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Posted: Wed, 21 Apr 2021
Bill seeks to end religious discrimination against teachers in NI
The NSS will support a bill to end a legal exemption allowing religious discrimination against teachers in Northern Ireland.
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2021
EasyJet compensates woman over request to indulge religious sexism
EasyJet has paid compensation to a woman who was asked to move seats to accommodate the wishes of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men.
Posted: Thu, 10 Sep 2020
NSS urges easyJet to protect sex equality for passengers
The NSS has written to easyJet after a woman said she was asked to move seats to accommodate other passengers' religious beliefs.
Posted: Thu, 23 Jul 2020
Urgent steps needed to curb anti-Ahmadi extremism in UK, report says
The government must take "urgent" steps to curb the rise of extremism against Ahmadi Muslims in the UK, a parliamentary group has warned....
Posted: Fri, 17 Jul 2020
Success: government won’t extend same-sex marriage exemptions in NI
The government has confirmed businesses won't be able to refuse services for same-sex marriages in Northern Ireland after NSS lobbying.
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Research suggests the Church of England downplays the extent of religious discrimination in admissions to the schools it runs. Its embarrassment shows the need to end this practice, says Alastair Lichten....
Is the C of E ashamed of discrimination in school admissions?
Posted: Fri, 28 May 2021
As families in England prepare to find out which primary schools their children will attend, Alastair Lichten says ending faith-based discrimination would make the admissions system fairer and simpler....
We must find the political will to end discriminatory school admissions
Posted: Mon, 12 Apr 2021
A shadow minister was wrong to say religious registrars should be able to opt out of providing same-sex marriages. And her comments are a reminder that we don't need a ministerial office for faith, says...
Religion is not a justification for discrimination
Posted: Tue, 08 Dec 2020
A state-funded faith school recently rejected a child because her mother isn't Jewish. This shows the absurdity of religious discrimination in admissions, says Megan Manson.
Allowing religious discrimination in school admissions opens the door to other forms of discrimination
Posted: Thu, 03 Dec 2020
The General Medical Council has decided not to pursue a case against a GP who was accused of pushing religion on a vulnerable patient. Stephen Evans warns against allowing this exploitative behaviour....
Medical regulators shouldn’t let doctors push religion on patients
Posted: Tue, 10 Dec 2019