lundi 22 octobre 2018

• Arizonans: Vote ‘No’ To Stop A Massive Private School Voucher Expansion
  Arizonans: Vote ‘No’ To Stop A Massive Private School Voucher Expansion LHayes Mon, 10/22/2018 - 11:54 Authored by Nik Nartowicz Image Right now, Arizonans have the chance to protect public education and oppose the funneling of public money to private, mostly religious schools by voting “No” on (...)
  
  
• Three independent faith schools still open after multiple failures
  The NSS has questioned why three independent faith schools remain open despite failing multiple inspections.
  
  

dimanche 21 octobre 2018

• LP 83 Bulletin N°68 Mazaugues 2018
  En pièce jointe le bulletin N°68 d'octobre 2018. Il annonce notamment le rassemblement pacifiste du 11 novembre à Mazaugues. - Bulletins de la LP 83
  
  

samedi 20 octobre 2018

• RECIT D'UN SOLDAT BRETON QUI A FAIT PARTIE D'UN PELOTON D'EXECUTION
  Le 18 octobre 1915, un soldat breton du 410ème Régiment d'Infanterie doit faire partie d'un peloton d'exécution qui doit passer par les armes deux soldats du 403ème RI. Pour éviter des scènes de révolte parmi les camarades du régiment, il avait été fait appel à un régiment frère. A juste raison, sans (...)
  
  

vendredi 19 octobre 2018

• The Arizona Board Of Education May Weaken The Teaching Of Evolution
  The Arizona Board Of Education May Weaken The Teaching Of Evolution LHayes Fri, 10/19/2018 - 11:09 Authored by Nik Nartowicz Image The Arizona State Board of Education is reviewing the state’s science curriculum standards and the superintendent of public instruction, Diane Douglas, is using the (...)
  
  
• Abuse survivors sue Catholic order which ran children’s homes
  Ten people are suing a religious order which ran two Scottish orphanages where many children were physically and sexually abused.
  
  
• Ferdinand Buisson, l'école de le République, une école de la Libre pensée
  Conférencier Pierre Yves Ruff docteur en philosophie, samedi 20 octobre 2018 à 20h30 centre sociale Agora 361 rue Saint-Nicolas à Granville > Ce docteur en philosophie, et philosophe lui-même, spécialiste de Derrida, est aussi un expert, dont la compétence est largement reconnue du fait religieux. Il (...)
  
  
• Australian ‘religious freedom’ review prompts discrimination row
  Australia's government looks set to allow religious schools which receive public funds to sack teachers for their sexuality nationwide.
  
  

jeudi 18 octobre 2018

• NSS welcomes Lancashire decision on non-stunned meat in schools
  The NSS has welcomed Lancashire County Council's ratification of its decision to stop supplying most non-stunned halal meat to schools.
  
  
• The U.S. House Of Representatives Should Adopt An Inclusive Invocation Policy
  The U.S. House Of Representatives Should Adopt An Inclusive Invocation Policy boston Thu, 10/18/2018 - 09:19 Authored by Rob Boston Image The U.S. House of Representatives, like the U.S. Senate, has a taxpayer-funded chaplain, and one of his duties is to open daily sessions with an invocation. (...)
  
  
• Ten more independent faith schools issued warnings by DfE
  Ten failing independent faith schools are among those which have recently been issued warning notices by the government.
  
  
• At least 18 councils giving schools non-stunned meat, NSS reveals
  At least 18 councils across the UK are supplying non-stunned halal meat to dozens of schools, National Secular Society research has revealed.
  
  
• Un sculpteur hitlérien débarque à Roubaix ce 20 Octobre 2018 - La Brique
  Comment célébrer un artiste pro-nazi en toute discrétion ? Voilà le défi du Musée de La Piscine et de la ville de Roubaix qui s'apprêtent à inaugurer la reconstitution de l'atelier d'Henri Bouchard le 20 octobre 2018 dans sa toute nouvelle extension. Sculpteur Vichyste officiel, militant de la (...)
  
  

mercredi 17 octobre 2018

• The Senate’s Rush To Confirm Rushing, A Judicial Nominee Hostile To Church-State Separation
  The Senate’s Rush To Confirm Rushing, A Judicial Nominee Hostile To Church-State Separation LHayes Wed, 10/17/2018 - 10:37 Authored by Liz Hayes Image Less than two weeks after the Senate narrowly confirmed church-state separation opponent Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, Senate (...)
  
