Posted: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 by Alistair McBay
The National Secular Society is helping campaigners on the Isle of Lewis open a sports centre on a Sunday, currently blocked by a council who won't allow it on the Sabbath. It's hardly the first time Sabbatarians on Lewis have played this game.
The attempt... Read More »
Posted: Mon, 27 Jun 2022
Publicly funded theological colleges may be exempt from duties on universities to promote free speech, a minister has said.
Posted: Fri, 24 Jun 2022
The NSS has expressed dismay that a Supreme Court decision will result in millions of women in the US losing abortion rights.
Posted: Wed, 22 Jun 2022
A UN committee has called on Chile to investigate all cases of child abuse in the Catholic Church following an intervention from the NSS....
Posted: Tue, 21 Jun 2022
The UK government is refusing to review laws requiring collective worship in schools despite repeated requests from a UN committee.
Posted: Mon, 20 Jun 2022
The NSS has welcomed a decision to ban a former faith school proprietor after he published hateful sermons about women and gay people.
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