Opinion
We’re not in Kansas now: why targeting the “faith vote” is a hopeless cause in Britain
The latest polls in Corby, Northamptonshire, where a parliamentary by-election is due to take place on November 15,... Read More »
Enticing children to evangelism with toys: Samaritan’s Purse shoebox scheme.
Every year, in the run-up to Christmas, The National Secular Society receives numerous calls from concerned parents... Read More »
Baroness Warsi needs to be challenged on her theocratic ambitions
We think it is important to track what the Government is doing in our name, and so we are reproducing below a statement... Read More »
Religion is shrinking: and it only has itself to blame
The perception that Americans are an overwhelmingly church-going, evangelically conservative people took another knock... Read More »
There can be no cultural get-out clause for child abusers
By Anne Marie Waters
It's official – raping children is wrong. Sometimes. It depends on the colour (sorry "culture")... Read More »
Time to rethink the Church's role in state education
It's the same every year. No sooner have kids gone back to school than we notice a spike in calls to the office from... Read More »
Politicians and “faith leaders” make a gruesome combination
Many will write it off as red meat being thrown to the raving fundamentalists on the back bench of the Tory Party,... Read More »
Interculturalism: The new era of cohesion and diversity
Book Review: Interculturalism: The new era of cohesion and diversity (Ted Cantle, Palgrave, £19.99)
Reviewed... Read More »
These imbecilic riots must serve to reinforce our commitment to freedom
It is estimated that throughout the Muslim world something like ten to twenty thousand people have taken part in the... Read More »
NSS President's speech to Secular Europe rally
Terry Sanderson's speech to the Secular Europe Rally
London, 15 September 2012
If you've seen the newspapers this morning... Read More »
Hospitals axed, wages cut, frontline staff dispensed with – but Chaplains are sitting pretty
Several alarming headlines over the past few weeks have indicated that hospitals up and down the country are about... Read More »
Oppose the Russian resolution on “traditional values” at Human Rights Council
At the current session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Russia has tabled a resolution seeking to promote... Read More »
Those census statistics explained
A new study of what people mean when they say they are "religious" or "spiritual" has been published by the Oxford... Read More »
Are parliament’s theocrats about to have their day?
When the Conservative-led coalition Government came to power at the last election we braced ourselves for a raised... Read More »
Time to challenge the religious slaughter of animals
Last week, the Birmingham Mail reported that Birmingham City Council's trading standards department had seized hundreds... Read More »
Discriminatory acts have a moral significance
Joshua Rozenberg's piece on the issue of conscience exemptions from anti-discrimination legislation argues that no... Read More »
Bishop Nazir-Ali gives a master class in hypocrisy and double-speak
On Sunday, the Telegraph reported that a Church of England bishop, Michael Nazir-Ali, has written to the European... Read More »
Here’s hoping the European Court can bring an end to this campaign of distortion over religious discrimination
In providing one of the few "dissenting voices" in the media discussion of the cases of supposed religious discrimination... Read More »
Religious beliefs should be respected - when rights are not impeded
By Joshua Rozenberg
Next week, the European Court of Human Rights will hear four claims against the UK that raise perhaps... Read More »
Faith based welfare looms as local authorities ask 'Big Society' to feed the poor
As the UK economy stagnates, charity-run food banks are booming. But as most are run by churches and faith groups,... Read More »
Faith based welfare looms as local authorities ask 'Big Society' to deliver crisis aid to the vulnerable
As the UK economy stagnates, charity-run food banks are booming. But as most are run by churches and faith groups,... Read More »
Leave Citizen Khan alone! Po-faced, humourless Muslim protestors are their own worst enemy
The new BBC sitcom Citizen Khan has, apparently, created something of a stir among Muslims. The BBC is reporting having... Read More »
Ireland awaits Human Rights report on its abortion law
By Claire McCormack
Ireland awaits a September report on its abortion laws by a European Court of Human Rights panel... Read More »
Springtime for defamation of religion
The US Department of State and numerous human rights organizations have prematurely heralded the end of attempts to... Read More »
Springtime for defamation of religion
By Robert C. Blitt
The US Department of State and numerous human rights organizations have prematurely heralded the... Read More »
