- Religious chemist denies patient prescribed medicine
- 10 Mar: A pharmacist refused Janine Deeley her pills at a Lloyds pharmacy in Sheffield. The Royal
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain said pharmacists were obliged to serve the
interests of patients first, but were not required to act against their religion.
Daily
Telegraph ...
- Briitish Humanist Association Manifestos
- 8 Mar: The BHA (to which LSS is affiliated) has published manifestos for the upcoming local and general elections,
which you can use to ask candidates the kind of questions you want answered. More ...
- New posts and comments on our blog
- 4 Mar: Recent topics include: Sex Education and Religion, Homeopathy, Saying
Sorry (on the British children sent to a harsh life in Australia), Assisted Suicide, Casualties of War and The Morality of War. Read Here ...
- Blasphemy crime resurrected in Liverpool
- Harry Taylor left anti-religious cartoons in the multi-faith room at Liverpool's
John Lennon airport (named after Taylor's atheist hero). Now he's convicted of the
new offence of "religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress".
The jury all swore their oath on the Bible. More from
NSS,
Liverpool Daily Post,
BBC,
Telegraph,
Glucifixion (YouTube).
- Calendar Upgrade
- 2 Mar: A message from our webmaster - Calendar upgraded
today. LSS and Secular Hall events now show icons. Upcoming list on our homepage not quite right - will fix when time allows. What's On ...
- Stop this religious takeover!
- 1 Mar: Leicester Mercury letters: Allan
Hayes on the government's accession to the demands of the Catholic
Education Service on Sex and Relationships teaching. Responses from
Mark
W Jacques,
Stephen
A Warden (both 5 March, the latter attacking this website) and
John
Kirk (8 March).
Earlier LSS News: February 2010
News from Leicester
Secular Society updated 11 March 2010