Quote of the Week
“The very fact that the impending (or not) split in the church is getting so much coverage is part of a bigger, more worrying trend – the increasing importance of religion in the public realm. Secularism is under threat. Though Robinson's stance against bigotry in his own church is to be applauded, that the storm which swirls around him is seen as so important is itself cause for concern. What, I ask myself again, happened to the Enlightenment?”
(Gareth McLean, Guardian)
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Government transitional safeguards to protect the jobs and promotion prospects of head teachers and teachers already in post in Voluntary Controlled faith schools breach natural justice and are discriminatory, says the National Secular Society.
The National Secular Society has condemned the decision to allow registrars to opt out of conducting civil partnerships on the grounds of their religious objections.