A new campaign has been launched to end blasphemy laws across the world. The campaign is led by the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) and the European Humanist Federation (EHF), and is supported by the British Humanist Association (BHA), to which we are affiliated. The BHA states that the campaign ‘will put pressure on states …
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Labour pledge to legalise humanist marriages as Government blocks proposals, disappointing thousands of couples
December 18th, 2014 | Posted by in News - (0 Comments)News item from the British Humanist Association (BHA): Labour pledge to legalise humanist marriages as Government blocks proposals, disappointing thousands of couples The Labour Party has pledged to give legal recognition to humanist marriages if returned to power next year. The announcement was made as the Governmentpublished its report which denies legal recognition, in defiance of both Liberal …
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Government set to U-turn on equal humanist marriage
December 15th, 2014 | Posted by in Blog | News - (0 Comments)We’ve been campaigning for the legal recognition of humanist marriage in England and Wales – something that is already available and increasingly popular in Scotland. Currently, humanist weddings in England and Wales have no legal force of their own, and couples are required to pay a visit to the registry office to make their marriages …
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Tory-led Government deleting atheism from schools in England
December 4th, 2014 | Posted by in News - (0 Comments)New Government advice for schools on British values has actually taken out references to non-religious beliefs that appeared in previous versions. Legally, schools are required to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.’ In 2013, the Department …
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Ofsted should be allowed to inspect religious teaching in state faith schools
October 30th, 2014 | Posted by in News - (0 Comments)Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary has set out his concerns that ‘Ofsted is not allowed to inspect religious teaching in faith schools‘. The issue of faith schools essentially inspecting themselves when it comes to the content of their religious teaching was discussed when Labour Humanists met with Tristram Hunt MP earlier this year, and this public statement from Dr …
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Please show your support for inclusive schools by donating whatever you can in support of the British Humanist Association’s (BHA) Faith Schools Campaigner. Each year the BHA, which is a charity reliant on donations and membership fees, fundraises to retain its fantastic Faith Schools Campaigner, who is the only campaigner working full time in opposition to …
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‘No Prayer Breakfast’ a secular success at Conference!
September 24th, 2014 | Posted by in Events | News | Uncategorized - (0 Comments)We were delighted to hold another successful ‘No Prayer Breakfast’ fringe meeting at Labour Party Annual Conference on 23 September 2014. The event was described by Kelvin Hopkins MP as being his conference highlight when we hold them, and the atmosphere was certainly very positive, especially for 8am! We worked closely with the British Humanist Association …
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Report from AGM 2014
September 23rd, 2014 | Posted by in Events | News | Uncategorized - (0 Comments)Labour Humanists held our AGM 2014 at the Labour Party Conference in Manchester on Tuesday 23rd September. Read the Chair’s report and minutes, and the Treasurer’s report.
Labour Humanists’ Chair makes speech to party conference
September 21st, 2014 | Posted by in Blog | Events | News - (0 Comments)Very pleased to see Labour’s commitment to education, to a stronger school admissions code, to supporting teachers, to compulsory SRE in every state school. My constituency party Chipping Barnet supports inclusive schools and the best teachers free to teach in any state school. That is why Labour needs to go further and address the issue …
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