Posted: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 by Dr Antony Lempert
The decision to separate a transgender parent from her children gets to the heart of why faith-based harm is perpetuated and is frequently unchallenged, writes Dr Antony Lempert of the Secular Medical Forum.
A recent ruling in the Family Court of Manchester... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 15 Feb 2019
The NSS has written to the government after its research highlighted the bigoted messages of religious anti-RSE campaigners.
Posted: Fri, 15 Feb 2019
The NSS has welcomed official guidance which aims to ensure universities "remain a forum for open and robust enquiry".
Posted: Fri, 15 Feb 2019
The NSS has warned the government over non-stun slaughter after it emerged that nearly a quarter of non-stun sheep meat is exported.
Posted: Thu, 14 Feb 2019
A school has stopped letting its premises to an Islamic weekend school after the NSS raised concerns over the messages it was promoting.
Posted: Tue, 12 Feb 2019
The NSS has welcomed government plans to promote integration by legislating against unregistered and failing independent schools.
A government plan on integration sets out a positive vision on education - but faith schools remain the elephant in the room. Alastair Lichten asks if ministers' actions will match their rhetoric.
Posted: Tue, 12 Feb 2019
The IICSA inquiry has turned its attention to child abuse at two Catholic schools. Abuse lawyer and NSS vice president Richard Scorer delivered the following opening statement on behalf of several victims....
Posted: Mon, 04 Feb 2019
Former NSS president Barbara Smoker's book My Godforsaken Life: Memoir of a Maverick reminds us of the value of ordinary people's principled activism and provides a link to secularists of the past, says...
Posted: Thu, 17 Jan 2019
As MPs launch a motion against parliamentary prayers, NSS CEO Stephen Evans says ending the anachronistic custom would strike a blow for modernity, equality and freedom of conscience.
Posted: Wed, 16 Jan 2019