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Latest News
Posted: Mon, 20 Sep 2021
Challenge religious stigmatising of LGBT people, NSS tells Welsh government
The National Secular Society has called on the Welsh government to challenge religious homophobia in education, healthcare and charities....
Posted: Tue, 14 Sep 2021
Doctors’ union drops opposition to assisted dying
A doctors' union has dropped its opposition to assisted dying in a historic vote.
Posted: Tue, 14 Sep 2021
NSS welcomes plans for non-stun slaughter labelling
The NSS is calling for the public to support proposals for meat from animals not stunned before slaughter to be accurately labelled.
Posted: Fri, 10 Sep 2021
Peers back bill to end compulsory worship in non-faith schools
A majority of peers have backed a bill to end the duty on non-faith schools in England and Wales to hold daily acts of Christian worship....
Posted: Mon, 06 Sep 2021
Culture isn’t an excuse for inaction, says Nazir Afzal in NSS lecture
The former prosecutor Nazir Afzal has addressed issues such as forced marriage, honour-based violence and child abuse in an NSS lecture.
Opinion
As a bill to reform collective worship progresses in parliament, Stephen Evans argues that the time has come for lawmakers to recognise that laws mandating worship have no place in modern Britain.
Schools should be liberated from the compulsion of worship
Posted: Thu, 16 Sep 2021
Marriage law in England and Wales has failed to keep up with changing social realities. Russell Sandberg, the author of a new book on the topic, calls for change to put couples – not religious institutions – in...
Major reform is needed to ensure equality and fairness in marriage law
Posted: Mon, 13 Sep 2021
An inquiry's report has highlighted the barriers which regulators face in dealing with child abuse in religious charities. Megan Manson says this should prompt reforms – including in how charity law deals with religion....
Why can’t charity regulators tackle child abuse in faith groups?
Posted: Mon, 13 Sep 2021
After a mob attacked an Ahmadi Muslim mosque in Indonesia and anti-Ahmadi rallies took place in Pakistan, Kunwar Khuldune Shahid says the failure to defend this marginalised group has far-reaching implications.
Indonesia mosque attack is a reminder that Ahmadi Muslims’ human rights need defending
Posted: Thu, 09 Sep 2021
The IICSA inquiry's latest report on child abuse in religious organisations and settings provides welcome evidence of significant problems – but is still too light on much-needed solutions, says Richard Scorer.
Fundamentalists are still being given too much of a free pass on child abuse
Posted: Wed, 08 Sep 2021