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Catholic Attorney General seeks to water down protections under Equality Bill http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nssnews/~3/MQRFQrbiu_8/catholic-attorney-general-seeks.html <p><img src="http://www.secularism.org.uk/uploads/35_4a4ddd999cda3064454301.jpg" alt="Catholic Attorney General seeks to water down protections under Equality Bill" /></p><p>The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland, has told Catholic magazine <em>The Tablet</em> that she will attempt to help the churches introduce exemptions in the Equality Bill that would permit religious organisations to discriminate in employment against those who don&rsquo;t share their faith.</p> Newsline Article #111670 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.secularism.org.uk/catholic-attorney-general-seeks.html Christian pressure gets teachers’ code of conduct watered down http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nssnews/~3/gnzA5ONCSig/christian-pressure-gets-teachers.html <p>The General Teaching Council has watered down a proposed new code of conduct after pressure from Christian activists who objected to gay children being protected from bullying and the need to support and approve of children from unmarried mothers.</p> Newsline Article #111676 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.secularism.org.uk/christian-pressure-gets-teachers.html BMA refuses to give doctors permission to offer prayer to their patients http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nssnews/~3/Io4W8pG34Ek/bma-refuses-to-give-doctors-perm.html <p>Doctors have voted down a Christian motion at the BMA conference this week that would have given carte blanche for religious medical practitioners to &ldquo;share their faith&rdquo; without restraint. The motion had called for doctors not to be suspended for offering to pray for patients.</p> Newsline Article #111693 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.secularism.org.uk/bma-refuses-to-give-doctors-perm.html NSS prominent at European meetings this week http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nssnews/~3/JDcVlIGyLi4/nss-prominent-at-european-meetin.html <p>National Secular Society Executive Director Keith Porteous Wood has been busy in Europe this week with a working lunch with the President of the European Commission in Brussels and a meeting at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg about what role religion should play in &ldquo;the intercultural dialogue&rdquo;.</p> Newsline Article #111699 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.secularism.org.uk/nss-prominent-at-european-meetin.html Camp Quest under attack http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nssnews/~3/MhfjritadTQ/camp-quest-under-attack.html <p>The thought of 24 children spending less than a week in a secular summer camp has set certain sections of the media into a panic.</p> Newsline Article #111715 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.secularism.org.uk/camp-quest-under-attack.html Christianity is finished in Britain, says CofE bishop http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nssnews/~3/LdWfOCYmBvE/christianity-is-finished-in-brit.html <p>A long-serving Church of England bishop has predicted that the CofE will cease to exist within a generation.</p> Newsline Article #111720 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.secularism.org.uk/christianity-is-finished-in-brit.html Devon Humanists protest against council funding for “faith consultation” http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nssnews/~3/KzYJakw8xFw/devon-humanists-protest-against.html <p>A local humanist group is calling for Devon County Council to scrap funding for &ldquo;faith&rdquo; consultations, branding the present system as discriminatory and a waste of public resources.</p> Newsline Article #111724 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.secularism.org.uk/devon-humanists-protest-against.html Irish people want Catholicism’s influence to be removed from the Republic http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nssnews/~3/L_7GBqGBD5w/irish-people-want-catholicisms-i.html <p>A fascinating new poll conducted by the Irish radio station Newstalk has found that attitudes to Catholicism have shifted significantly since the publication of the Ryan report into child abuse in Catholic-run institutions.</p> Newsline Article #111728 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.secularism.org.uk/irish-people-want-catholicisms-i.html Younger Americans moving away from religion http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nssnews/~3/yJxhDBKB6Uk/younger-americans-moving-away-fr.html <p>New research by the Pew Forum in the USA looked at the speed and breadth of the divergence of opinion between the older and younger generations of Americans. </p> Newsline Article #111732 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.secularism.org.uk/younger-americans-moving-away-fr.html Think tank concludes that Sharia courts should not be recognised in Britain http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nssnews/~3/qDrg4XqewIA/think-tank-concludes-that-sharia.html <p><img src="http://www.secularism.org.uk/uploads/35_4a486315d0f47071404013.jpg" alt="Think tank concludes that Sharia courts should not be recognised in Britain" /></p><p>Sharia courts should not be recognised under Britain&rsquo;s 1996 Arbitration Act, according to a new report from independent think-tank Civitas.</p> Newsline Article #111582 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.secularism.org.uk/think-tank-concludes-that-sharia.html nonadult