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The British Humanist Association is the national charity working on behalf of ethically concerned, non-religious people in the UK. It is the largest organisation in the UK campaigning for an end to religious privilege and to discrimination based on religion or belief, and for a secular state.

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Nadine Dorries' abstinence education bill withdrawn... but ‘faith’ schools can still teach pupils how to 'cure gays'

Nadine Dorries MP has withdrawn her Sex Education (Required Content) Bill , which sought to secure abstinence education for girls only, according to the Guardian . However, this good news comes amid reports that JFS – a state-maintained Jewish school in London – has taught pupils  how to ‘cure gays’. The British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed the

Just say no to Nadine Dorries' abstinence education bill!

On 20 January, Nadine Dorries MP's proposed Sex Education (Required Content) Bill , which seeks to secure abstinence education for girls only, is due to have its  ‘second reading’ in the House of Commons. In May 2011 MPs voted the Bill through its first stage by 67 to 61 votes.A demonstration opposing the Bill is due to take place outside Parliament on the same day, supported by the British Humanist Association (BHA), Abortion Rights, Liberal Conspiracy, Education for Choice, the National Secular Society, Parents and Carers for

Christian group slammed for ‘dangerous’ and ‘misleading’ campaign against sex education

Discussions of the Education Bill in the House of Lords became heated last night as prominent children’s rights advocates slammed the Christian Institute for spreading ‘misinformation’ and ‘wicked insinuations’ about amendments relating to inspecting well-being in schools insinuating that proposed changes ‘would force schools to teach five year-olds about sex’Leading health and education campaigner, and secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group, Baroness Massey, and the former shadow Children, Schools and Families Minister for the Liberal Democrats Baroness Walmsley, both

BHA welcomes Lords Committee’s call for statutory SRE

The House of Lords Select Committee on HIV and AIDS in the United Kingdom has called today for Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) to become a statutory national curriculum subject – a call that the British Humanist Association (BHA) welcomes.The Committee was formed in December last year to consider HIV and AIDS in the United Kingdom, and their recommendation came as the Committee published its concluding report, ‘No vaccine, no cure’. The report’s main conclusion was that prevention should become the main priority in tackling HIV and AIDS. To this end, the role of SRE was examined, and

MPs vote through first stage of ‘abstinence education for girls’ Sex Education Bill

MPs have voted 67 - 61 in favour of a controversial Bill introduced by Conservative MP Nadine Dorries, which wants schools to ensure that sex education for girls includes ‘information and advice on the benefits of abstinence from sexual activity’. At this first stage debated today, Wednesday 4th May, the Bill was supported in the vote by a number of MP members of the Conservative Christian Fellowship, an influential and socially conservative group within the Party. The British Humanist Association (BHA) has described the vote as ‘disheartening’ and has stated that ‘abstinence education does

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