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20 Most Recent News Stories
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Mon 8th Mar 2010
A new document is available in the download area, which examines Liberal Democrat policy on faith schools.
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Thu 4th Mar 2010
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.
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Tue 23rd Feb 2010
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.
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Mon 18th Jan 2010
The National Secular Society have begun a campaign against prayers being said at council meetings.
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Wed 13th Jan 2010
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.
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Mon 11th Jan 2010
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.
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Thu 3rd Dec 2009
Liberal Democrat MP Evan Harris spoke at a recent rally against Sharia Law.
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Wed 18th Nov 2009
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.
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Sat 14th Nov 2009
On Wednesday 4 November, the House of Lords debated BBC Radio 4's policy of only allowing religious speakers on Thought for the Day.
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Sat 7th Nov 2009
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.
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Wed 4th Nov 2009
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:
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Wed 4th Nov 2009
The South Central Lib Dem regional conference passed the following resolution at their Autumn Conference last month:
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Tue 13th Oct 2009
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.
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Tue 29th Sep 2009
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.
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Tue 22nd Sep 2009
Accord, the umbrella group campaigning on faith schools, has launched an award aimed at state schools.
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Mon 14th Sep 2009
Professor Richard Dawkins is speaking at a Lib Dem fringe meeting hosted by the British Humanist Association on Monday 21st September at 6.15pm in the Premier Inn, Bournemouth Central Gallery suite. This is an open public meeting, so get there early to avoid disappointment.
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Tue 16th Jun 2009
Barnoldswick Liberal Democrat councillor, Cllr Marjorie Adams, has become the latest Mayor to break with convention and opt for a secular celebration instead of the traditional church service that is part of the traditional ceremony in Pendle. She has also declined to appoint a religious chaplain. LDHS congratulates the Mayor of Pendle for the principled position she has taken and hopes it will encourage other civic office holders to follow her example.
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Tue 16th Jun 2009
While it is welcomed in principle the new equality bill preserves too much religious privilege. It imports the exemptions that exist in the current legislation that allow employment discrimination by religious groups (for example in church schools). With more and more public services being contracted-out to a variety of organisations there is increasing concern that where these are religious in nature they are able to discriminate against those who receive the services that they provide.
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Sun 31st May 2009
Speaking on the Politics Show last week, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg gave firm support for separation of Church and State.
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Tue 21st Apr 2009
The Humanist & Secularist Liberal Democrats have welcomed a new report from the London School of Economics and the Institute of Education which discovered no evidence that faith schools improved academic achievement.
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