Free speech bites the dust
Intimidation and censorship at the LSE (more…)
Over half of schools failing in religious education, says Ofsted
Long may that continue! (more…)
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 (more…)
HIV Patients Told by Pentecostal Pastors ‘to rely on God’
Please read this report from the BBC, and then comment. I am still too angry to say much except point to our detractors who keep asking “What’s the Harm!” and (more…)
Contribution of Humanists & Atheists – House of Lords Debate – Part 2
Baroness Warnock & Royall, Lord Soley & Warner ‘challenging religious faith’ (Atheism UK strapline) in a House of Lords debate. (more…)
Contribution of Humanists & Atheists – House of Lords Debate – Part 1
Lord Maxton & Morgan & Baroness Flather ‘challenging religious faith’ (Atheism UK strapline). For 150 minutes on 25th July 2013 the House of Lords debated, in 20,000 words, how atheists and (more…)
Young People Turn Decisively Against Religion
A YouGov poll (admittedly commissioned by the Sun) shows that young people in the UK are turning away from religion. 41% saying that it was a great evil in the (more…)
…And Now The Scouts
I must be a prophet! Less than a week after posting a story that the UK Girl Guides will be dropping god from their promise and hoping that Scouting UK (more…)
Sensible Voting Reform Scuppered…Guess Why!
The EU Commission has recently published a paper recommending that the UK switches is Polling Day from the traditional Thursday to a Sunday. It states this would increase tunrout as (more…)
UK Guides Drop God from Promise
The Girl Guides in the UK have dropped the reference to ‘god’ from thier promise. This follows consultation which revealed that the organisation needed to be more open to those (more…)