Tags: Charity
Religious conversion isn’t a charitable endeavour – Opinion Out Loud Ep 03
Posted: Tue, 2nd Feb 2021
Some registered charities exist primarily to convert members of one religion to another. Megan Manson says such activity is harmful to community cohesion – and shouldn't be treated as a valid charitable purpose.
Ep 32: Nick Duffy on 'conversion therapy'
Posted: Thu, 20th Aug 2020
In this episode, Emma Park speaks to Nick Duffy, current affairs editor at Pink News, about so-called 'conversion therapy', the type of psychological practices that it can involve, and the harm it can cause to those who undergo it.
They consider the case for banning it altogether along with the difficulties of defining it, and the response of other countries where it is a problem, such as the US and Canada.
Emma is then joined by Megan Manson, head of policy & research at the NSS, to discuss what the society has been doing to oppose the practice of 'conversion therapy', and how faith schools that preach against LGBT identities are implicitly supporting it.
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Notes
- Stop anti-LGBT 'conversion therapy'
- Tackle charities promoting 'conversion therapy', NSS urges minister
- Review status of charity promoting 'conversion therapy', NSS says
- This is the reality of gay 'cure' conversion therapy taking place in Liverpool – Liverpool Echo
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Ep 16: Operation Christmas Child | Faith schools
Posted: Mon, 14th Oct 2019
In this week's episode, Emma Park speaks to Megan Manson about Operation Christmas Child, a programme that encourages schoolchildren and youth groups around the UK to send Christmas shoeboxes to children in developing countries. Those sending the shoeboxes may not be aware that they are being used as part of a conversion drive by an evangelical Christian charity, Samaritan's Purse. The case raises the question of whether 'the advancement of religion' should still be a charitable purpose.
Emma then speaks to Alastair Lichten about the NSS's revelation that 20,000 children have been assigned to faith schools in the state sector this year despite their parents opting for a non-faith school as their first choice.
The episode also features highlights from our 2019 Bradlaugh Lecture. Assistant head Andrew Moffat defended inclusive education in his talk 'No Outsiders: Reclaiming Radical Ideas in Schools'.
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Notes
• Does Operation Christmas Child benefit the public?
• Samaritan's Purse Mission Statement
• Charities Act 2011, section 3: List of charitable purposes
• Complete videos of the NSS's Bradlaugh Lectures
• 20,000 children sent to faith schools against parental preferences in 2019
Ep 11: Religious charities | Inclusive relationship and sex education
Posted: Thu, 25th Jul 2019
Chris Sloggett spoke to Megan Manson about charities which exist only to promote religion and whether these or religious charities which do harm are in the public benefit. Chris also spoke to and Alastair Lichten about protests by religious reactionaries against LGBT inclusive education and what the NSS is doing.
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The podcast discussed our recent new report For the public benefit? The case for removing 'the advancement of religion' as a charitable purpose and our upcoming event the 2019 Bradlaugh Lecture No Outsiders: Reclaiming Radical Ideas in Schools.
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