  
• 2018 Sainte Geneviève , une lettre ...
  Objet : Cérémonie religieuse célébrée en l'honneur de Sainte Geneviève Monsieur le Commandant, Depuis 2011 la Fédération de l'Eure de la Libre Pensée tente, à l'occasion des cérémonies religieuses célébrées en l'honneur de Sainte Geneviève, de faire respecter l'article L. 4121-2 du code de la défense qui (...)
  
  

mardi 16 octobre 2018

• La Raison
  Nous vous présentons trois extraits de la Raison N°625 novembre 2017, N°626 décembre 2017 et N°627 janvier 2018 en mode audio pour plus de confort. N°625 http://audioblog.arteradio.com/post... N°627 http://audioblog.arteradio.com/post... - La Raison mensuel de la Fédération Nationale de Libre (...)
  
  
• The Trickle-Down Effect Of Trump’s Anti-Muslim Rhetoric
  The Trickle-Down Effect Of Trump’s Anti-Muslim Rhetoric LHayes Tue, 10/16/2018 - 12:20 Authored by Liz Hayes Image To no surprise during the age of Trump, anti-Muslim and xenophobic attacks have factored in to several elections around the country. “[I]n an era when President Trump has made fear (...)
  
  

lundi 15 octobre 2018

• Religious Right Group Plans To Run Over Election Law With A Bus
  Religious Right Group Plans To Run Over Election Law With A Bus boston Mon, 10/15/2018 - 11:06 Authored by Rob Boston Image Family Research Council (FRC) staff members, including President Tony Perkins, have been traveling around the country in two buses, ostensibly to talk to voters about the (...)
  
  

samedi 13 octobre 2018

• Réunion-débat « Laïcité / Loi de 1905 », 11 octobre 2018 - 20h30, Dourdan
  Le Groupe Dourdan Actions Citoyennes (France Insoumise) et la Fédération de l'Essonne de la Libre Pensée vous invitent à participer à un débat sur le thème « Laïcité / Loi de 1905 » le jeudi 11 octobre 2018 à 20h30, salle Émile Auvray à Dourdan. - (...)
  
  

vendredi 12 octobre 2018

• Alaska Superior Court Calls Out Kenai’s Discriminatory Invocation Policy
  Alaska Superior Court Calls Out Kenai’s Discriminatory Invocation Policy LHayes Fri, 10/12/2018 - 11:58 Authored by Liz Hayes Image Another court delivered a victory this week for those striving to make public meetings more inclusive to people of all religions and the nonreligious. The Alaska (...)
  
  
• NSS writes to Foreign Office over blasphemy case in Pakistan
  The NSS has urged the Foreign Office to do what it can to secure the release of a woman facing execution in Pakistan for blasphemy.
  
  

jeudi 11 octobre 2018

• Kavanaugh vote puts US church-state separation ‘in the balance’
  Secularists in the US have said church-state separation "hangs in the balance" after Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court.
  
  
• Laïcité: Michel Lincourt répond à Michel C. Auger
  Laïcité Réponse à l’article de Michel C. Auger, Radio-Canada, ‘Signes religieux : on a déjà joué dans ce film …’, publié le jeudi 4 octobre 2018 Michel Lincourt PhD 9 octobre 2018 Bonjour monsieur Auger, Qu’il me soit permis de faire quelques mises au point à propos de votre article, paru sur le site (...)
  
  
• Romanian Voters Reject Anti-Marriage Equality Measure – And Kim Davis
  Romanian Voters Reject Anti-Marriage Equality Measure – And Kim Davis LHayes Thu, 10/11/2018 - 11:23 Authored by Liz Hayes Image The news over the weekend that Romanians rejected an attempt to write LGBTQ discrimination into their constitution was all the sweeter because it means Romanians also (...)
  
  

mercredi 10 octobre 2018

• Christian bakers did not discriminate against gay customer, Supreme Court rules
  A owners of bakery that refused to make a cake with the slogan 'support gay marriage' were not discriminatory, the Supreme Court has ruled.
  
  
• An Oregon Judge Who Discriminated Against LGBTQ People Loses His Final Court Appeal
  An Oregon Judge Who Discriminated Against LGBTQ People Loses His Final Court Appeal boston Wed, 10/10/2018 - 10:30 Authored by Rob Boston Image A state judge in Oregon who was disciplined for, among other things, refusing to perform weddings for same-sex couples won’t have his case heard by the (...)
  
