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Nov 11 2011 Continued exclusion of the non-religious on Remembrance Day
Last year saw the first official recognition of the non-religious on Remembrance Sunday, with humanist representatives laying wreaths at the commemorations in Edinburgh and Belfast. Yet despite ...
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Oct 06 2011 Government proposals create a new, independent and unaccountable bloc for Church of England in Parliament
Government proposals to keep reserved seats for Bishops in the House of Lords go against what people want and create a new, independent and largely unaccountable bloc for the Church of England in ...
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Sep 22 2011 New Government statistics illustrate ‘madness’ of privileged place in policy for religion
Religious people are not more likely to participate in society than non-religious people and Christians are less likely than others to mix with people from different backgrounds and beliefs, new ...
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Sep 09 2011 Lords debate 'interfaith' dialogue
The House of Lords held a debate yesterday on 'interfaith' dialogue, focussing on how to improve communication between religious groups to improve social cohesion but also covering ‘faith’ schools ...
Older news articles
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Jul 28 2011 Make the case for secular services to your MP this summer
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Jul 01 2011 BHA gives evidence to parliamentary committee on the ‘Big Society’
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Jun 30 2011 All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group debate: ‘What place for Bishops in a reformed House of Lords?’
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Apr 15 2011 Children’s counselling service handed to anti-gay Catholic group
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Apr 12 2011 Control of vital service for trafficked women handed to evangelical religious group
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Apr 07 2011 Secular public services remain under threat: Government fails to reassure that religious discrimination in its localism policy will be outlawed
