Funeral of LSS member Michael Foot

15 Mar: Michael was an Honorary Member of Leicester Secular Society and also the British Humanist Association. At the non-religious funeral, Neil Kinnock alluded to Tom Paine and Gandhi: "Michael's religion was humanity, his country was the world ... his great soul goes striding on". More from BHA ...

Promoting a better society

15 Mar: Lecester Secular Society President Allan Hayes explains that Secularism "vigorously promotes a civil society where people are free to have a belief, or not". Leicester Mercury letter.

Leicester Secularist (March) out now

13 Mar: INSIDE: Leicester's Atheist Bus campaign, Twin Towers, Secularist of the Year winners, The Pope and the Equality Bill, God and Haiti - Sentamu explains, Members' poetry, The Society and Secular Hall, Antisocial Behaviour, Islamophobia or Muslimophobia, Homeopathy, Deaths of Michael Foot and Roy Cobb. PLUS forthcoming events, reviews of recent talks, and more. Leicester Secularist.

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 16 March 2010