Tags: Scotland
Complaint lodged after Scottish Parliament used to launch evangelical Christian manifesto
Posted: Tue, 03 Jun 2014
Secular campaigners in Scotland have lodged a formal complaint after the Scottish Parliament was used by an evangelical Christian group to launch a manifesto ahead of the Scottish independence referendum. Read More »
Scottish local authority plans to introduce discriminatory schools admissions policy
Posted: Mon, 19 May 2014
Falkirk Council has announced plans to change admissions policies for all its denominational (Roman Catholic) schools to ensure baptised children are given priority over other children. Read More »
Scottish Parliament challenged over 'Time for Reflection'
Posted: Tue, 06 May 2014
Campaigners in Scotland have called for the Scottish Parliament's weekly 'Time for Reflection' to be more representative of the diversity of religion and belief in Scotland. Read More »
Magazine raises potential conflict of interest in Scottish gay adoption charity decision
Posted: Wed, 02 Apr 2014
The Scottish Review, an on-line magazine for discussion of Scottish affairs, questions in its latest issue whether there may have been a conflict of interest in the controversial decision by the Scottish Charity Appeals Panel on St Margaret's Catholic Adoption Society. Read More »
Edinburgh secularists challenge religious privilege in Scotland’s education system
Posted: Thu, 16 Jan 2014
Edinburgh Secular Society (ESS) has presented its case for the removal of unelected religious representatives on local authority education committees to the Scottish Government's Petitions Committee. Read More »
Bill submitted to Scottish Parliament that would abolish religious representatives on education committees
Posted: Wed, 06 Nov 2013
An independent Member of the Scottish Parliament, John Finnie, has given his support to a campaign to remove the legal right of religious groups to vote on education matters on local council committees. Read More »
Secularists urge Scottish Government to remove non-elected religious reps from school boards
Posted: Thu, 17 Oct 2013
Edinburgh Secular Society (ESS) has lodged a petition with the Scottish Parliament calling for an end to the legal obligation on local authorities to appoint three unelected religious representatives to sit on their education committees. Read More »
Scottish secularists accuse churches of proselytising in schools
Posted: Mon, 02 Sep 2013
The Edinburgh Secular Society has published a report which reveals the increasing levels of religious proselytisation and evangelisation in Scottish schools. Read More »
Edinburgh secularists challenge religious interference in schools
Posted: Wed, 17 Jul 2013
Edinburgh Secular Society has published full details of all 91 unelected religious representatives sitting on the education committees of Scotland's 32 local authorities. Read More »
Government has a “duty” to provide Catholic Education, says Archbishop
Posted: Tue, 25 Jun 2013
One of the Vatican's most senior clerics has used a visit to Scotland to reinforce the message that the provision of faith schools by the state is a fundamental right of Catholic families. Read More »
Petition to remove religious observance from schools presented to City of Edinburgh Council
Posted: Thu, 06 Jun 2013
The National Secular Society has supported one of its members, Veronica Wikman, in presenting a petition to City of Edinburgh Council to remove Religious Observance from the city's non-denominational schools. Read More »
Impartiality of Scottish judiciary undermined by religious ceremonies, say NSS
Posted: Fri, 03 May 2013
The National Secular Society has written to Kenny MacAskill MSP, the Scottish Government's Cabinet Secretary for Justice to draw his attention to a possible undermining of the impartiality, integrity and independence of the Scottish judiciary. Read More »
Scots are abandoning their religion
Posted: Tue, 16 Apr 2013
Scotland, once one of the more pious parts of the British Isles, is rapidly becoming secularised according to a poll commissioned for the Sunday Times and Real Radio Scotland. Read More »
Scottish Catholic adoption agency ordered to comply with equality law
Posted: Wed, 23 Jan 2013
A Catholic adoption agency has been told by the Charity Regulator in Scotland that if it doesn't lift its ban on applications from gay couples it will lose its charitable status. Read More »
RC Bishop of Motherwell’s intemperate rant at the Prime Minister
Posted: Mon, 10 Dec 2012
The National Secular Society has criticised the intemperate rant at the Prime Minister, widely reported in the media, by the RC Bishop of Motherwell, Joseph Devine. Read More »
Prayers removed from Edinburgh council meetings
Posted: Tue, 26 Jun 2012
The National Secular Society has welcomed an announcement from Edinburgh City Council that new ten minute "Pause for Reflection" sessions will be held before council meetings in place of prayers during them. Read More »
‘Multicultural college’ sacked principal for "being a white Christian"
Posted: Thu, 07 Jun 2012
A Dundee college that claims to promote multiculturalism has been accused by its former principal of sacking him because he is not an Arab Muslim. Read More »
Scottish regional council spreads the Gospel in schools
Posted: Fri, 09 Dec 2011
The Highland Council in Scotland has joined forces with a evangelical Christian group to spread their message to primary school children. Read More »
