Press Releases
NSS Responds to Government’s announcement of Pope’s State Visit
Posted: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:18
Vatican to be attacked at UN over failure to tackle Child Abuse
Posted: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:05
The Pope’s and the embattled Vatican’s record on child abuse will be challenged at the UN on Monday (15 March 2010).
Islington registrar who refused to officiate at civil partnerships fails in her attempt to take case to the Supreme Court
Posted: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:22
Lillian Ladele, the Islington registrar who refused to officiate at civil partnerships because of her religious beliefs, has failed in her attempt to take her case to the Supreme Court.
Blasphemy law returns with a vengeance
Posted: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:31
The National Secular Society said today that the blasphemy laws had been reintroduced by the back door after a Manchester man was convicted at Liverpool Crown Court on Wednesday of causing “religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress”.
Lords vote to enable discrimination on grounds of caste to become unlawful
Posted: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:56
The House of Lords have voted for enabling legislation to permit the outlawing of discrimination on the grounds of caste in the Report stage of the Equality Bill.
Sex Education: Government amendment is betraying children in faith schools
Posted: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:29
The Government is bowing to religious pressure and amending the Children Schools and Families Bill today to allow faith schools to teach about contraception and homosexuality in their own way.
Labour risks alienating voters by over-playing religion
Posted: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:23
Labour’s Scottish Secretary, Jim Murphy, risks alienating the Party’s core vote if he continues to insist that it embrace a religious agenda.
Pope should be challenged, not given uncontested slot on Thought for the Day
Posted: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:16
The National Secular Society today responded to reports that the BBC have invited to the Pope to take part in Radio 4’s Thought for the Day.
BBC must not become an evangelical wing of the Church of England
Posted: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:30
Church of England claims that the BBC is sidelining religious broadcasting are untrue and self-serving, says the National Secular Society.
Government’s “faith advisors” a cynical ploy and an insult to non-religious Britons
Posted: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:13
The appointment by the Government this week of thirteen “faith advisors” has been condemned today by the National Secular Society as an affront to the majority of British people who do not look to organised religion for guidance.