Posted: Wed, 04 Jan 2017 by Keith Porteous Wood
Norway's supposed separation of Church and State, effective from 1 January 2017, is a very positive step, but it's still a work in progress, writes Keith Porteous Wood.
Both Norway and the United Kingdom have populations that are very secular in outlook, with... Read More »
Fri, 25 May 2018
The NSS has backed parents who are protesting against the merger of a non-religious school into a Christian one in Norfolk.
Fri, 25 May 2018
Allowing Welsh faith schools to teach sex education through a religious lens will teach children to be ashamed, the NSS has warned.
Thu, 24 May 2018
The NSS has urged the Law Commission to recommend the abolition of a measure which requires landowners to pay for local church repairs.
Wed, 23 May 2018
The next coronation should feature secular oaths and a civil ceremony alongside the traditional Anglican one, a think tank has said.
Mon, 21 May 2018
The NSS has criticised the Scottish government after a minister assured headteachers it was committed to providing Catholic education.
Thirty years after the government banned local authorities from 'promoting' homosexuality, Terry Sanderson reflects on the hysteria that prompted Section 28, the fear it caused and the backing religious fanatics gave it.
Wed, 23 May 2018
The decision not to allow more faith-based admissions to new free schools in England is a big win, says Stephen Evans. But the expansion of faith schools is the wrong response to Britain's growing religious diversity.
Fri, 18 May 2018
Faith schools' approach to admissions and sex education reminds us that religious groups' interests often conflict with those of society. Megan Manson says the only answer to this is to separate education from religion.
Fri, 18 May 2018
Politicians have hung a coroner who stood up to religious groups out to dry, says Chris Sloggett. And they've revealed how foolish we are to indulge individualistic demands for state services to accommodate religion.
Tue, 01 May 2018
We can mitigate the harm caused by faith schools in plenty of ways. But after the launch of the No More Faith Schools campaign, Alastair Lichten says the long-term battle is over the fact faith groups run schools at all.
Mon, 23 Apr 2018