samedi 8 décembre 2018

• Faith schools significantly limit choice for many parents, NSS finds
  Almost three in ten families in England live in areas where most or all of the local primary schools are faith-based, new National Secular Society research has revealed.
  
  

vendredi 7 décembre 2018

• Pennsylvania Town Respects Religious Freedom, Removes Nativity Scene From Public Land
  Pennsylvania Town Respects Religious Freedom, Removes Nativity Scene From Public Land LHayes Fri, 12/07/2018 - 10:02 Authored by Liz Hayes Image ’Tis the season … for Americans United to field reports that some local government officials are displaying religious symbols on public property. These (...)
  
  

jeudi 6 décembre 2018

• My Favorite Group Of Insubordinates
  My Favorite Group Of Insubordinates LHayes Thu, 12/06/2018 - 09:56 Authored by Rachel Laser Image Editor’s note: This blog post by AU President and CEO Rachel Laser originally appeared in the December 2018 issue of AU's Church & State magazine. Almost nine months on the job, I’m not only (...)
  
  
• NSS asks Google to remove Indonesian app for reporting blasphemy
  The NSS has asked Google to remove an app which enables Indonesians to report people they suspect of 'heresy' to the authorities.
  
  
• La loi de 1905 est en danger !
  Dans l'Essonne, rassemblement le 8 décembre devant la préfecture à Évry. Liste des 50 premiers signataires de l'Appel des Laïques. - Initiatives
  
  

mercredi 5 décembre 2018

• Two councils may cut preferential transport to faith schools
  Councils in Wales and Greater Manchester may cut funding for transport schemes which give children at faith schools special treatment.
  
  
• We Are All Americans United This Season!
  We Are All Americans United This Season! LHayes Wed, 12/05/2018 - 10:39 Authored by Rachel Laser Image At this time of year, our thoughts often turn to family, friends and gatherings with loved ones. During a period when our country can seem hopelessly divided, I look forward to putting all (...)
  
  
• Framing religion as intrinsically positive harms education, study warns
  "Well-intentioned" RE teachers are undermining the subject by framing religion as intrinsically positive, academics have warned.
  
  

mardi 4 décembre 2018

• Bush Left A Troubling Legacy On Church-State Separation
  Bush Left A Troubling Legacy On Church-State Separation boston Tue, 12/04/2018 - 10:52 Authored by Rob Boston Image Political pundits are assessing the legacy of former President George H.W. Bush, who died on Friday. Like many people in public life, Bush had good points and bad points. But (...)
  
  
• Adjudicator: faith schools may insist families are strictly religious
  An adjudicator has said it is "reasonable" for Jewish state schools to expect applicants' families to observe strict religious practices.
  
  

lundi 3 décembre 2018

• LP 83 Rassemblement 1905 Préfecture 8/12/2018
  Appel à rassemblement devant la préfecture du Var, pour la défense de la loi de 1905, samedi 8/12/2018 à 11h. - Communiqués de la Libre Pensée varoise
  
  
• The Johnson Amendment Is Under Attack – Again. Help Americans United Defend It.
  The Johnson Amendment Is Under Attack – Again. Help Americans United Defend It. boston Mon, 12/03/2018 - 10:53 Authored by Rob Boston Image The 115th Congress is winding down, but before it does, it looks like we’re going to have to fend off an 11th-hour attack on the Johnson Amendment. A (...)
  
  

samedi 1er décembre 2018

• LUNDI 3 DÉCEMBRE 2018 À 17 H Rassemblement devant la statue de l'Insurgé de CREST - place de la Liberté
  Fédération Ardéchoise et Drômoise de Libre Pensée Groupe de Valence-Romans / Groupe de Die-Crest Depuis 2012, la Libre Pensée Ardéchoise et Drômoise invite tous les citoyens attachés à la défense de la République laïque, démocratique et sociale à participer à la commémoration de l'Insurrection républicaine (...)
  
