Sentences with phrase «humanist society»

The Humanist Society Scotland (HSS) is seeking a judicial review of the Scottish government's decision to not allow young people to opt - out and claims that it may have acted unlawfully.

Bringing up the parade's rear were Transportation Alternatives, the Ethical Humanist Society of Queens, the Sunnyside / Woodside Action Group, Women of Queens, the Sunnyside United Dog Society (another crowd favorite), and the Rude Mechanical Orchestra, the rakish radical marching band and dance troupe that has become a fixture at St. Pat's for All.

Andrew Copson, British Humanist Society (BHA) director of education and public affairs, objected to the ruling.

Democratic candidate for Nassau County Executive, Charles Lavine, (right) announces that he is dropping out of the race and endorsing candidate Laura Curran (left) at an anouncement held at the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island in Garden City on May 24, 2017 Photo Credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara

Humanist Society Scotland conducted over three quarters of all Humanist marriages in Scotland, with others being conducted by independent providers.

The ASA recently ruled in favour of the British Humanist Society over complaints against its campaign slogan: «There's probably no God, now stop worrying and enjoy your life.»

The London School of Economics (LSE) recently apologised to Chris Moos and Abhishek Phandis, representatives of the student Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Society, who wore T - shirts showing the popular «Jesus and Mo» cartoon at their freshers» fair last year.

«This silliness is unfortunately part of an on - going trend,» British Humanist Society Andrew Copson said.

Humanist Society Scotland (HSS) say they regularly receive complaints from parents and pupils troubled by religious practice in their schools and have published A Guide for Non-Religious Parents and A Guide for Non-Religious Young People to help them understand their rights.

Yes, I think I should check into a Humanist Society.

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There are some discreditable reasons: like Victorians offended by the suggestion that they were descended from apes, some humanists imagine that their dignity is threatened when human society is represented as the moral equivalent of a dish on a turntable.

Christians do so to save souls, secular humanists do so to better society.

The humanists are destroying those rights for the sake of their agenda to remove God from society.

His comments drew fire from secularists, with a letter to The Daily Telegraph signed by 50 public figures headed by the president of the British Humanist Association, Professor Jim Al - Khalili saying: «We object to his characterisation of Britain as a «Christian country» and the negative consequences for politics and society that this engenders.»

The bitterness directed in our society against humanists, Muslims, homosexuals, communists and so forth is in the Old Testament addressed to the God from whom no secret can be kept.

Keith Barltrop's review of Alain de Botton's new book brings out the bankruptcy of an alternative, humanist approach, in which Christian ideas, cut free from their Christian roots, are appropriated by non-believers in their pursuit of an ideal secular society.

The usual assertions are (1) that this kind of religion is today on the defensive; (2) that the defensive posture is occasioned by the flourishing of «conservative churches» (although the alleged liberal enervation is also seen in more autonomous terms); (3) that the growth in religious conservatism and conservative churches is itself the result of widespread reaction against «secular humanist» values and against those who hold such values; (4) that our society as a whole has been experiencing a breakdown in moral consensus, a loss of moral coherence somehow connected with a decline in oldline Protestant dominance; and (5) that some or all of these happenings have been quite sudden, so that the early 1960s can be taken as a kind of benchmark — as a time before the fall.

Rushdoony, for example, sees no place in a Reconstructed society for the panoply of Jews, Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, Baha'is, humanists, atheists and non - Reconstructionist Christians that make up American religious pluralism.

Only after we have recognized the Christian hope in this form, are we in a position to ask the humanist or the Marxist if his work for the renewal of society and for the future generations of mankind actually exhausts the meaning of hope for the man of the new world.

If the humanists can find it meaningful to suffer for the sake of a finer society which they may never share, why can not theists suffer for «the glory of God» which they may never fully inherit?

That was also a society run by «Humanists» of delightful elegance and fun.

Zwingli, a former humanist whose abandonment of medieval Catholic orthodoxy predated Luther's, gets extended treatment, as does Calvin, who built on Zwingli's initiatives to create the disciplined structures and alliances with civic society which would become the normative form of Protestantism.

The real struggle in all religious communities is for spiritual reformation opening themselves to enter into dialogue with other religions and with secular humanist ideologies regarding the nature and rights of the human person and the meaning of social justice enabling to build together a new spiritually - oriented humanism and a more humane society.

A few have banded together in the Ethical Culture Society and The American Humanist Association.

In the absence of a «life with dignity,» reasons one of Percy's humanist technicians, those who make no «contribution» to society should all be accorded their right to a «death with dignity.»

Today, many Unitarian Universalist congregations and all Ethical Culture societies describe themselves as humanist in the modern sense.

A lengthy quotation from Ms Furedi begins: «For those of us who emerged from a progressive humanist tradition, «rights» designates the requirements for participation in bourgeois, democratic society.»

