Opinion
Faith-based welfare – the push goes on
David Cameron's big society initiative could result in religion taking control of welfare provision, just as it did... Read More »
Atheists respond in their thousands to ‘census’, but can we trust the data?
In an attempt to capture demographic data on the non-religious, Atheist Alliance International has set up the Atheist... Read More »
Roundup of reactions to this week’s Euro Court rulings
By Terry Sanderson
This week's European Court of Human Rights judgements on the so-called "religious discrimination"... Read More »
“Religious discrimination” cases – the European Court’s judgements change very little
Ronan McCrea, a barrister who helped prepare the National Secular Society's intervention, explains why this week's... Read More »
Employers must justify requiring Christians to work on a Sunday (and why that wasn’t the headline in the Telegraph)
Next Tuesday the European Court of Human Rights rules on the cases of Eweida, Chaplin,Ladele and McFarlane. The case... Read More »
Secularists: put your principles into action and support the NSS
With so much at stake, we are eagerly awaiting the result of the four European Court cases that will decide whether... Read More »
Take part in the Scouts and Girl Guides consultations on the promise
Despite describing themselves as "open and inclusive" organisations, both the Scouts and the Girl Guides currently... Read More »
NSS President’s Seasonal Message
As we prepare for the holiday, it's a good time to reflect on the year past, and to assess our triumphs and failures,... Read More »
Is it time to separate church and state in marriage?
By Norman Bonney
One fact that the on-going debate over equal marriage has highlighted is that current marriage laws... Read More »
French confrontation of church and state over gay marriage
By Catherine Le Fur
The Law Commission of the French parliament held a hearing on 29 November to listen to representations... Read More »
How to make “nones” disappear: a lesson in statistics from Northern Ireland
By Jill Farquhar
There is an old Belfast joke about the man stopped at a roadblock and asked his religion. When he... Read More »
Census 2011: What has caused this massive flight from Christianity?
So, now we have the census figures and, as expected, there has been a huge drop in the number of people declaring... Read More »
Why it's important to add your voice to the Scout's consultation on non-believers
It was nearly five years ago that I went with a colleague to speak to Derek Twine, the chief executive of the Scouts,... Read More »
Cracks appearing in NHS, but chaplains sail on regardless
Horror stories about the state of the National Health Service are an almost daily occurrence now. Latest is a report... Read More »
Why won’t the Government get serious about caste discrimination?
When the Equality Act was passed by parliament in 2010, it was hailed as a piece of landmark harmonising anti-discrimination... Read More »
The Malala Effect
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination... Read More »
Church and state need to be set free
Simon Barrow makes the case for disestablishment from a Christian perspective
If there is one thing that might pleasantly... Read More »
Church of England’s establishment is well past its sell-by date
By Terry Sanderson, president, National Secular Society
We've argued for a long time that the establishment of the... Read More »
Church of England’s establishment is well past its sell-by date
By Terry Sanderson, president, National Secular Society
We've argued for a long time that the establishment of the... Read More »
Acceptance of gay rights is an indication that USA is secularising
By Adrian Tippetts
This weekend the US media pundits have been asking to what extent LGBT people swung the vote for... Read More »
The new Archbishop should have no special say
The Times's top leader yesterday welcomed the appointment of Justin Welby, Bishop of Durham, to succeed Rowan Williams... Read More »
An important lesson that politicians can learn from the American election
"The Religious Right is dead" announced the Daily Telegraph on Wednesday morning after the defeat of the Republican... Read More »
The Church of England should act now if it wants to save its hospital chaplaincy service
The following message appeared recently on the social networking site Gransnet:
"Went with a friend for her Chemo session.... Read More »
Mr Cameron, the Big Society and the fundamentalists
Prime Minister David Cameron last week attempted to revive the idea of the Big Society – in which charities... Read More »
Stonewall is right – the Cardinal is a bigot
By Terry Sanderson, NSS President
The LGBT rights group Stonewall is under mounting attack for nominating Cardinal... Read More »
