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Let the Pope pay his own way, say Catholics, as events become ticket-only
Posted on April 29, 2010As news emerges that admittance to all events during the Pope's trip to Britain in September will be by ticket only, leading Catholics are asking the Vatican to reconsider the status of the visit — to change it to a pastoral visit so as to relieve the British taxpayer of the cost — which will run into tens of millions of pounds.
Michael Irwin aims to provoke a test case on assisted suicide guidelines
Posted on April 29, 2010Dr Michael Irwin — sponsor of the NSS's Secularist of the Year Award, and a former Medical Director of the United Nations — is bidding to become the first person to be charged under the new guidelines for assisted dying.
Pope nonsense achieves its aim of distracting attention from abuse scandal
Posted on April 29, 2010After weeks of revelations about the worldwide child abuse scandal over which the present Pope has presided, the Telegraph eventually found a story that would distract attention from the 'media persecution' and cast the Vatican instead as victim.
Iran withdraws its candidacy for UN Human Rights Council
Posted on April 29, 2010Following a campaign by the International Humanist and Ethical Union (to which the NSS is affiliated) and other human rights supporters, the Islamic Republic of Iran has withdrawn its candidacy to join the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali given free speech award
Posted on April 29, 2010Former Dutch MP and Islam critic Ayaan Hirsi Ali has been awarded the Freedom of Expression prize by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
Young Americans abandoning organised religion
Posted on April 29, 2010America is often referred to as one of the most religious nations in the world. But that reputation may be beginning to fade as new research shows that younger people are abandoning traditional organised religion in large numbers.
Christian fundamentalists suffer new setback as counsellor refused leave to appeal
Posted on April 28, 2010A Bristol relationships guidance counsellor has lost his bid to appeal against a court decision that he was not discriminated against when he was sacked by Relate for refusing to give sex therapy to homosexuals.
Atheist sentencing creates a new and dangerous blasphemy law
Posted on April 23, 2010The sentencing of Harry Taylor for leaving leaflets mocking Jesus Christ, Islam and the Pope in a prayer room, has been condemned by the National Secular Society as 'creating a new blasphemy law that will open the way for every religious extremist to persecute and prosecute their critics...
Government afraid of real democratic reform of House of Lords
Posted on April 22, 2010A leaked report into its plans to reform the House of Lords shows that the Government intends to retain religious representation, even in an otherwise wholly elected revising chamber.
Government?s response to NSS Pope petition springs no surprises
Posted on April 22, 2010Those 28,000 people who signed our 'Make the Pope Pay' petition — which was duly delivered to Downing Street last month — will be interested in the reply we received.
New poll shows that few want religious groups to run schools ? politicians should heed
Posted on April 22, 2010Only 4% of respondents to a new survey thought religious groups should run schools. The poll was commissioned by two trade unions, UNISON and teachers' union NASUWT.
Irish Government wants the Church to pay its share of abuse compensation
Posted on April 22, 2010The Irish Government is pressing the country's Catholic organisations to add €200 million to the €477 million they have apparently already contributed to a fund for victims of abuse in Church-run institutions.
Catholic Bishops in England & Wales apologise for "profound scandal"
Posted on April 22, 2010In a move without precedent, the Catholic bishops in England and Wales leadership issued a statement over the child abuse scandal. They said it was a "profound scandal" and it had brought "deep shame to the whole Church".
Danish atheists encourage schools to give children options about ?confirmation?
Posted on April 22, 2010Schools in Denmark are being petitioned by an atheist organisation encouraging students into dropping religious confirmation ceremonies.
America?s National Prayer Day ruled unconstitutional
Posted on April 22, 2010A federal district judge in the U.S. state of Wisconsin has ruled that the 1988 law creating the annual observance of the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional.
Terry Sanderson: Apparently I?m not the victim of a volcanic eruption but ?an act of God?
Posted on April 22, 2010The NSS President goes to an atheist conference in America only to find himself stranded in New York by an "act of God". Terry Sanderson writes from NYC.
Multiculturalism: Some Inconvenient Truths
Posted on April 22, 2010In an important new book, Rumy Hasan offers up a robust critique of the prevailing theory and practice of multiculturalism and its offspring, multifaithism.
France moves towards a ban on Islamic face coverings
Posted on April 22, 2010France is drawing up a law to ban the full-face Islamic veil from all public spaces, despite a warning from experts that it could face a legal challenge.
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