Author: Terry Sanderson

Section 28 was a shameful piece of legislation prompted by fake news

Section 28 was a shameful piece of legislation prompted by fake news

Thirty years after the government banned local authorities from 'promoting' homosexuality, Terry Sanderson reflects... Read More »

The BBC is overdoing religion

New figures show that the BBC is devoting hundreds of hours of programming to religion each year. NSS president Terry... Read More »

Was Tim Farron a secularist?

Tim Farron was a classic secularist, but found himself unable to reconcile his personal faith and his party's socially... Read More »

CofE talks to the electorate, but is anyone listening?

Religious leaders are free to speak out on politics, but they shouldn't expect their views to be given any special... Read More »

Religious programming isn’t popular, and no amount of hounding from the Church will change that

The BBC still produces a considerable amount of religious programmes – but the numbers who watch it are so small... Read More »

Prime Minister and CofE promote fake ‘war on Easter’

After several media outlets falsely claimed that the National Trust and Cadbury were 'airbrushing' Easter out of their... Read More »

Living better together: French secularism risks being destroyed by political ambition

Despite occasional conflicts, France's tradition of secularism has served both social cohesion and religious freedom... Read More »

The gay community should recognise and oppose its chief oppressor

While people of all faiths and none have campaigned for and against LGBTQ rights, the merger of religious and state... Read More »

Secularism is on the front line

Terry Sanderson, the recently re-elected president of the National Secular Society, reflects on the challenges of... Read More »

Time for Christians of goodwill to say “Not In My Name”

Most Christians don't feel the need to be exempt from equality legislation in order to live their lives in accordance... Read More »

The Christian “fired for praying at work” – here’s the other side of the story

The British media unquestioningly promulgates the false narrative of Christians being discriminated against in the... Read More »

Even the chief architect of the expansion of religious schools is now having doubts

With the public, of all faiths and none, increasingly recognising the problems caused by faith schools, NSS president... Read More »

There is no widespread discrimination against Christians in the workplace

NSS president Terry Sanderson challenges the notion that Christians are widely discriminated against in the workplace,... Read More »

The Christian Legal Centre makes another attempt to gain privileges for Christians in the workplace

The Christian Legal Centre's latest 'discrimination' claim follows a familiar pattern – but its use of dissembling... Read More »

The dishonesty of religious lobbying shines like a beacon

NSS President Terry Sanderson argues that the churches have changed their lobbying tactics, and are trying to impose... Read More »

The dishonesty of religious lobbying shines like a beacon

NSS President Terry Sanderson argues that the churches have changed their lobbying tactics, and are trying to impose... Read More »

NSS statement following Charlie Hebdo attack

Restrictions on criticising or satirising religion, especially Islam, have hugely increased since Salman Rushdie was... Read More »

Secular conference created a sense of imminent and momentous change – and women will be the driving force

The passion of feminist secular activists from around the world at a recent conference has inspired Terry Sanderson,... Read More »

Grievous nonsense

The narrative that Christians are somehow persecuted in the UK – which the Daily Telegraph and former Attorney... Read More »

Commission to investigate religion’s role in society

A commission has set itself up to "take the temperature of Britain's relationship with religion". But with so many... Read More »

Will the Equality Act be battered into submitting to religious exemptions?

Misleading reporting of individual cases and calls for "conscience clauses" feed into a false narrative of Christian... Read More »

It’s not only Islamists who have Trojan Horses

Those with a vested interest in the continuation of 'faith schools' have started their fight back against the growing... Read More »

Terry Sanderson’s speech to the Religious Freedom Conference, Chatham

On 21 June 2014, NSS President Terry Sanderson spoke at the Chatham Unitarian Church, about the importance of equalities... Read More »

A “religious ethos” is not why faith schools succeed – it’s selection that does it

Rather than a faith-based ethos, Terry Sanderson argues that it's selection that allows faith schools to outperform... Read More »

Yes, “faith schools” really are the problem

Politicians are in denial over the problems caused by "faith schools" and religious influence in education, argues... Read More »