Secularism

Posts advocating secularism, free speech, and religious freedom and equality

Religious freedom and equality

• No “reasonable accommodation” for religion!

• Three cheers for religious toleration

• Secularism in the UK, a year-end round-up

• The Religious Freedom Restoration Act establishes religious privilege

• A “conscience clause” would negate equality under the law

• The Scientology marriage ruling is a victory for religious freedom

• Britain’s 10 worst violations of religious equality

• Religious freedom and equality in a nutshell

• Christians don’t understand religious freedom

• Burqa bans made easy: properly understanding religious freedom

• Your freedom to impose your religion ends where your child begins

• Religions are entitled to tolerance, but not to respect

• Equality, Deism and Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence

Free Speech

• Why are we allowing student unions to veto speech?

• Je Suis Charlie: the moral duty to draw Mohammed

• Britain needs to value free speech

• Dear Muslims, about Muhammed cartoons

• Theos’s Ben Ryan: your attack on free speech is not the answer

Secularism, Society and Equality

• David Cameron’s speech on “extremism” and segregation

• Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg joins those trying to silence secularists

• Universities UK is simply wrong on segregation

• Eric Pickles and Britain as a “Christian Nation”

• Why are British Student Unions imposing Islamic rules?

• Yes, Theos, secular law is both possible and desirable

• On Theos on thinking about religious freedom

• Why the non-religious are getting “overheated” about British “faith” schools

• Children matter as children: why Dawkins did not say that child abuse is “zero bad”

Secularism and Islam

• Are a quarter of British Muslims really extremists?

• Mainstream Islam is not moderate

• Richard Dawkins should continue to speak his mind on Islam

Secular Issues

• Assisted dying: Whose life is it anyway?