  
• MOBILISATION POUR LA DÉFENSE DE LA LAÏCITÉ ET DE LA LOI DE 1905 !
  Fédération Ardéchoise et Drômoise de la LIBRE PENSÉE Après avoir, entre autres, invité à "réparer le lien entre l'Église et l'État", le président Macron, flanqué de son ministre de l'Intérieur Castaner, annonce pour janvier 2019 une réforme de la loi de 1905, de Séparation des Églises et de l'État. La loi de (...)
  
  

vendredi 30 novembre 2018

• In Case You Had Forgotten, The Religious Right Still Hates Public Schools
  In Case You Had Forgotten, The Religious Right Still Hates Public Schools boston Fri, 11/30/2018 - 12:38 Authored by Rob Boston Image Periodically, Religious Right groups issue calls for upstanding Americans to pull their children out of public schools. Over the years, entire organizations (...)
  
  
• ne touchez pas à la loi de 1905
  rencontre pour la défense de la loi de 1905 à Dole (39) - 39 - JURA
  
  
• Government warnings for five failing independent faith schools
  Three Islamic schools and two Jewish schools are among nine independent schools which were issued with warning notices in October.
  
  

jeudi 29 novembre 2018

• Le tout dernier numéro du Québec humaniste
  Le tout dernier numéro du Québec humaniste est maintenant disponible. Encore une fois notre rédacteur en chef Claude Braun nous a préparé un numéro rempli d’articles intéressants ainsi que de nouvelles de votre Association. Nous vous encourageons non seulement à en faire la lecture mais également à le (...)
  
  
• Let’s Honor The Memory Of World War I Veterans With A Proper Memorial
  Let’s Honor The Memory Of World War I Veterans With A Proper Memorial boston Thu, 11/29/2018 - 11:43 Authored by Rob Boston Image The U.S. Supreme Court this term will hear an important case challenging the display of a 40-foot-tall cross on state-owned land in Bladensburg, Md. The structure (...)
  
  
• MP calls for mandatory reporting of child abuse during PMQs
  The NSS has welcomed an MP's call for a law to require the reporting of suspected child abuse, including in the Church of England.
  
  

mercredi 28 novembre 2018

• Labour peer raises case for disestablishment in Lords
  The NSS has reiterated its call for the disestablishment of the Church of England after a peer raised the subject in the House of Lords.
  
  
• "NE TOUCHEZ PAS A LA LOI DE 1905"
  A L'APPEL DES SIGNATAIRES, RASSEMBLEMENT DEVANT LA PREFECTURE DE CHARENTE MARITIME Place du Ml Foch LA ROCHELLE. - 17 - CHARENTE MARITIME
  
  
• Creationists Remain Hard At Work Trying To Block Sound Science Education
  Creationists Remain Hard At Work Trying To Block Sound Science Education boston Wed, 11/28/2018 - 08:32 Authored by Rob Boston Image From a legal perspective, the Religious Right’s attempts to undermine teaching evolution in public schools haven’t fared too well. Fifty years ago, the Supreme (...)
  
  

mardi 27 novembre 2018

• Here Are A Few Of The People Helped By Your Donations to Protect Church-State Separation
  Here Are A Few Of The People Helped By Your Donations to Protect Church-State Separation boston Tue, 11/27/2018 - 08:36 Authored by Liz Hayes Image Today is Giving Tuesday, an international day of philanthropy that kicks off the charitable season. Thanks to generous gifts from supporters like (...)
  
  

lundi 26 novembre 2018

• LP 83 Bulletin N°69
  En pièce jointe le bulletin n°69 de décembre 2018. Il appelle à la commémoration à Aups le 2/12/2018 de l'insurrection républicaine du mois de décembre 1851 contre le coup d'Etat de Louis Bonaparte. En pièce jointe également en diaporama le compte rendu du rassemblement pacifiste du 11 novembre dernier à (...)
  
  
• Un programme pour la transition par Michel Lincourt PhD
  Un programme pour la transition Michel Lincourt PhD 24 novembre 2018 Il y a quelques jours, le metteur en scène Dominic Champagne et 500 personnalités du monde du spectacle du Québec ont publié un Pacte pour la transition [écologique] de notre société. Dans la foulée, plus de 230 000 Québécoises et (...)
  