Read The Sunday Times article: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/education-secretary-damian-hinds-i-will-make-arts-degrees-cheaper-3fxmng2hz Read Humanists UK's briefings on the 50 % cap: Religious lobbying on the 50 % cap - https://humanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016-11-17-BHA-briefing-Religious-lobbying-on-50-per-cent-cap.pdf 50 % cap on religious selection in free schools - https://humanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-Briefing-on-50-religious-selection-cap.pdf At Humanists UK, we advance free thinking and promote humanism to create a tolerant society where rational thinking and kindness prevail.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has called the ruling «completely ridiculous», and argued that the ASA is «chilling the free mockery of beliefs which is vital in a free society».

The British Humanist Association (BHA) is one of over 70 civil society organisations in the UK signing a letter calling on Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to secure and advance the Human Rights Act.

At Humanists UK, we advance free thinking and promote humanism to create a tolerant society where rational thinking and kindness prevail.

These statements come from a Minister who in the past has attacked secularism as «intolerant and illiberal», has said that religious people contribute more to society than the non-religious, has championed religious groups as being at the heart of the «Big Society», and even tried to amend the Equality Bill in a way which would leave humanists unprotected against discrimination and unequal treatment in the provision of, and access to, public services, employment, education, funding, and elssociety than the non-religious, has championed religious groups as being at the heart of the «Big Society», and even tried to amend the Equality Bill in a way which would leave humanists unprotected against discrimination and unequal treatment in the provision of, and access to, public services, employment, education, funding, and elsSociety», and even tried to amend the Equality Bill in a way which would leave humanists unprotected against discrimination and unequal treatment in the provision of, and access to, public services, employment, education, funding, and elsewhere.

She has also said that religious people contribute more to society than the non religious, has championed religious groups as being at the heart of the «Big Society», and even tried to amend the Equality Bill in a way which would leave humanists unprotected against discrimination and unequal treatment in the provision of, and access to, public services, employment, education, funding, and elssociety than the non religious, has championed religious groups as being at the heart of the «Big Society», and even tried to amend the Equality Bill in a way which would leave humanists unprotected against discrimination and unequal treatment in the provision of, and access to, public services, employment, education, funding, and elsSociety», and even tried to amend the Equality Bill in a way which would leave humanists unprotected against discrimination and unequal treatment in the provision of, and access to, public services, employment, education, funding, and elsewhere.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has congratulated the winners of the first annual James Hemming essay competition, which is sponsored by the BHA, New Humanist magazine and the South Place Ethical Society.

John Stuart Mill is a prominent figure in the humanist tradition and his essay, On Liberty, is pivotal in thinking about the political values that underpin the humanist vision of an open society.

Attorney General Dominic Grieve commenting on Monday's open letter sent by 60 British Humanist Association supporters is quoted in today's Telegraph as saying «As I go around and look at the way we make laws, and indeed many of the underlying ethics of society are Christian - based and the result of 1,500 years of Christian input into our national life.

Long standing opponents of faith schools include Humanists UK and National Secular Society.

Read more about Humanists UK's campaigns work on assisted dying: http://humanism.org.uk/campaigns/public-ethical-issues/assisted-dying/ At Humanists UK, we advance free thinking and promote humanism to create a tolerant society where rational thinking and kindness prevail.

Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of the British Humanist Association (BHA) gave support to the society:

«More and more atheist, humanist and secular student societies are forming on campuses across the UK and we deserve the same levels of respect as any other community.

Reading University Atheist, Humanist, and Secularist Society have been removed from their Student Union's freshers» fayre after displaying a pineapple on their stand with the label «Mohammed».

BHA: Reading University Atheist, Humanist and Secularist society removed from freshers» fayre for labelling pineapple «Mohammed»

This is something Humanists UK has been calling for since at least 2011, when Humanist Students societies first experienced issues with SUs blocking their free speech.

Humanists and other secularists — including religious people who believe in a secular state — have long campaigned for an end to «religious privilege» and «religious discrimination»; at the same time, many Muslims have claimed that there is a prevalent «Islamophobia» in society; recently, representatives of some Christian churches are claiming that Christians are being «marginalised» as a consequence of «aggressive secularism» excluding them from public life.

We believe that this will go a long way in preventing the illegitimate shutting down of debate and activities on campus which has affected many universities in recent years, including several Humanist Students societies.

where Humanist Students - affiliated societies were unjustly censored or prevented from holding events because their activities were deemed to be «offensive».

Humanists UK and Humanist Students» submission details several incidents where Humanist Students - affiliated societies were unjustly censored or prevented from holding events because their activities were deemed to be «offensive».

Some humanists also contribute to society through their work as celebrants, helping the non-religious to mark important occasions in their lives in humanist ceremonies for baby namings, weddings, civil partnerships and funerals.

He was an honorary associate of the National Secular Society, a distinguished supporter of the British Humanist Association and a vice-chairman of the all - party parliamentary humanisHumanist Association and a vice-chairman of the all - party parliamentary humanisthumanist group.

The British Humanist Association was founded in 1896 and is the national charity promoting Humanism, campaigning for a secular state and an open society and representing and supporting non-religious people.