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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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OMG! Blasphemy!

Blasphemy, religious hatred, and human rights: who speaks for the sacred?On Saturday 28 January the British Humanist Association and the Centre for Inquiry UK are pleased to present a fantastically thought provoking one-day conference on freedom of speech and blasphemy laws. This event focuses on the criminalisation of religious hatred, defamation, and insult under European human rights law, and how this functions as a de facto blasphemy law. Introduced by Dr Stephen Law of Heythrop College, University of London and Editor of Think (Royal Institute Philosophy), presenters on the day

Banning of Phones4U 'miraculous Jesus' ad a chilling ruling for free speech

In an adjudication published today , the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld complaints against Phones4U over an advertisement depicting a cartoon version of the Buddy Christ  from the comedy film Dogma, along with the tagline ‘Miraculous deals on Samsung Galaxy Android phones.’ The British Humanist Association (BHA) has called the ruling ‘completely ridiculous’, and argued that the ASA is ‘chilling the free mockery of beliefs which is vital in a

Census Campaign posters banned from railway stations published here

Three posters planned for display at railway stations as part of The Census Campaign have been refused by companies owning the advertising space, who viewed them as too likely to cause offence.You can view the images at www.humanism.org.uk/census-adverts Two reasons were given by owners of the space: they were concerned that the use of the phrase ‘for God’s sake’ would cause widespread and serious offence and they also did not wish to take adverts relating to religion. The BHA has reacted with astonishment that an everyday phrase should be deemed too contentious for public display.

‘FOR GOD’S SAKE’ BANNED FROM BUSES,200 BUSES CARRY REVISED CENSUS CAMPAIGN ADVERTS

From today, posters bearing the slogan ‘If you’re not religious, for God’s sake say so’ should have been appearing on buses in major cities across England and Wales. But this latest initiative in the British Humanist Association’s (BHA’s) Census Campaign has been prevented on advice from the Committee of Advertising Practice that it had the potential to cause ‘widespread’ and ‘serious’ offence.In addition to the banners on buses in London, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Birmingham, Cardiff and Exeter, three posters planned for display at railway stations as part of the Campaign were also

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