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Northern Ireland: Secularists support moves to integrate education
Posted: Fri, 27 Jan 2017
The NSS has called for more efforts to integrate education, promote citizenship education and reduce discrimination against pupils and teachers in Northern Ireland. Read More »
Ashers Bakery loses appeal over cake with “Support Gay Marriage” slogan
Posted: Mon, 24 Oct 2016
A bakery firm which cancelled an order for a cake with the slogan "Support Gay Marriage" has lost its appeal against the ruling that they had unlawfully discriminated. Read More »
Former deputy chair of NI education committee says teaching evolution ‘corrupts children’
Posted: Fri, 23 Sep 2016
Thomas Buchanan, a DUP MLA, has endorsed an event which seeks to teach creationism to children and said creationism should be taught "in every school". Read More »
Campaigns against school worship gain momentum in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Posted: Wed, 14 Sep 2016
The Humanist Society Scotland (HSS) has launched a judicial review against the Scottish Government following its refusal to allow sixth form pupils to opt themselves out of Religious Observance. Read More »
Sixth Former compared to Stalin for campaigning against mandatory prayers in school
Posted: Thu, 28 Apr 2016
A Northern Ireland councillor has been criticised after comparing a Sixth Form student's campaign against mandatory school worship to the "early stage" of Hitler and Stalin's rule. Read More »
Catholic Church intervenes in NI abortion court case to restrict access to abortion for rape victims
Posted: Fri, 08 Jan 2016
The Catholic Church in Northern Ireland is pressing the attorney general to appeal the 2015 High Court ruling that allowed abortion in cases of incest, rape or fatal foetal abnormalities. Read More »
Student starts petition against collective worship in Northern Ireland
Posted: Tue, 22 Sep 2015
A Sixth Form student has started a campaign against collective worship in Northern Ireland, from which pupils currently have no right to withdraw without parental consent. Read More »
Northern Ireland sets out roadmap to shared education
Posted: Thu, 17 Sep 2015
The Northern Ireland Education Minister has released his plan to create "a more integrated education system" so that children "from different community backgrounds can be educated together." Read More »
Northern Ireland anti-abortion measure “strongly supported” by religious groups
Posted: Tue, 09 Jun 2015
A coalition of religious groups offered 'strong support' to proposed legislation in Northern Ireland which would have introduced a ten year prison sentence for carrying out an abortion. Read More »
Prayers cause conflict on Northern Ireland council
Posted: Wed, 29 Apr 2015
Councillors in Northern Ireland have been left bitterly split after an hour long row over whether to begin council meetings with prayers. Read More »
Secularists stand up for LGBT equality in Northern Ireland
Posted: Fri, 20 Feb 2015
The NSS has objected to proposed changes to Northern Ireland's equality laws which would allow businesses to refuse services to LGBT customers on the grounds of "strongly held religious convictions". Read More »
NSS warns against bill allowing religious exemptions to Northern Ireland’s equality laws
Posted: Wed, 10 Dec 2014
DUP backbencher Paul Givan has proposed a Bill to create a religious exemption in Northern Ireland's equality legislation, allowing businesses to refuse services on the grounds of "strongly held religious convictions." Read More »
Northern Ireland parents want integrated education
Posted: Wed, 24 Jul 2013
An examination of official statistics on the number of places available in Northern Ireland's schools indicates that the popularity of Catholic Education is falling fast while the call for integrated schools is rising. Read More »
FOI response suggests Government pressure over creationism at Giant’s Causeway
Posted: Thu, 18 Oct 2012
A freedom of Information response from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) in Northern Ireland suggests that the inclusion of a creationist exhibit at the Giant's Causeway visitor centre was a condition of the near £10 million that was given to the National Trust. Read More »
Although sectarianism is still rife, Northern Ireland’s teenagers are gradually breaking down religious barriers
Posted: Tue, 22 May 2012
A survey of Northern Ireland's teenagers shows that religious and ethnic barriers are being gradually broken down, but another survey in the workplace shows that there is still a long way to go as sectarianism there is still rife. Read More »
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