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: Thu, 29 Jul 2021
Government doesn’t know how many children are forced into faith schools
The government has said it has no estimate of how many children are effectively forced into faith schools in England.
Posted: Thu, 29 Jul 2021
NSS welcomes moves to protect free speech on communications offences
The NSS has welcomed moves to protect free speech in a Law Commission report on reforms to communications offences in England and Wales.
Posted: Wed, 28 Jul 2021
MPs call for home education register to protect children’s rights
A committee of MPs has called for a register of home educated children in England, along with other measures long supported by the NSS.
Posted: Wed, 21 Jul 2021
Proposed advertising rules may fuel religious censorship, NSS warns
The NSS has alerted the bodies which write advertising guidelines that new proposals may result in greater religious censorship.
Posted: Tue, 20 Jul 2021
Faith school slammed for book advocating death for gay people
An independent faith school has failed an inspection after a book calling for gay people to be killed was found in its library.
Opinion
A coroner's report has laid bare the Church of England's cruel and scandalous handling of the case of Alan Griffin, who killed himself following unfounded accusations of child exploitation, says Keith Porteous Wood.
The C of E has serious questions to answer over the death of a gay priest
Posted: Wed, 28 Jul 2021
The Church of England's new evangelical missional strategy should lead us to question its entitlement to proselytise in schools, argues Stephen Evans.
Schools aren’t there to save the church
Posted: Thu, 22 Jul 2021
The Department for Education's protections for the secular community ethos of non-faith academies are inadequate. This enables a consolidation of religious control and undermines accountability, argues Alastair Lichten.
Will the government protect the ethos of secular schools?
Posted: Tue, 13 Jul 2021
Islamic scripture is being used to justify attacks on women's rights in many countries. Secular law is a crucial defence – and shielding Islam from criticism undermines efforts to assert it, says Kunwar Khuldune Shahid....
Defending Muslim women’s rights requires a willingness to criticise Islam
Posted: Tue, 13 Jul 2021
A parliamentary group has removed provisions in its 'faith covenant' that prevent faith groups from proselytising when delivering public services. This leaves vulnerable people open to exploitation, says Megan Manson.
Helping the public shouldn’t mean pushing religion on people
Posted: Mon, 12 Jul 2021