Challenging Religious Privilege
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Posted: Fri, 16 Oct 2020
NSS: school admissions changes miss chance to tackle discrimination
The NSS has criticised a revision of England's school admissions code for not tackling inequities stemming from faith-based admissions.
Posted: Fri, 16 Oct 2020
NSS gives evidence to Senedd committee over Welsh curriculum reform
The NSS has said children's rights should take priority over religious interests in a new curriculum for Wales in evidence to the Senedd....
Posted: Mon, 12 Oct 2020
Regular C of E worshippers form less than 2% of England’s population
Fewer than 2% of people in England regularly worshipped at CoE churches in 2019, even though many children attended services for schools....
Posted: Wed, 07 Oct 2020
Geoffrey Robertson to argue for disestablishment in NSS lecture
Human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson will make the case for disestablishing the C of E in the NSS's 2020 Bradlaugh Lecture.
Posted: Tue, 06 Oct 2020
CoE put its reputation before child protection, abuse inquiry finds
The Church of England failed to take action to deal with child abuse as it prioritised defending its reputation, an inquiry has found.
Related Opinion
The furore over John Sentamu not being handed a life peerage reveals an ugly culture of entitlement that has not served church or state well, argues Richard Scorer.
The Church of England’s culture of entitlement has to end
Posted: Tue, 20 Oct 2020
The beheading of Samuel Paty, a teacher in France who showed Charlie Hebdo cartoons to his students, was an appalling attack on critical enquiry.
Brutally murdered for doing his job
Posted: Tue, 20 Oct 2020
Following a call for a greater role for religion in public services, Stephen Evans argues that any expansion of faith-based provision mustn't see equality and fair treatment relegated to secondary or dispensable...
Those providing public services – including religious groups – should respect reasonable boundaries
Posted: Thu, 08 Oct 2020
On the 10th anniversary of the Equality Act coming into force, Lynne Featherstone says reforms proposed by the NSS on education, caste discrimination and employment would make Britain fairer and more cohesive....
It’s time to tackle loopholes in equality law which privilege religion
Posted: Thu, 01 Oct 2020
The extraordinary antics of Jehovah's Witnesses at the public inquiry on child sexual abuse show why independent oversight of religious organisations is needed to protect children from abuse, says Richard...
Religious fundamentalists can’t be trusted with child protection
Posted: Mon, 28 Sep 2020