National Secular Society1 天
More than a third of schools force Religious Studies GCSE on pupils
Out of the 317 responses received by the NSS, 280 schools with a religious character confirmed they had policies requiring ...
National Secular Society5 天
CofE promoting evangelism in schools via new prayer campaign
A new Church of England campaign has subjected an estimated 22,000 pupils to evangelism via mass acts of collective worship.
National Secular Society7 天
Fresh calls to abolish bishops’ bench over CofE abuse scandals
New bid to amend hereditary peers bill would end automatic seats for Church of England bishops in the Lords. Labour peer Harriet Harman will reportedly table an amendment to the hereditary peers bill ...
National Secular Society9 天
“Shocking” findings of ex-Muslims study shared at NSS Members’ Day
Dr Ben Jones (pictured), a doctoral researcher at the University of Warwick and director of case management at the Free ...
National Secular Society12 天
Assisted dying bill advances to next legislative stage
A private members' bill to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill, mentally competent adults with less than six months to ...
National Secular Society12 天
Jewish authorities reject over half of kosher-slaughtered sheep
The National Secular Society has expressed alarm that meat from over half of all sheep slaughtered without stunning for kosher diets in 2024 is likely to have entered the general market without being ...
National Secular Society12 天
Reject calls for new blasphemy laws, NSS urges Government
Writing to faith minister Lord Wajid Khan, the NSS expressed concern at Keir Starmer's response to calls for "measures to prohibit the desecration of all religious texts and the prophets of the ...