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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Latest News
Fri, 20 Jul 2018
NSS welcomes ‘fair and equitable’ draft coroner protocol
The National Secular Society has welcomed new draft protocol for prioritising deaths reported to a London coroner, calling it 'fair and balanced'.
Fri, 20 Jul 2018
Consultation launched on relationship & sex education guidance
The government has launched a consultation on new statutory guidance and regulations intended to make Relationships Education and Relationships & Sex Education (RSE) compulsory.
Thu, 19 Jul 2018
NSS urge Irish PM to force Pope to pay abuse compensation debt
The National Secular Society has urged the Irish PM to force the Catholic Church to pay a €7 million shortfall in compensation owed to survivors of clerical child abuse.
Tue, 17 Jul 2018
Former education secretary renews call for reform of religion in schools
Religious education should be replaced with a new national 'Religion, Belief and Values' subject, a former education secretary has recommended.
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
NSS welcomes Lancashire vote to end supply of unstunned meat to schools
The National Secular Society has welcomed Lancashire County Council's vote to stop supplying unstunned halal meat to schools.
Opinion
Opening Statement by lawyer Richard Scorer of Slater and Gordon, also an NSS vice president, at the IICSA inquiry's into the Anglican Church as it focuses on Peter Ball, the former Bishop of Gloucester.
Church of England provided ‘perfect cover’ for Peter Ball’s offending
Mon, 23 Jul 2018
The Church of England's pretence that 'its' schools aren't faith schools is a dishonest attempt to avoid association with the unpopularity of faith-based schooling, and at odds with their actual policy, argues Alastair Lichten.
Church schools are faith schools. Pretending otherwise is dishonest
Fri, 20 Jul 2018
Integrating schools isn't a magic bullet to end sectarianism, but no serious attempt to address the issue can ignore the role of religiously segregated schools, argues Stephen Evans.
Sectarian schooling is nothing to celebrate
Fri, 13 Jul 2018
Sometimes concerns regarding religious interference in education can be easily resolved, simply through clear and polite conversations with the school.
I was concerned about proselytisation on a school trip – and the school listened
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
Marking ten years since the criminal offence of blasphemy was abolished in England and Wales, Stephen Evans argues that the freedom to speak critically about beliefs others hold sacred is far from assured.
Ten years on from the abolition of blasphemy, free speech still needs defending
Wed, 11 Jul 2018