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National Secular Society

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Type: Organization

Name: National Secular Society

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 50 mins ago - 2 reports

Girl Guides to introduce new secular Promise for all

The National Secular Society has welcomed news that The Guide Association is to update its Promise to emphasise that guiding is open to all girls.The updated Promise will ask members to 'be true to myself and develop my beliefs'. This will replace the ... [Published National Secular Society - 50 mins ago]

Entities: National Secular Society, Religion, Stephen Evans, United Kingdom

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

Equal rights

In arguing against me on behalf of a public service, funded for the most part by public money, Neil Addison (Letters, 17 June) claims that the Equality Act grants Stonewall a positive discrimination right to restrict its services to homosexuals. However, ... [Published The Scotsman - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Homosexuality, Neil Addison, Tim Hopkins, Discriminatory

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Evolution “problematic” for Orthodox Jewish ‘faith schools’

Government plans to place greater emphasis on evolution in biology classes as part of its proposals to reform GCSE content have been criticised for "causing problems" for strictly Orthodox Jewish faith schools.The criticism followed last week's publication ... [Published National Secular Society - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Evolution, National Secular Society, Biology, Religion

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

NHS

Catholic midwives face further legal challenge to “conscience” exemption

Two Catholic midwives who, in April, won a legal case at Scotland's supreme civil court for the right to conscientious exemption from all involvement in abortion procedures, now face a further legal challenge.NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has confirmed ... [Published National Secular Society - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: National Secular Society, Abortion, Catholic, NHS, Glasgow

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

National Secular Society

Legal restrictions

Alistair McBay of the National Secular Society (Letters, 14 June) says that it only wants St Margaret’s Children’s Society to obey the law. I would agree, but the question is, what does and should the law require? The Equality Act permits a charity to ... [Published The Scotsman - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Rosa Parks, National Secular Society, Neil Addison

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

VIDEO: Free church parking 'discrimination'

A Surrey council is being taken to court for allowing worshippers at local churches and mosques to park their cars for free.In the first case of its kind, the National Secular Society claims Woking Borough Council is breaching equality laws and discriminating ... [Published BBC - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: National Secular Society, Ray Morgan, Stephen Evans, United Reformed Church

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Columnist: Religious beliefs ‘bottom of the pile’ in Scotland

Michael Kelly said that the ruling against St Margaret's adoption agency was a 'blow' to the practice of religion.Scotland is heading towards “more equality, less diversity and no justice” in the wake of the ruling against a Roman Catholic adoption agency, ... [Published Christian Institute - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Michael Kelly, Religion, Scotland

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Why has faith been put before love?

Yet again, the headline to Michael Kelly’s piece, "Little charity shown to those with religious beliefs" (Perspective, 13 June), conflates religious belief (believing that there is – for want of a better word – a supernatural creator of this world) with ... [Published The Scotsman - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Michael Kelly, Homosexuality, Adoption, Religion

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Rethink ordered over discriminatory school transport cuts

A controversial plan by Flintshire Council to cut funding for transport to faith schools for pupils unable to prove their religious beliefs has been thrown into doubt after a scrutiny committee called for it to be scrapped.On Thursday 6 June, the Council's ... [Published National Secular Society - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Transportation, Discriminatory, National Secular Society, Religion

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 3 reports

Should Church goers get free parking?

CHURCHGOERS park for free on Sundays between 7am and 1pm in Woking, Surrey.But The National Secular Society says Woking Borough Council’s policy is unfair. It says it’s discrimination on the grounds of religion and belief and that it contravened the ... [Published Anorak - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Vehicle Certification Agency, Mark Robertson, Keith Porteous Wood, National Secular Society

First reported Jun 02 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 7 reports

Legal fight with Woking council

FREE parking for churchgoers in Woking is being challenged in the courts.The National Secular Society has begun a legal fight against Woking Borough Council's policy of offering free parking to worshippers on Sundays.The society claimed the current policy ... [Published Get Surrey - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Religion, Keith Porteous Wood, National Secular Society, Equality

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 6 reports

Strasbourg closes long-running religious discrimination chapter

Strasbourg's Grand Chamber refuses to hear appeal against decision that Christian registrar was discriminated against on religious groundsThe Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice has refused to hear an appeal by Lillian Ladele and two other ... [Published Solicitors Journal - May 28 2013]

Entities: Religion, Discriminatory, Claimant, Keith Porteous Wood, British Humanist Association

Quotes

"Guiding believes in having one Promise that is a clear statement of our core values for all our members to commit to. We hope that our new Promise will allow all girls – of all faiths and none – to understand and feel proud of their commitment."

