Opinion Out Loud brings you a selection of the National Secular Society’s opinion pieces in audio format.
Helen Nicholls reviews The Reluctant Gay Activist, the revised memoir of former NSS president Terry Sanderson.
Read this original opinion piece: https://www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2021/10/terry-sandersons-memoir-shows-that-gay-and-secularist-activism-often-go-hand-in-hand
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It’s that time of year again, when we look forward to a break and reflect on the year that’s been.
Read the full message: https://www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2021/12/a-message-from-the-chief-executive
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Opinion Out Loud brings you a selection of the National Secular Society’s opinion pieces in audio format.
The Armed Forces must dismantle their institutional Christian privilege if they are truly committed to inclusivity, says Megan Manson.
Read this original opinion piece: ‘Inclusive language’ in the army is meaningless without inclusive culture – National Secular Society (secularism.org.uk)
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Looking to explore the currents of thought behind secularism? Here are nine books to begin with.
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In an increasingly secular country, why does the British army retain its exclusively Christian practices?
Full shownotes and subscriber information: https://www.secularism.org.uk/podcast/2021/11/ep-60
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Opinion Out Loud brings you a selection of the National Secular Society’s opinion pieces in audio format.
A new government fund exclusively for faith groups threatens to embed religious privilege into public services, warns Megan Manson.
Read this original opinion piece: https://www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2021/09/beware-the-governments-new-normal-of-faith-based-public-services
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Should organisations be entitled to tax breaks and other privileges solely on the basis that they ‘advance religion’?
Full shownotes and subscriber information: https://www.secularism.org.uk/podcast/2021/10/ep-59
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The Assisted Dying Bill 2021 is likely to have its second reading this autumn. But how far should the law permit those who wish to die to be assisted by others in doing so?
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A spoof religion devised to mock creationism has attracted a global following. But what does ‘religion’ mean anyway?
With Derk Venema (03:20), Tanya Watkins (28:35), and Tony Meacham (43:17).
Full shownotes and subscriber information: https://www.secularism.org.uk/podcast/2021/08/ep-55
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Opinion Out Loud brings you a selection of the National Secular Society’s opinion pieces in audio format.
The Church of England’s new evangelical missional strategy should lead us to question its entitlement to proselytise in schools, argues Stephen Evans.
Read this original opinion piece: https://www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2021/07/schools-arent-there-to-save-the-church
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