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, 14 Nov 2018
C of E services for schools expand by 56% in four years
The NSS has said a rise in the number of children attending C of E school services should prompt "a separation of church and school".
Posted: Tue, 13 Nov 2018
NSS: religious offence-taking must not curtail free speech at BBC
The NSS has urged the BBC to uphold free expression and expressed concerns that new guidelines defer too much to religious sensitivities....
Posted: Thu, 08 Nov 2018
Scottish government commits to LGBT-inclusive education
The NSS has told the Scottish government it mustn't let religious groups undermine its commitment to LGBT-inclusive education.
Posted: Wed, 07 Nov 2018
Don't let faith schools distort sex education, warns NSS
The NSS has highlighted the risk that faith groups will continue to distort sex education in response to a government consultation.
Posted: Tue, 06 Nov 2018
Government threatens Jewish schools’ “purity”, rabbi claims
A rabbi has called on Orthodox Jewish schools to resist requirements to teach evolution and about non-traditional relationships.
Opinion
For Interfaith Week 2018, campaigns officer Megan Manson explains how the NSS's work protects those who are religious as well as those who are not.
How secularism protects people who have religious faith
Posted: Wed, 14 Nov 2018
As the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse turned its attention to the Catholic Church's archdiocese of Birmingham, Richard Scorer delivered the following opening statement on behalf of several victims.
Time to end criminality and cover-up in the Catholic Church
Posted: Mon, 12 Nov 2018
Emma Park says Ian McEwan's book and the film it has inspired prompt the questions of what the state should do when a young person's religion conflicts with their welfare, and how this affects religious freedom.
Review: The Children Act
Posted: Thu, 08 Nov 2018
Just as Irish citizens strike a blow for the right to freedom of expression, the European Court has fundamentally undermined it, argues Stephen Evans.
European ruling that ‘religious feelings’ trump free speech is a dangerous development
Posted: Fri, 26 Oct 2018
After a sharp rise in reported crimes in which religious hatred was a factor, Alastair Lichten says liberal democracies should challenge hatred and bigotry while resisting attempts to silence ideas.
We must resist both religious hatred and its weaponisation
Posted: Thu, 18 Oct 2018