  
• Let children make their own minds up about religion, says report
  The NSS has welcomed an academic report which calls on English state schools to raise children in a religiously neutral manner.
  
  

mardi 9 octobre 2018

• Religious Right Organizations Make A Big Deal Out Of Something Schoolchildren Can Do Every Day
  Religious Right Organizations Make A Big Deal Out Of Something Schoolchildren Can Do Every Day LHayes Tue, 10/09/2018 - 11:59 Authored by Liz Hayes Image Columbus Day wasn’t the only controversial holiday that some Americans recognized during the past week: Last Thursday was Bring Your Bible To (...)
  
  

lundi 8 octobre 2018

• How Columbus Put ‘Under God’ In The Pledge Of Allegiance (Sort Of)
  How Columbus Put ‘Under God’ In The Pledge Of Allegiance (Sort Of) boston Mon, 10/08/2018 - 08:44 Authored by Rob Boston Image Depending on your perspective, today is either Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day. I don’t intend to get into that debate, but I do want to share some information (...)
  
  

samedi 6 octobre 2018

• In The Wake Of The Kavanaugh Confirmation, We’ll Fight Even Harder
  In The Wake Of The Kavanaugh Confirmation, We’ll Fight Even Harder boston Sat, 10/06/2018 - 16:26 Authored by Michael Cole-Schwartz Image By a very narrow margin, the U.S. Senate today confirmed Brett Kavanaugh as an associate justice on the Supreme Court. It is no doubt a huge setback in our (...)
  
  

vendredi 5 octobre 2018

• AU Supports Efforts To Put Kids First And Fight Religion-Based Discrimination
  AU Supports Efforts To Put Kids First And Fight Religion-Based Discrimination boston Fri, 10/05/2018 - 10:01 Authored by Liz Hayes Image There have been some positive developments recently in the fight against those who would allow taxpayer-funded adoption and foster-care agencies to use (...)
  
  

jeudi 4 octobre 2018

• Réunion-débat « Laïcité / Loi de 1905 », 11 octobre 2018 - 20h30, Dourdan
  Le Groupe Dourdan Actions Citoyennes (France Insoumise) et la Fédération de l'Essonne de la Libre Pensée vous invitent à participer à un débat sur le thème « Laïcité / Loi de 1905 » le jeudi 11 octobre 2018 à 20h30, salle Émile Auvray à Dourdan. - (...)
  
  
• Why The Kavanaugh Fight Is Worth It
  Why The Kavanaugh Fight Is Worth It boston Thu, 10/04/2018 - 09:44 Authored by Rachel Laser Image Editor’s note: This blog post by AU President and CEO Rachel Laser originally appeared in the October 2018 issue of AU's Church & State magazine. Brett Kavanaugh. Brett Kavanaugh. Brett (...)
  
  
• Ireland lifts discriminatory ‘baptism barrier’ in school admissions
  The Irish government has stopped primary schools from discriminating on religious grounds in admissions in almost all cases.
  
  

mercredi 3 octobre 2018

• Sainte Geneviève : UNE "PATRONNE" D'INVENTION RÉCENTE, UNE MESSE BIEN ENCADRÉE, OU EST LA LIBERTÉ ?
  Aux termes des deux premiers alinéas de l'article L. 4121-2 du code de la défense « Les opinions ou croyances, notamment philosophiques, religieuses ou politiques [des militaires] sont libres. Elles ne peuvent cependant être exprimées qu'en dehors du service et avec la réserve exigée par l'état (...)
  
  
• Kavanaugh’s Deception Goes Back To The Initial Hearing
  Kavanaugh’s Deception Goes Back To The Initial Hearing boston Wed, 10/03/2018 - 09:27 Authored by Michael Cole-Schwartz Image Since last week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, the news media and advocacy groups have questioned Brett Kavanaugh’s veracity on a range of issues. From the meaning (...)
  
  

mardi 2 octobre 2018

• Princess removed from line of succession for being Catholic
  The NSS has said a princess's removal from the monarchical line of succession is "a reminder that Britain needs a secular head of state".
  
  
• In The Religious Right’s Bizarro World, Brett Kavanaugh Is The Victim
  In The Religious Right’s Bizarro World, Brett Kavanaugh Is The Victim LHayes Tue, 10/02/2018 - 11:18 Authored by Rob Boston Image When we last left the Religious Right, its leaders were huffing and puffing and threatening the Republican Party leadership with the political equivalent of eternal (...)
  
