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Posted: Wed, 29 Jan 2020
Bill to end bishops’ automatic right to sit in Lords introduced
A bill to end bishops' automatic right to sit in the House of Lords, which the NSS helped to draft, has been introduced to parliament.
Posted: Wed, 15 Jan 2020
Calls for parliamentary prayers review after MP compelled to attend
An MP has called for a review of the practice of holding parliamentary prayers after being effectively forced to attend.
Posted: Thu, 02 Jan 2020
Review prayers in parliament, NSS urges new Commons speaker
The NSS has urged the new speaker of the House of Commons to support a review of the practice of holding prayers in parliament.
Posted: Fri, 20 Dec 2019
Peer proposes bill to abolish bishops’ bench in House of Lords
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As figures show most people in Britain never pray, Megan Manson says institutionalised prayer has no place in our parliament, councils, schools or public ceremonies.
Most Brits don’t pray. It’s time for our institutions to stop imposing worship
Posted: Tue, 03 Mar 2020
A new bill proposes to end Church of England bishops' automatic right to sit in parliament. This religious privilege is part of an unjust status quo and should be addressed, says Stephen Evans.
The bishops’ bench is an affront to democracy. Let’s scrap it
Posted: Fri, 31 Jan 2020
A religiously diverse new intake of MPs should prompt the removal of parliamentary prayers and the Church of England's privilege in our political institutions, says Megan Manson.
Our MPs now subscribe to many religious beliefs and none – it’s time to scrap parliamentary prayers
Posted: Fri, 31 Jan 2020
The C of E's position that sex is only for heterosexual married couples is heartless, discriminatory and out of touch with the country it supposedly serves. Time to cut its ties to the state, says Keith...
The Church of England’s position on sex is yet another reason for disestablishment
Posted: Thu, 30 Jan 2020
Keith Porteous Wood says the shocking failings highlighted by the BBC documentary The Church's Darkest Secret show the need to separate church and state.
Let’s disestablish the church that covered up sexual abuse
Posted: Fri, 17 Jan 2020