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Latest News
Posted: Mon, 22 Oct 2018
Three independent faith schools still open after multiple failures
The NSS has questioned why three independent faith schools remain open despite failing multiple inspections.
Posted: Fri, 19 Oct 2018
Abuse survivors sue Catholic order which ran children’s homes
Ten people are suing a religious order which ran two Scottish orphanages where many children were physically and sexually abused.
Posted: Thu, 18 Oct 2018
NSS welcomes Lancashire decision on non-stunned meat in schools
The NSS has welcomed Lancashire County Council's ratification of its decision to stop supplying most non-stunned halal meat to schools.
Posted: Thu, 18 Oct 2018
At least 18 councils giving schools non-stunned meat, NSS reveals
At least 18 councils across the UK are supplying non-stunned halal meat to dozens of schools, National Secular Society research has revealed.
Posted: Fri, 12 Oct 2018
NSS writes to Foreign Office over blasphemy case in Pakistan
The NSS has urged the Foreign Office to do what it can to secure the release of a woman facing execution in Pakistan for blasphemy.
Opinion
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
The revelation that Amazon funds extremist religious charities is the tip of the iceberg. Our charity system has deep problems, in part stemming from the presumption that religion is a public good, says Megan Manson.
Why are harmful charities registered at all?
Posted: Fri, 12 Oct 2018
The good deeds of faith-based organisations shouldn't lead us to turn a blind eye to their more ethically dubious practices, argues Stephen Evans.
The questionable ethics of evangelical debt advice
Posted: Fri, 05 Oct 2018
Campaigners' elation at the arrival of opposite-sex civil partnerships is understandable, says Chris Sloggett. But beware politicians using it to excuse their failure to loosen the Church of England's grip on marriage.
Don’t let mixed-sex civil partnerships distract from the need for marriage reform
Posted: Wed, 03 Oct 2018
The principle of bodily autonomy is enough reason to end genital cutting, says Brian D. Earp. Allowing 'health benefits' to dictate its acceptability risks legitimising inconsistent, pseudo-scientific justifications.
Genital cutting: the search for ‘health benefits’ is disingenuous and inconsistent
Posted: Thu, 27 Sep 2018