Girl Guides to introduce new secular Promise for all [Published National Secular Society - 50 mins ago]

Stephen Evans, campaigns manager at the National Secular Society, said: "By omitting any explicit mention of God or religion the Guide Association has grasped the opportunity to make itself truly inclusive and relevant to the reality of 21st century Britain."

Guides drop God and country - but keep the Queen [Published Telegraph - 3 hours ago]

The oath now reads: "I promise that I will do my best: to be true to myself and develop my beliefs, to serve the Queen and my community, to help other people and to keep the (Brownie) Guide law."

Girl Guides promise to serve Queen, but no longer God and country [Published Guardian.co.uk - 4 hours ago]

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Girl Guides to introduce new secular Promise fo... [Published National Secular Society - 50 mins ago]
Guides drop God and country - but keep the Queen [Published Telegraph - 3 hours ago]
Girl Guides promise to serve Queen, but no long... [Published Guardian.co.uk - 4 hours ago]
Equal rights [Published The Scotsman - 19 hours ago]
Catholic midwives face further legal challenge ... [Published National Secular Society - Jun 17 2013]
Evolution “problematic” for Orthodox Jewish ‘fa... [Published National Secular Society - Jun 17 2013]
Religious demands "costing NHS over £32m a year" [Published Management in Practice - Jun 17 2013]
How to hobble religion [Published Aeon Magazine - Jun 17 2013]
Legal restrictions [Published The Scotsman - Jun 17 2013]
Socialist Unity attacks secularist activist [Published Harry's Place - Jun 16 2013]
VIDEO: Free church parking 'discrimination' [Published BBC - Jun 15 2013]
Columnist: Religious beliefs ‘bottom of the pil... [Published Christian Institute - Jun 14 2013]
Inspectors on the hunt for extremism [Published Times Education Supplement - Jun 14 2013]
Why has faith been put before love? [Published The Scotsman - Jun 14 2013]
Rethink ordered over discriminatory school tran... [Published National Secular Society - Jun 11 2013]
Parliamentary report published on relationship ... [Published National Secular Society - Jun 10 2013]
Iain Banks dies [Published National Secular Society - Jun 10 2013]
Joan Smith announced as new co-chair of mayor’s... [Published National Secular Society - Jun 10 2013]
Author Iain (M) Banks falls to cancer at 59 [Published The Register - Jun 09 2013]
Iain Banks: tributes pour in for 'one of Scotla... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Jun 09 2013]
LETTER: Prayers separate from the agenda [Published West Sussex County Times - Jun 07 2013]
Unhappy with his parking lot [Published ChurchTimes - Jun 07 2013]
Sure bet Barbara’s a winner [Published Camden New Journal - Jun 07 2013]
Free parking is unfair, secularists argue [Published ChurchTimes - Jun 07 2013]
Secularists to sue council over free parking fo... [Published Christian Institute - Jun 06 2013]
Shechita safeguarded in government confrontation [Published Jewish Chronicle - Jun 06 2013]
Petition to remove religious observance from sc... [Published National Secular Society - Jun 06 2013]
Birthday salute to veteran secular campaigner B... [Published Camden New Journal - Jun 06 2013]
Should Church goers get free parking? [Published Anorak - Jun 05 2013]
Remploy decision just confirms beliefs [Published Tayside and Fife Courier - Jun 05 2013]

Blogs

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Socialist Unity attacks secularist activist [Published Harry's Place - Jun 16 2013] This is a cross-post from Howie’s Corner As an atheist I think the Bible should be re-written to contain just one sentence: In the beginning Man created God in his image. That’s it. The rest is simply a combination of superstitions from the minds ...
Report: Islam could become dominant UK religion... [Published Solsticewitch13's BOS - May 19 2013] This is how a advanced civilization DEVOLVES into 7th century BARBARISM!!!! I pity the children in this dark future, glad I didn't have any Report: Islam could become dominant UK religion in 10 years http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350362 ...
If Christianity dies, who benefits? [Published Mail Online - Peter Hitchens - May 18 2013] From time to time I suggest that this country will, sooner or later become a Muslim nation, having given up Christianity and so left a space waiting to be filled, which secularism simply cannot do. This suggestion is generally met with incredulity at ...
Sharia Courts in Britain: It is enough now [Published Solsticewitch13's BOS - Apr 26 2013] br />!--[if gte mso 10]> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; ...
Two legal victories: Outlawing caste discrimina... [Published Harry's Place - Apr 24 2013] In a welcome move, the House of Lords has ruled that caste should be retained as a protected characteristic in a new clause in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill. This follows an earlier defeat for this amendment in the House of Commons. Keith ...

Audio/Video

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'Catholic Church lost its authority during Bene... [Published Russia Today - YouTube - Feb 11 2013]