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 This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. Gas is turned up on the battle for a secular society http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nssnews/~3/moh1w8FV0Ig/gas-is-turned-up-on-the-battle-f.html <p><img src="http://www.secularism.org.uk/uploads/35_4af4250727a9d792969113.jpg" alt="Gas is turned up on the battle for a secular society" /></p><p>The battle between religious privilege and secularism is really hotting up, with some extraordinary legal developments this week.</p> Newsline Article #115186 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.secularism.org.uk/gas-is-turned-up-on-the-battle-f.html Catholic Church reluctant to accept its responsibility for Britain’s biggest child abuse case so far http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nssnews/~3/uFMeb7O13lQ/catholic-church-reluctant-to-acc.html <p>The Middlesbrough Diocese of the Catholic Church was told by a High Court judge this week that it was responsible for a children&rsquo;s home that was the centre of a large-scale abuse scandal. </p> Newsline Article #115192 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.secularism.org.uk/catholic-church-reluctant-to-acc.html MP desperately “scraping the barrel” to claim religious discrimination against Catholic schools because they didn’t get cash http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nssnews/~3/qigoomf9Y50/mp-desperately-scraping-the-barr.html <p>Worcester MP Mike Foster has claimed that the local education department has discriminated against Catholic schools in the area by leaving them out of fund allocations. </p> Newsline Article #115196 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.secularism.org.uk/mp-desperately-scraping-the-barr.html Vatican calls in its political acolytes for power summit http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nssnews/~3/V6EevLHAfJM/vatican-calls-in-its-political-a.html <p>The Vatican is inviting Catholic world leaders to a &ldquo;top level summit&rdquo; with the Pope to discuss how the Vatican&rsquo;s waning political influence can be revived and extended. </p> Newsline Article #115200 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.secularism.org.uk/vatican-calls-in-its-political-a.html Disestablishment debate proves lively and popular http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nssnews/~3/QiuATz66LaU/disestablishment-debate-proves-l.html <p>There was a big turn out for the annual public debate staged by the Farnham Humanist group this week, when the motion on the table was &ldquo;Britain should be a secular state&rdquo;.</p> Newsline Article #115205 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.secularism.org.uk/disestablishment-debate-proves-l.html BBC mulls NSS’s Thought for the Day complaint http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nssnews/~3/TBVvv34jk18/bbc-mulls-nsss-thought-for-the-d.html <p>The BBC Trust met yesterday to consider the NSS&rsquo;s complaint about the discriminatory nature of the <em>Thought for the Day</em> programme. </p> Newsline Article #115211 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.secularism.org.uk/bbc-mulls-nsss-thought-for-the-d.html Terry Sanderson: "I’m a confirmed Indifferent" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nssnews/~3/SeWIYe1zl9Y/terry-sanderson-and034im-a-confi.html <p>Terry Sanderson speaks out on why hehas had enough of the battle of theologies. </p> Newsline Article #115215 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.secularism.org.uk/terry-sanderson-and034im-a-confi.html Pakistan’s fanatical religious parties threaten mayhem if blasphemy law amended http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nssnews/~3/hHDbNT4GOFU/pakistans-fanatical-religious-pa.html <p>Pakistan&rsquo;s religious parties have warned the government that they will not accept any amendment in the country&rsquo;s existing blasphemy law.</p> Newsline Article #115221 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.secularism.org.uk/pakistans-fanatical-religious-pa.html “Faith schools” – the cracks are showing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nssnews/~3/MsWzipwTVSM/and034faith-schoolsand034-the-cr.html <p><img src="http://www.secularism.org.uk/uploads/35_4aeafdddae828872279774.jpg" alt="“Faith schools” – the cracks are showing" /></p><p>Religious schools have had a bad press this week, denting their own propaganda that they are the answer to all our educational prayers. </p> Newsline Article #115037 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.secularism.org.uk/and034faith-schoolsand034-the-cr.html One prosecution so far over religious hatred – no convictions yet http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nssnews/~3/slA2_4rfvAM/one-prosecution-so-far-over-reli.html <p>Dominic Grieve MP asked in Parliament this week how many prosecutions have been brought for the offence of incitement to religious hatred</p> Newsline Article #115041 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.secularism.org.uk/one-prosecution-so-far-over-reli.html nonadult