Posted: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 by Sean Templeton
Every day in Scotland, God is mentioned in courts. In particular, when juries are sworn in and when witnesses swear an oath to tell the truth during their evidence. The exception is when those opposed to swearing an oath serve on a jury or affirm to give their... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 05 Jul 2022
Religious imposition in healthcare, education and public services can harm mental health, the National Secular Society has warned.
Posted: Tue, 05 Jul 2022
The majority of MPs who spoke at a parliamentary debate supported reforming the law to allow the choice of assisted dying.
Posted: Tue, 05 Jul 2022
Collective worship and Christian-biased religious education in Northern Ireland breach human rights, a high court has ruled.
Posted: Mon, 04 Jul 2022
Northern Ireland will adopt proposals backed by the National Secular Society to modernise marriage laws.
Posted: Wed, 29 Jun 2022
The NSS has called on the government to act to end faith-based school admissions after a minister admitted they cause inequality.
An obituary to Terry Sanderson, who died on June 12th 2022, by his civil partner Keith Porteous Wood.
Posted: Mon, 13 Jun 2022
Pandering to fundamentalism is not the way to a more open, tolerant and peaceful society, argues Stephen Evans.
Posted: Thu, 09 Jun 2022
Specialist theological colleges focused on doctrinal training create inherent conflict with the academic freedom and anti-discrimination requirements of education. Therefore, they should neither receive...
Posted: Mon, 06 Jun 2022
A survey reveals members of the public generally get along well with Christians – but feel less enthusiastic about proselytism. Megan Manson says this should be a warning to politicians who want...
Posted: Tue, 31 May 2022
The National Secular Society recently held an online conference on inclusive education in Northern Ireland. Here, Alastair Lichten shares the videos from the conference and thoughts on the speakers' key...
Posted: Wed, 25 May 2022