The National Secular Society works for the separation of religion and state and equal respect for everyone's human rights so that no one is either advantaged or disadvantaged on account of their beliefs.
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Posted: Wed, 16 Feb 2022
Don’t let religion undermine abortion access, NSS urges
The National Secular Society has warned the government that access to safe abortions should not be subject to a "religious veto".
Posted: Mon, 14 Feb 2022
Reducing bishops in House of Lords ‘inevitable’, says CofE paper
The CofE is open to reducing the number of bishops in a reformed House of Lords but not scrapping them entirely, a briefing suggests.
Posted: Mon, 14 Feb 2022
Sexual disorder linked to faith based sex education
A sexual disorder in women may be linked to religious control of sex education, a study suggests.
Posted: Thu, 10 Feb 2022
Wigan to close non-faith school despite lack of secular options
The National Secular Society has criticised a council's plans to close a community school to keep a Catholic school open.
Posted: Thu, 10 Feb 2022
NSS backs reduction in religious selection at Suffolk faith schools
The NSS has welcomed a decision to end religious selection in some Church of England faith schools in Suffolk.
Opinion
Dr Antony Lempert says the findings of two recent medical papers critical of infant circumcision should prompt us to greater protect children from religious and cultural genital cutting.
Recent studies agree: the risks of circumcision outweigh any benefits. It’s time to rethink our permissive approach to genital cutting.
Posted: Mon, 31 Jan 2022
Church of England plans to give Anglican church leaders from around the world greater power in choosing future archbishops of Canterbury are a reminder of the need to separate church and state, argues Stephen Evans.
Appointments of future archbishops shouldn’t be the state’s business
Posted: Thu, 27 Jan 2022
Regulating charities effectively will not be possible until religious privilege is removed from charity law, says Megan Manson.
Playing whack-a-mole with religious charities isn’t working. Time to reform charity law.
Posted: Wed, 26 Jan 2022
Ending religious discrimination in faith school admissions is an important first step – but it will not undo all the harms caused by faith schools, says Alastair Lichten.
Religious selection is only part of the problem with faith schools
Posted: Thu, 20 Jan 2022
Faith-based selection forces families' religiosity to be assessed, compels conformity, and undermines everyone's freedom of belief, says Alastair Lichten.
Remove religious gatekeepers from school admissions
Posted: Tue, 04 Jan 2022