Tags: 'Militant' secularism
Are parliament’s theocrats about to have their day?
Posted: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:08 by Terry Sanderson
Has the recent reshuffle appeased the religious lobby and are parliament's theocrats about to have their day?
Religious people should recognise that secularism benefits them, too
Posted: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:37 by Mary Draycott
The UK is a diverse society; a secular political system allows us all to develop equally in peace and fairness.
There is no persecution or sidelining of Christianity in Britain
Posted: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:32 by Oliver Kamm
In a free society, government must defend religious liberty while being indifferent to the content of people's beliefs.
Prime Minister’s dissembling, hypocritical and disingenuous speech to religious leaders
Posted: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:18 by Terry Sanderson
The Prime Minister, David Cameron, gave an Easter reception for Christian leaders at Downing Street this week at which he delivered an unctuous speech of such disingenuousness and hypocrisy that it almost takes the breath away.
Why militant secularism is for believers, too
Posted: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:03 by Terry Sanderson
Atheists cannot be made to believe and believers cannot – with some exceptions – be persuaded that they are deluded (as Richard Dawkins would have it). So we have to leave it at that and then find a way to live together. That way is secularism.
The spectre of militant secularism
Posted: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:53 by Nick Cohen
Nick Cohen says 'Militant secularist' has become the 'neo-con' of the 2010s: a know-nothing label that signifies extremism, without explaining where the extremism lies.
Baroness Warsi and her gang of pious politicos are out of step with the nation
Posted: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:36 by Terry Sanderson
Terry Sanderson warns that Baroness Warsi risks starting a culture war that she cannot win.