Cash-strapped Kent may restore subsidised school transport
A council that is facing devastating cuts to services and employment is considering reinstating free transport to... Read More »
Marie Curie ComRes poll shows 37% have no religion
A ComRes poll for Marie Curie Cancer Care is the latest to ask people about their religious affiliations.
Although... Read More »
NSS draws international attention to UN report that berates USA on its lax approach to clerical child abuse
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) has expressed deep concern to the US Government about its failure... Read More »
New survey reveals that most religious people are not anti abortion (not even Catholics)
A new YouGov survey commissioned for the Westminster Faith Debates finds that 43% of people who identify with a religion... Read More »
Religious Education – special pleading increases in volume
The Catholic Education Service (CES) for England and Wales has reiterated concerns that Religious Education will remain... Read More »
Section 5 reform completes its parliamentary progress
MPs have confirmed that a controversial public order law that criminalises "insulting" words or behaviour will be... Read More »
Romanian secularists want an end to state sponsorship of churches
Twenty-three civic organisations in Romania have asked parliament to end the public financing of religious denominations,... Read More »
Villagers angered by plans to open new Sikh faith school
Local residents have reacted angrily to plans to open a new Sikh faith academy school in a Buckinghamshire village.... Read More »
Local authority abandons plans to prioritise faith school pupils in community school admissions
Surrey County Council has written to the National Secular Society to confirm it will not accept a proposal to amend... Read More »
Fundamentalist Catholic group moves into education
The secretive and ultra conservative Catholic organisation Opus Dei is thought to be behind the opening of a new private... Read More »
Media regulator finds Islamic TV channels guilty of preaching hate
Islamic TV channels operating on the Sky platform and broadcasting in Britain have been found to be breaching the... Read More »
Local parents object to academy’s plans to prioritise church school pupils
Residents of Solihull have reacted angrily to a non-religiously designated academy's proposals to give priority in... Read More »
Pope gives personal backing to Europe wide anti-abortion push
The Pope has given his personal support to a campaign being run by right-wing Catholics to have abortion "defunded"... Read More »
Fears that faith-based admissions criteria are infiltrating community schools through feeder schools
Concerns have been raised that faith based admissions criteria are being indirectly applied to community schools when... Read More »
Have you got your ticket for Secularist of the Year? Book now and avoid disappointment
This year's Secularist of the Year lunch is approaching (Saturday 23 March) and it promises to be a very special occasion.... Read More »
Experts say “drop the religious opt-out” for pharmacists
"Conscience clauses" that permit religious pharmacists to refuse to dispense emergency contraception or the "morning... Read More »
Two more councils review “faith school” transport subsidies
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council has started a consultation on whether to stop paying for transport for pupils... Read More »
Majority want secular state schooling – while RE declines
The majority of British people want state-funded schools to be secular, a recent YouGov poll has revealed.
The poll,... Read More »
