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20 January 2013

Secular Sunday #56 – This One Has Pictures

It’s time for another Secular Sunday. No major improvements this week due to time constraints but be patient. Change is coming. In this issue: News Upcoming Events Blogs

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13 January 2013

Secular Sunday #55 – If It Ain't Broke…

It’s time for this week’s Secular Sunday. There are a few, largely cosmetic, changes to the format, most noticeable in the e-mail edition. As promised, more substantial improvements are coming but it’s an evolving process. (As an atheist I don’t believe in Intelligent Design!) Feedback...

13 January 2013

Secular Sunday #55 – If It Ain’t Broke…

It’s time for this week’s Secular Sunday. There are a few, largely cosmetic, changes to the format, most noticeable in the e-mail edition. As promised, more substantial improvements are coming but it’s an evolving process. (As an atheist I don’t believe in Intelligent Design!) Feedback...

10 January 2013

Atheist Ireland will be speaking this morning at the parliamentary hearings on abortion law

Michael Nugent will be speaking this morning at the parliamentary hearings on abortion law, along with representatives of five Irish churches. The session runs from 9.30 am to 11.30 am. There will be five-minute opening statements, followed by an hour and a half of questions...

6 January 2013

Secular Sunday #54 – In With the New

Welcome to the first Secular Sunday of 2013. Eagle-eyed readers may notice that the format is essentially unchanged from previous editions, but the good news is that there are a number of changes in the pipeline. Beginning with the next issue (probably!) there will be...

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6 January 2013

Update: Atheist Ireland invited to parliamentary hearings this week on abortion law

Update: Atheist Ireland has been invited to take part in this hearing. We would like to thank the Oireachtas Health Committee for its prompt and courteous response to our request. Atheist Ireland has asked to be invited to parliamentary hearings this week on abortion law....

30 December 2012

Secular Sunday #53 – Out With The Old

Welcome to the final Secular Sunday of 2012. In this issue: News Upcoming Events Blogginess

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27 December 2012

Cardinal Brady promotes political lobbying on abortion, while secular groups who want to solemnise marriage are politically silenced

The privileged position of the Catholic Church in Irish law was highlighted by the political campaign launched by Cardinal Sean Brady on Christmas Day, seeking to influence the forthcoming law on abortion from an explicitly theological Roman Catholic perspective. To rub in the discrimination against...

27 December 2012

Humanist Association of Ireland must choose between solemnising marriages now, and politically promoting secularism

The Humanist Association of Ireland faces a fundamental dilemma in how it responds to the Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill. That dilemma is this: does the Humanist Association stop promoting the political cause of separation of church and state in order to be able to legally...

23 December 2012

Secular Sunday #52 – Post-Apocalypse Edition

It’s time for this week’s Secular Sunday. In this issue: News Upcoming Events Bloggery

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