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Girl Guides Drop the Pledge to a God – Some Christian Leaders Not Happy!
Christian Girl Guide leaders plan to defy the organisation’s leadership in dropping the pledge to a god in the the Girl Guides’ promise. As reported earlier on in the year in a bid to be more inclusive...
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Over half of schools failing in religious education, says Ofsted
Long may that continue! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-24399813
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Free speech bites the dust
Intimidation and censorship at the LSE There were some disgraceful attacks on the freedom of expression by atheists last week at the London School of Economics, as reported by the NSS and Maryam...
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Shaving Discrimination
Pandering to religious indoctrination and brainwashing The Mount Carmel Roman Catholic high school in Accrington, Lancashire has done a U-turn on its ruling which had initially barred two 14-year old...
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Church “is on the Brink of Extinction”
It’s not often that the front page of the Daily Mail (along with a large photo of the usually irrelevant George Carey, former ABofC) makes me smile. But the words “Chucrh ‘is on the Brink of...
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No to gender segregation
Sign the petition against religious-based apartheid Universities UK (UUK), supported by the National Union of Students, have issued guidance to allow segregation of audiences based upon gender. If you...
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NSS no longer affirms atheism
At its AGM on 14 December, the National Secular Society (NSS) voted by the requisite 75%majority (by possibly only one vote) to delete from its constitution the following:- The NSS asserts that there...
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Labour: We must ‘do God’ to fight anti-Christian persecution
Douglas Alexander, Shadow Foreign Secretary, says politicians should speak out about the persecution of Christians in the Middle East, and not be put off doing so for fear of causing offence. What he...
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Carey at it again
Christians feel pressure to keep silent about their faith, Lord Carey warns Keep up the pressure!
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Floods and Storms are “Divine Retribution” for Gay Marriage!
An elected official has stated that recent storms and floods are “Divine Retribution” for Gay Marriage! This is not some American Deep South Congressman, this is a local councillor...
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Paedophile Priest Admits Abusing Children…Oh well must be Monday!
Oh look…another one! Story on the BBC News Website. If it wasn’t our public duty to constanly continue reporting on stories like this I’d get rather bored!
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Court rules that baby of JW parents is to receive a blood transfusion
Judgement rules in favour of child’s welfare The High Court has ruled that a baby, who requires major cardiac surgery to save his life, is to receive a blood transfusion to enable the surgery to...
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Christian Country: Cameron at it again
Cameron affirms partnership with Church Following his 2011 pronouncement (debunked here):- We are a Christian country, and we should not be afraid to say so David Cameron has said essentially the same...
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Lords debate the role of religion and belief in British public life
Chris Street, President Atheism UK A 150 minute debate about the role of religion and belief in British public life is reviewed by Chris Street (President, Atheism UK). The House of Lords debate on...
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Government deletes advice about studying atheism and humanism
The UK Government Department for Education (DfE) has deleted references to non-religious beliefs such as atheism or humanism in November 2014 advice about ‘improving spiritual, moral, social and...
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Impact of Sharia law in UK
Baroness Flather In a 50 minute debate in the House of Lords (Moses Room) on Thursday, 11 December 2014, Baroness Flather (at 2pm) asked: ‘what is the Governments assessment of the impact of Sharia law...
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Non-religious belief-based marriage: legislation deferred
The government’s long-awaited response, to its consultation on marriage according to the usages of belief organisations, was published this week. A “belief organisation” is:- An organisation whose...
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Charlie Hebdo Killings
Atheists in the United Kingdom and around the world condemn the killings of journalists and cartoonists at the Paris based magazine Charlie Hebdo on 7th January 2015. This was a religiously motivated...
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Attacks in Copenhagen
I agree with the European Commission in deploring the fatal attacks in Copenhagen this weekend on 14-15th February: “The European Commission and the High Representative deplore the attacks in...
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Church “has duty” to discuss politics, creationist Bishops say
The established church’s controversial unofficial election manifesto “Who is my neighbour? A Letter from the House of Bishops to the People and Parishes of the Church of England for the General...
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