British Isles

Humanists want the church out of schools

13 Jun 2013
A group of humanists are demanding that faith schools should be open to all children, regardless of their parents’ religion. The Fair Admissions Campaign wants all state-funded schools in England and Wales to be open equally…

Marriage Bill to be scrutinised in Committee

13 Jun 2013
On Wednesday, the House of Lords voted against a motion which would have vetoed the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill by 390 votes to 148. Whilst this is disappointing, there are grounds for hope as we…

Boy, 3, taught about gay marriage in nursery

13 Jun 2013
A three-year-old boy has been taught by his nursery carer that when he grows up he will be able to marry a boy or a girl. The boy’s identity is being protected, but his parent wrote…

Our beliefs risk being made ‘illegal’, says adoption agency

13 Jun 2013
Scotland is ‘on the brink of declaring illegal the belief that every child where possible deserves a mother and father’, the chairman of a threatened Roman Catholic adoption agency has said. It follows the agency being…