http://www.hsld.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Humanist & Secularist Liberal Democrats en-GB Humanist & Secularist Liberal Democrats http://www.hsld.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Humanist & Secularist Liberal Democrats 2010-03-10T15:40+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.hsld.org.uk/news/000024/faith_schools_and_liberal_democrat_policy.html A new document is available in the download area, which examines Liberal Democrat policy on faith schools. 2010-03-08T00:00+00:00 http://www.hsld.org.uk/news/000023/hsld_event_at_spring_conference_in_birmingham__religion_in_the_workplace.html The Humanist & Secularist Liberal Democrats will be holding a fringe meeting at the party's Spring Conference to examine some of the issues that surround religion in the workplace. 2010-03-04T07:26+00:00 http://www.hsld.org.uk/news/000022/government_should_not_pander_to_homophobia_says_david_laws.html The Liberal Democrat Shadow Schools Secretary, David Laws, has said that state-funded schools should not be free to put their own spin on sex and relationship education. 2010-02-23T16:23+00:00 http://www.hsld.org.uk/news/000020/nss_launch_campaign_against_council_prayers.html The National Secular Society have begun a campaign against prayers being said at council meetings. 2010-01-18T00:00+00:00 http://www.hsld.org.uk/news/000021/nick_clegg_faith_schools_should_be_forced_to_tackle_homophobia.html Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg's interview with gay magazine Attitude has received widespread coverage in the mainstream media over his stance on faith schools and their attitude to homosexuality. 2010-01-13T20:41+00:00 http://www.hsld.org.uk/news/000019/final_victory_in_islington_registrar_case.html Liberal Democrat run Islington Council has welcomed a legal ruling in its favour in the case of Lillian Ladele, the registrar who refused to conduct Civil Partnerships between same sex couples. 2010-01-11T16:36+00:00 http://www.hsld.org.uk/news/000018/evan_harris_speaks_at__one_law_for_all_rally_against_sharia_law.html Liberal Democrat MP Evan Harris spoke at a recent rally against Sharia Law. 2009-12-03T11:17+00:00 http://www.hsld.org.uk/news/000015/richard_dawkins_at_liberal_democrat_conference__photos_now_available.html The British Humanist Association have uploaded 59 photographs from Richard Dawkins's visit to Liberal Democrat Conference where he spoke at a packed meeting held jointly by the Humanist & Secularist Liberal Democrats and the BHA. 2009-11-18T00:00+00:00 http://www.hsld.org.uk/news/000017/house_of_lords_debate_thought_for_the_day.html On Wednesday 4 November, the House of Lords debated BBC Radio 4's policy of only allowing religious speakers on Thought for the Day. 2009-11-14T00:00+00:00 http://www.hsld.org.uk/news/000014/ludovic_kennedy.html HSLD is sad to learn of the death of Ludovic Kennedy at the age of 89. He was both a committed secularist and a prominent Liberal Democrat campaigner. He first came to public notice as a campaigning journalist. He made a huge contribution towards the abolition of the death penalty in Britain through his rigorous investigations into miscarriages of justice, particularly the case of Timothy Evans - who was wrongly hanged for the murder of his wife at 10 Rillington Place. 2009-11-07T00:00+00:00 http://www.hsld.org.uk/news/000016/hsld_welcomes_chris_huhne_statement_on_gert_wilders.html In February Chris Huhne supported the Home Office's decision to ban Dutch MP Geert Wilders. Following the the asylum and immigration tribunal decision to let him in Mr Huhne has reviewed his position. He said: 2009-11-04T07:56+00:00 http://www.hsld.org.uk/news/000012/south_central_lib_dems_pass_secularist_resolution.html The South Central Lib Dem regional conference passed the following resolution at their Autumn Conference last month: 2009-11-04T07:33+00:00 http://www.hsld.org.uk/news/000011/tory_attack_on_evan_harriss_secularism.html Baroness Warsi, Shadow Social Action Minister, announced at the Conservative Party conference that there has been "a growing intolerance and illiberal attitude towards those who believe in God," blaming BHA Vice President and Lib Dem MP Dr Evan Harris MP for "driving this secular agenda" into the public sector. 2009-10-13T21:32+01:00 http://www.hsld.org.uk/news/000010/dawkins_greatest_show_at_conference.html BHA Vice President Professor Richard Dawkins spoke at the joint British Humanist Association (BHA) and Humanist and Secularist Liberal Democrats' (HSLD) fringe event at the Liberal Democrat annual conference in Bournemouth. 2009-09-29T08:40+01:00 http://www.hsld.org.uk/news/000009/accord_awards.html Accord, the umbrella group campaigning on faith schools, has launched an award aimed at state schools. 2009-09-22T18:35+01:00