Does anyone have any personal experience of difficulty getting a school place because of Liverpool Council’s education policies or the number of faith schools in their area? Liverpool Council’ s education and children’s social care select committee have created a ‘scrutiny panel’ examining how rules on admissions could disadvantage children Read more…
If you’re a secularist, should you also be a republican? How have the two movements been historically intertwined – and how close are the ties between the monarchy and the Church of England today? Can an hereditary monarchy ever be compatible with a true secular democracy? An interesting podcast from Read more…
Humanist weddings are deeply personal, non-religious, and tailored for each couple. Here’s an informative piece from Woman & Home:
The link below is to a page in the BBC Bitesize Religion module on Non-religious Views: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zpkrb82/revision/6#:~:text=Peter%20Singer%20is%20a%20moral,fact%20that%20they%20are%20human.&text=Singer%20therefore%20fights%20for%20animal%20rights%20and%20promotes%20veganism%20. During the week of our online talk on Compassion in World Farming, you may be interested to read the views of humanist philosopher Peter Singer on Speciesism – the practice of privileging humans Read more…
Have a listen to Humanists UK’s latest podcast What I Believe. This week it’s the multi-talented Tim Minchin https://whatibelieve.humanists.uk
Sam Harris discusses the recent social protests and civil unrest, in light of what we know about racism and police violence in America. https://samharris.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1ee4348d0101136a85c13bc49&id=d9ac0b8b43&e=03a829475c
Click on the link to find out how humanist you are: https://humanism.org.uk/humanism/how-humanist-are-you/
Our latest lockdown meetup was an online music night. Here’s a list of the music tracks that we listened to and discussed. Feel free to have a listen on YouTube if you’re feeling like you missed out! DAM: “Your Body of Theirs”https://youtu.be/YNLYjZmRx0Q Labi Siffre: “Something Inside so Strong”https://youtu.be/7B-4Lsrx8IA Ani DiFranco: Read more…