Opinion
Evangelism in schools?
A report published this week by the National Secular Society has shone a much needed spotlight on the activities of... Read More »
Scouts: Reflections on a victory from a former Scout Leader
So, it took about 25 years but it's finally happened.
My campaign to get the Scout Association to change its promise... Read More »
What is the freedom of expression if not the freedom of the heretic who thinks differently?
"The right of each person to dress … as they choose has been at the core of the cohesion of our multicultural... Read More »
Research or propaganda? How the apologists for faith schools are fighting back
Faith schools have been getting a bit of a bad press lately. Despite the fact that successive Governments have encouraged... Read More »
Why is the state funding the indoctrination of children in schools with dangerous ideologies?
The Prime Minister, David Cameron, made a statement last week about the Nairobi shopping mall massacre which almost... Read More »
As the niqab controversy shows, not all women are feminists
The legend that is Julie Bindel (who, I must confess, I have a teeny bit of a crush on) has this morning produced... Read More »
We are all at the mercy of the activists who are driving these veil confrontations
There were calls this week for "a debate on the face veil" after a court and a college were confronted by women who... Read More »
Why “One of us”, the European anti-choice petition, should be monitored and tackled
A statement on the "One of us" petition by Julie Pernet on behalf of the European Humanist Federation.
Launched in... Read More »
Can we please stop wasting money on these endless surveys that just tell us what we already know?
Professor Paul Weller of Derby University seems to have cornered the market in research into perceived discrimination... Read More »
Yes, we can talk about this
London's National Theatre recently hosted a debate about freedom of speech, multiculturalism and Islam called Can... Read More »
Yes, we can talk about this
London's National Theatre recently hosted a debate about freedom of speech, multiculturalism and Islam called Can... Read More »
Yes, we can talk about this
London's National Theatre recently hosted a debate about Freedom of speech, multiculturalism and Islam called Can... Read More »
Yes, we can talk about this
London's National Theatre recently hosted a debate about Freedom of speech, multiculturalism and Islam called Can... Read More »
On homophobia and racism
Two weeks ago the Archbishop of Canterbury was in Monterrey, Mexico where he delivered a sermon to the effect that... Read More »
Report from Australia: secularists score political parties on their levels of religious favouritism
Meredith Doig, president of the Rationalist Society of Australia, reports on her country's continued privileged treatment... Read More »
Secularism for beginners
The secular state frees believers from religious persecution and non-believers from religious compulsion. Who in their... Read More »
Islamic apostasy laws — a big disgrace in the 21st Century
It is absolutely ridiculous in the twenty-first century to have laws where one could be criminalised and punished... Read More »
Egyptians are in urgent need of the protection secularism can offer
Earlier this week a ten year old child was shot dead as she walked home through the streets of Cairo on her way home... Read More »
Stoning – the true horror
Recently I posted a blog about the treatment of women in many Islamic states and the fact that such treatment, if... Read More »
Prayer Spaces in Schools
A worrying development in Britain's schools in the last two years, and not just in its faith schools, is Prayer Spaces... Read More »
A right for one is a right for all
Charles C. Haynes argues that the First Amendment of the United States Constitution must be vigorously defended from... Read More »
It may be a new velvet glove, but it’s the same old iron fist at the Vatican
You've got to give the Vatican credit for having installed a Pope who appears to be nice and cuddly and says all the... Read More »
It’s not culture, it’s a crime against humanity
When is a crime against humanity not a crime against humanity? When it is applied to women of course.
Here's a quick... Read More »
Convictions for female genital mutilation: France - 100; Britain 0
Back in 1999, a group of MPs criticised the author Germaine Greer. They were astonished by her claim in a book that... Read More »
Muslims must be protected. Islam must not.
The Muslim Council of Britain has called for a "serious national response" from the government to attacks against... Read More »