  
• NSS reiterates call for end of Anglican judges’ service
  The NSS has again written to the justice secretary to call for the end of Anglican services which mark the beginning of the legal year.
  
  

lundi 1er octobre 2018

• AU’s New Legal Fellows Enthusiastic To Protect Church-State Separation
  AU’s New Legal Fellows Enthusiastic To Protect Church-State Separation LHayes Mon, 10/01/2018 - 10:21 Authored by Liz Hayes Image Every summer, new attorneys join Americans United’s Legal Department as legal fellows. These lawyers bring enthusiasm and experience to our common goal of protecting (...)
  
  

samedi 29 septembre 2018

• L’Humanisme est-il une religion ?
  Souper-conférence du 1er mai 2018 à Trois-Rivières Thème: L’Humanisme est-il le successeur naturel des religions ? – L’Humanisme est-il une religion ? – Le nécessaire rejet du surnaturel – La nécessaire prise en compte des besoins humains actuellement comblés par les religions ——————————————————— – (...)
  
  

vendredi 28 septembre 2018

• Last Chance To #StopKavanaugh: Tell Your Senators To Vote ‘No’
  Last Chance To #StopKavanaugh: Tell Your Senators To Vote ‘No’ LHayes Fri, 09/28/2018 - 13:11 Image Despite compelling, credible testimony yesterday from Professor Christine Blasey Ford who spoke at length that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her when they were (...)
  
  
• C of E wants unconditional government support for church repairs
  The NSS has urged the government not to submit to a Church of England demand for at least £30m per year for church maintenance.
  
  
• Theology isn’t secular courts’ business, NSS tells justice secretary
  The NSS has written to the justice secretary after its latest complaint about a judge who interpreted Islamic scripture was dismissed.
  
  

jeudi 27 septembre 2018

• Päpstliches Eigentor
  Päpstliches Eigentor rponitka Do, 2018-09-27 18:50 IBKA Ursula Neumann Domradio Köln meldet am 26.9.18: Papst Franziskus hat davor gewarnt, Fehlverhalten früherer Zeit ausschließlich nach heutigen Kriterien zu betrachten. Das gelte auch für den Umgang mit sexuellem Missbrauch…. In früheren Zeiten (...)
  
  
• Amid Religious Right’s Hostility, Many Faith Voices Speak Out In Support Of Blasey Ford
  Amid Religious Right’s Hostility, Many Faith Voices Speak Out In Support Of Blasey Ford LHayes Thu, 09/27/2018 - 10:29 Authored by Liz Hayes Image As we’ve noted, Religious Right leaders are lashing out against the senators who would delay the GOP’s rush to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett (...)
  
  
• NRW-Atheisten: Katholisches Gymnasium Mariengarden bricht Antidiskriminierungsbestimmungen
  NRW-Atheisten: Katholisches Gymnasium Mariengarden bricht Antidiskriminierungsbestimmungen rponitka Do, 2018-09-27 14:57 Schule Pressemitteilungen NRW IBKA NRW Pressemitteilung vom 27. September 2018 (Overath) Der Internationale Bund der Konfessionslosen und Atheisten in Nordrhein-Westfalen (...)
  
  

mercredi 26 septembre 2018

• Campaign to repeal Ireland’s blasphemy law launched
  The NSS has backed a campaign to repeal Ireland's blasphemy law which is being launched on Sunday, ahead of a referendum on the subject.
  
  
• Remember, Alabama: When You Listen To Roy Moore, Bad Things Happen
  Remember, Alabama: When You Listen To Roy Moore, Bad Things Happen boston Wed, 09/26/2018 - 09:31 Authored by Rob Boston Image When we last left “Ten Commandments” judge Roy Moore, he was licking his wounds after being defeated for a U.S. Senate seat by Doug Jones in Alabama. Well, kind of. (...)
  
  

mardi 25 septembre 2018

• IRS Should Close Tax Loophole That Allows Private School Voucher “Donors” To Profit With Public Funds
  IRS Should Close Tax Loophole That Allows Private School Voucher “Donors” To Profit With Public Funds LHayes Tue, 09/25/2018 - 11:11 Authored by Maggie Garrett Image Private school voucher proponents are up in arms because the IRS has proposed closing a federal tax loophole that allows (...)