  
• Texas Plans To Keep Telling A Tall Tale About Moses Being A Founding Father
  Texas Plans To Keep Telling A Tall Tale About Moses Being A Founding Father boston Mon, 11/26/2018 - 08:47 Authored by Rob Boston Image The Constitutional Convention of 1787 was one of the most momentous events in American history – and perhaps even world history. A band of leaders from the (...)
  
  

dimanche 25 novembre 2018

• Ne touchez pas à la loi de 1905
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• Ne touchez pas à la loi de 1905
  Rendez-vous le 8 décembre à Clermont Avec l'annonce dans la presse de la volonté du gouvernement de toucher à la loi de 1905, les organisations laïques préparent leur riposte, au plan national comme dans l'Oise. Ne touchez pas à la loi de 1905 !! La loi de 1905, pour garantir à tous la liberté de (...)
  
  

vendredi 23 novembre 2018

• NSS questions charity links to Islamic TV channel under investigation
  The NSS has questioned why a preacher who has said Muslims should be terrorists is a trustee of a registered charity.
  
  

jeudi 22 novembre 2018

• CoE spent £40m of public money without proper scrutiny, NSS reveals
  The government let the C of E spend £40m of taxpayers' money on cathedral repairs without proper scrutiny, NSS research has revealed.
  
  
• Thank You For Supporting Church-State Separation!
  Thank You For Supporting Church-State Separation! LHayes Wed, 11/21/2018 - 23:00 Authored by Rachel Laser Image Happy Thanksgiving! It’s that time of year when we consider the things for which we are thankful. I know I speak for the entire staff when I say how grateful I am for our supporters’ (...)
  
  

mercredi 21 novembre 2018

• RASSEMBLEMENT A CAEN DEVANT LA PREFECTURE
  La FDLP du Calvados appelle les citoyennes et citoyens, les organisations laïques, syndicats et partis, à se rassembler le 8 décembre prochain devant la Préfecture. Le lien avec l'Eglise (et autres cultes) n'est pas abîmé, il n'existe plus depuis 1905. Le Président de la République n'a rien à réparer (...)
  
  
• NSS presses government on non-stun meat as schools row intensifies
  The NSS has called on the government to act to end the supply of non-stun meat amid growing public opposition to its supply in schools.
  
  
• Another Loser From The Midterms: The Religious Right
  Another Loser From The Midterms: The Religious Right boston Wed, 11/21/2018 - 08:40 Authored by Rob Boston Image Most of the dust has settled from election night, and the nation has a clearer picture of what happened. As far as the House of Representatives and many state governments are (...)
  
  
• LP75 : Ne touchez pas à la loi de 1905 ! Rassemblement le 7 dec 2018
  Rassemblement Vendredi 7 décembre 2018 à 18h devant la Préfecture de Paris et d'Ile-de-France 5 rue Leblanc 75015 PARIS avec Les Fédérations de Paris, des Hauts-de-Seine, de la Seine-Saint-Denis et du Val-de-Marne La Libre Pensée a décidé de se rendre devant toutes les préfectures dans les départements (...)
  
  

mardi 20 novembre 2018

• Trump-Pence Administration And Religious Right Groups Plow Over 4-H Program’s Inclusive LGBTQ Policy
  Trump-Pence Administration And Religious Right Groups Plow Over 4-H Program’s Inclusive LGBTQ Policy LHayes Tue, 11/20/2018 - 12:08 Authored by Liz Hayes Image Apparently, even children learning about agriculture aren’t safe from the Trump-Pence administration’s pandering to the Religious Right (...)
  
  

lundi 19 novembre 2018

• Bishops’ place in Lords must be reviewed, say MPs
  A committee of MPs has said the number of bishops in the House of Lords should be reviewed as part of proposals for Lords reform.
  
  
• The Religious Right’s ‘Christmas Police’ Are Off To An Early Start
  The Religious Right’s ‘Christmas Police’ Are Off To An Early Start LHayes Mon, 11/19/2018 - 10:18 Authored by Rob Boston Image We’ve yet to devour our Thanksgiving turkeys, but our friends in the Religious Right are already itching to gin up this year’s claims of a “war on Christmas.” Liberty (...)
  
