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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Terry Sanderson’s memoir shows gay and secularist activism go hand in hand – Opinion Out Loud Ep 016

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

An end of year message from our chief executive

A ground-breaking case on the right to a pluralistic education in Northern Ireland is currently being considered by the High Court. Full shownotes and subscriber information: https://www.secularism.org.uk/podcast/2021/12/ep-63

Ep 63: Christian education challenged in court – a Northern Ireland case

An interview with journalist Kunwar Khuldune Shahid on Islamist ideology and jihadism, blasphemy, and the importance of free speech.   Full shownotes and subscriber information: https://www.secularism.org.uk/podcast/2021/12/ep-62

Ep 62: Islamist ideology and free speech

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)

‘Inclusive language’ in the army is meaningless without inclusive culture – Opinion Out Loud Ep 015

Looking to explore the currents of thought behind secularism? Here are nine books to begin with. Full shownotes and subscriber information: https://www.secularism.org.uk/podcast/2021/11/ep-61

Ep 61: Books for Secularists

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

Ep 60: Atheists in foxholes – religion and the army

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

Beware the government’s “new normal” of faith-based public services – Opinion Out Loud Ep 014

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

Ep 59: The advancement of religion

Opinion Out Loud brings you a selection of the National Secular Society's opinion pieces in audio format. As a bill to reform collective worship progresses in parliament, Stephen Evans argues that the time has come for lawmakers to recognise that laws mandating worship have no place in modern Britain. Read this original opinion piece: https://www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2021/09/schools-should-be-liberated-from-the-compulsion-of-worship

Schools should be liberated from the compulsion of worship – Opinion Out Loud Ep 013

What’s wrong with marriage law in England and Wales, and how can it be made fit for purpose in the twenty-first century? Full shownotes and subscriber information:  https://www.secularism.org.uk/podcast/2021/10/ep-58

Ep 58: Reforming marriage law

How far has Viktor Orbán’s illiberal Christian regime undermined secularism in Hungary? Full shownotes and subscriber information:  https://www.secularism.org.uk/podcast/2021/09/ep-57

Ep 57: Secularism around the world: Hungary

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? Full shownotes and subscriber information: https://www.secularism.org.uk/podcast/2021/09/ep-56

Ep 56: The Assisted Dying Bill 2021

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

Ep 55: Pastafarianism and the meaning of ‘religion’

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

Schools aren’t there to save the church – Opinion Out Loud Ep 012

Challenging religious privilege, for freedom, fairness and secularism

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