Challenging Religious Privilege
Join our campaign for an inclusive and secular education system.
We campaign for the law and the administration of justice to be based on equality, respect for human rights, and on objective evidence.
Public services that are intended for the whole community, especially those funded by public money, should be provided in a secular context.
We campaign on a wide range of topics where religious privilege impacts public life. Including:
For over 150 years we have campaigned for disestablishment, the separation of the C of E and state.
Posted: Thu, 22 Apr 2021
The NSS has urged a regulator to look into a charity behind a TV channel which keeps broadcasting misleading statements about the pandemic....
Posted: Wed, 29 Apr 2020
Initiatives to improve religious literacy in the media shouldn't be used to shield religions from criticism, the NSS has said.
Posted: Thu, 12 Dec 2019
The National Secular Society has said the BBC "allowed itself to be used" to promote "propaganda for fundamentalist Christianity" in producing...
Posted: Wed, 02 Oct 2019
The National Secular Society has urged the BBC to reform its Thought for the Day slot on Radio 4 after the former presenter John Humphrys...
Posted: Mon, 08 Jul 2019
The BBC has watered down some protections for religious ideas but retained a clause placing a premium on depictions of the Islamic prophet...
A parliamentary report has called for measures to promote 'religious literacy' in the media - including tighter regulation. Chris Sloggett says we should beware the risks of requiring journalists to tread...
Posted: Wed, 12 May 2021
The press regulator is consulting on guidelines which will inform the way stories about Islam and Muslims are reported. It must not endorse taboos which shut down debate and harm social cohesion, says...
Posted: Thu, 11 Jul 2019
New figures show that the BBC is devoting hundreds of hours of programming to religion each year. NSS president Terry Sanderson argues that more of its scarce resources should be spent elsewhere.
In its...
Posted: Mon, 31 Jul 2017
The BBC still produces a considerable amount of religious programmes – but the numbers who watch it are so small they barely register in viewing figures. More religion on TV isn't what the public...
Posted: Tue, 04 Apr 2017
The appointment of "young Earth" creationist Dan Walker to front BBC Breakfast has caused a considerable backlash, but unless and until his views interfere with his ability to present the news in a balanced...
Posted: Thu, 11 Feb 2016
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