  

vendredi 16 novembre 2018

• An Important Religious Freedom Law Turns 25 – And It’s Time For A Tune-Up
  An Important Religious Freedom Law Turns 25 – And It’s Time For A Tune-Up boston Fri, 11/16/2018 - 09:08 Authored by Rob Boston Image I can tell you exactly what I was doing 25 years ago today: standing on the lawn of the White House watching President Bill Clinton sign a piece of legislation. (...)
  
  

jeudi 15 novembre 2018

• AU Shedding Light On DOJ’s ‘Religious Liberty’ Task Force
  AU Shedding Light On DOJ’s ‘Religious Liberty’ Task Force LHayes Thu, 11/15/2018 - 17:48 Authored by Liz Hayes Image The Trump-Pence administration continues to cater to a small group of fundamentalist Christians who want to weaponize religious freedom as a means to justify discrimination. And (...)
  
  
• Intervention de la LP 94 le 11 nov 2018 , au rassemblement de Fontenay sous Bois
  Intervention de la Libre Pensée du Val de Marne à l'Hôtel de Ville de Fontenay-sous-Bois, le 11 novembre 2018 Monsieur, La Maire Mesdames et messieurs les élus Mesdames et messieurs les représentants des associations, Amis, camarades, citoyens, Nous sommes à la veille de l'année 2019 où un événement (...)
  
  
• Religion-Based Hate Crimes On The Rise
  Religion-Based Hate Crimes On The Rise LHayes Thu, 11/15/2018 - 11:49 Authored by Liz Hayes Image In the wake of the country’s deadliest attack on Jewish people in my hometown of Pittsburgh last month, it came as no surprise that when the FBI released its crime statistics this week, they showed (...)
  
  
• Government commits funding to new 100% selective faith schools
  The government has announced funding for a wave of new voluntary aided schools, which can select all their children based on faith.
  
  

mercredi 14 novembre 2018

• Discours du 11 nov 2018 à Alfortville - 94
  Alfortville 11 novembre 2018 Amis, Citoyens, Compagnons, Camarades, Je vous apporte ici le salut fraternel de la Fédération nationale de la Libre Pensée, de la Fédération nationale laïque des monuments pacifistes et de la fédération du Val-de-Marne de la Libre Pensée.. Il y a 100 ans s'achevait la plus (...)
  
  
• C of E services for schools expand by 56% in four years
  The NSS has said a rise in the number of children attending C of E school services should prompt "a separation of church and school".
  
  
• APPEL A RASSEMBLEMENT DEVANT LA PRÉFECTURE DE LA VENDÉE
  APPEL COMMUN D'ASSOCIATIONS LAÏQUES EN DOCUMENT JOINT - REUNIONS PUBLIQUES
  
  
• LP75 : Conférence Jeudi 13 décembre 2018
  Conférence : "Une crise sociale et politique d'une rare acuité traverse le pays. Comment en sortir ?" Avec André Bellon Libre-penseur Ancien Président de la Commission des affaires étrangères de l'Assemblée nationale Président de l'Association pour une Constituante Jeudi 13 décembre, 18h30 À la BOURSE (...)
  
  
• Keeping The Faith(ful): Continuing to Unite For Separation
  Keeping The Faith(ful): Continuing to Unite For Separation LHayes Tue, 11/13/2018 - 18:58 Authored by Rachel Laser Image Editor’s note: This blog post by AU President and CEO Rachel Laser originally appeared in the November 2018 issue of AU's Church & State magazine. "Forced worship stinks (...)
  
  

mardi 13 novembre 2018

• Réunion publique le 1er déc 2018 à Ivry-94 "La laïcité écartelée, revenir à la séparation."
  Dans le cadre de la mobilisation laïque autour du manifeste « Ne touchez pas à la loi de 1905 ! », la fédération de la Libre Pensée du Val de Marne vous invite à une : Réunion publique samedi 1er décembre 2018 14 heures à 18 heures Salle Louis Bertrand 31bis rue Louis Bertrand 94200 Ivry Dominique (...)