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Posted: Mon, 27 Jun 2022
State funded theology colleges “can be exempt” from free speech duty
Publicly funded theological colleges may be exempt from duties on universities to promote free speech, a minister has said.
Posted: Fri, 24 Jun 2022
NSS deplores revocation of abortion rights in US
The NSS has expressed dismay that a Supreme Court decision will result in millions of women in the US losing abortion rights.
Posted: Wed, 22 Jun 2022
UN tells Chile to examine clerical child abuse following NSS report
A UN committee has called on Chile to investigate all cases of child abuse in the Catholic Church following an intervention from the NSS....
Posted: Tue, 21 Jun 2022
“No plans” to review school collective worship, government tells UN
The UK government is refusing to review laws requiring collective worship in schools despite repeated requests from a UN committee.
Posted: Mon, 20 Jun 2022
Islamic school leader banned for misogynistic and homophobic sermons
The NSS has welcomed a decision to ban a former faith school proprietor after he published hateful sermons about women and gay people.
Opinion
An obituary to Terry Sanderson, who died on June 12th 2022, by his civil partner Keith Porteous Wood.
Obituary: Former NSS president Terry Sanderson
Posted: Mon, 13 Jun 2022
Pandering to fundamentalism is not the way to a more open, tolerant and peaceful society, argues Stephen Evans.
Britain’s de facto blasphemy law strikes again
Posted: Thu, 09 Jun 2022
Specialist theological colleges focused on doctrinal training create inherent conflict with the academic freedom and anti-discrimination requirements of education. Therefore, they should neither receive public funds nor be...
Should specialist theological colleges receive public funds for higher education?
Posted: Mon, 06 Jun 2022
A survey reveals members of the public generally get along well with Christians – but feel less enthusiastic about proselytism. Megan Manson says this should be a warning to politicians who want faith groups to be free...
Encouraging evangelism in public services will promote division, not divinity
Posted: Tue, 31 May 2022
The National Secular Society recently held an online conference on inclusive education in Northern Ireland. Here, Alastair Lichten shares the videos from the conference and thoughts on the speakers' key messages.
NI education conference shows cause for secularist hope
Posted: Wed, 25 May 2022