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"More generally the new England and Wales statistics showed that religious marriages continued to decline as a proportion of legal marriages"

New stats reveal: only legalising humanist marriages will give same-sex couples a meaningful choice of type of marriage ceremony

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"The question courts must ask themselves in cases such as this one is whether the manifestation of one person’s religious identity will interfere with the rights of others."

European Court of Justice issues ruling on employees wearing religious clothing

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"The research reveals that only a quarter of Church of England and Catholic schools situated in areas where most young people identify as ‘Muslim’ actually take most of their pupils from Muslim backgrounds."

Exposed: churches falsely claim their schools are inclusive of Muslim-background pupils

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"After five years as its Director of Public Affairs and Policy, Pavan Dhaliwal is leaving the British Humanist Association (BHA). She is succeeded today by Richy Thompson"

Richy Thompson appointed new BHA Director of Public Affairs and Policy

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"It is vital that any new requirements are extended to religious schools."

BHA welcomes Government move towards relationships and sex education in all English schools; expresses concerns about opt-outs for ‘faith’ schools

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"The book is available to request for free through the BHA’s education website"

Schools across UK to receive free copies of ‘What is Humanism?’ from British Humanist Association

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"We hope the Department for Education sticks to its word and intervenes to ensure that whistleblowers cannot be identified"

Trojan Horse’ whistleblowers were assured by DfE their identity would be kept secret, BHA can reveal

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"The research showed that 91% of the British population celebrate Christmas in some shape or form"

No War on Christmas: new poll shows 91% of Brits celebrate Christmas (but just 22% celebrate the birth of Christ)

Spending time with family, giving presents, and food and drink: these three things define Christmas for most people in Britain

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"In the time the consultation has been running, the proposal has been met with intense opposition"

Humanists publish response to faith school admissions consultation

‘The evidence shows this to be the very opposite of integration’: Humanists publish response to faith school admissions consultation as UK Statistics Authority forces Department of Education to correct misleading claims in documen

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