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The British Humanist Association (BHA) has today launched its campaign to remove reserved seats for the Bishops from the House of Lords. The campaign, ‘Holy Redundant’, follows on from the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Draft House of Lords Reform Bill reporting on Monday in support of the Government’s proposals to keep reserved seats for Bishops in a reformed second chamber by a vote of 13-7.

BHA: Legal action against state-funded religious schools opening ‘by the back door'

The British Humanist Association (BHA) and Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign (RISC) have joined forces to bring legal action against Richmond Council, which is seeking to open state-funded, selective Roman Catholic schools outside of competition.

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BHA: Secret recordings reveal anti abortion group spreading falsehoods in schools

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BHA: Government right to challenge case that 'upholds a confected and false narrative of Christian persecution'

Responding to reports of an intervention by the government into a case before the European Court of Human Right (ECHR), the British Humanist Association (BHA) has said that ‘the government is correct to uphold principles of equality in response to a case being used to uphold a confected and false narrative of Christian persecution’.

Friday, 17 September 2010 00:00

The Pope's state visit to the UK went into its second day today.

On Pope Benedict XVI's schedule was a 'big assembly' at St Mary's school in London, a meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury and a speech in Westminster Hall.

Meanwhile, secular campaigners were still reeling from his outspoken speech yesterday warning of a "truncated vision of man and of society" in British society.

Protestors demonstrated outside of the school today, before undertaking a more substantial protest through central London tomorrow.

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