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Absolutely awful to see children taken advantage of like this. We mush get better at protecting the vulnerable from religious groups.
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July 10, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Absolutely awful to see children taken advantage of like this. We mush get better at protecting the vulnerable from religious groups.
Are any of our political parties prepared to commit to protecting children from this sort of insidious indoctrination? @conservatives.bsky.social @labouruk.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk @greenparty.org.uk
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April 29, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Are any of our political parties prepared to commit to protecting children from this sort of insidious indoctrination? @conservatives.bsky.social @labouruk.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk @greenparty.org.uk
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It is vital that children are protected from this sort of proselytising. Unforgivable that the church continues to take advantage of their innocence.
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April 17, 2026 at 3:01 PM
It is vital that children are protected from this sort of proselytising. Unforgivable that the church continues to take advantage of their innocence.
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As always, utterly heartbreaking to see young children being taken advantage of. This is simply opportunistic proselytising, and unforgivable. If you had any confidence that your beliefs stood up to scrutiny you would wait until they reached an age where they can intellectually assess your claims.
April 16, 2026 at 8:55 PM
As always, utterly heartbreaking to see young children being taken advantage of. This is simply opportunistic proselytising, and unforgivable. If you had any confidence that your beliefs stood up to scrutiny you would wait until they reached an age where they can intellectually assess your claims.
Absolutely appalling. Why do we allow children to be taken advantage of? This is just indoctrination, and worse that that, by an organisation that has proven time and again that they put their own reputation and privilege ahead of child safety.
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March 14, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Absolutely appalling. Why do we allow children to be taken advantage of? This is just indoctrination, and worse that that, by an organisation that has proven time and again that they put their own reputation and privilege ahead of child safety.
Utterly heartbreaking to see young children praying. It signifies failures in safeguarding and education, and that we have allowed religious groups to take advantage of their innocence in order to indoctrinate.
The government is planning to “update” its guidance on collective worship in England’s schools.
We're quoted in Schools Week on why this is insufficient. No amount of revised guidance can fix a fundamentally outdated law.
schoolsweek.co.uk/government-t...
We're quoted in Schools Week on why this is insufficient. No amount of revised guidance can fix a fundamentally outdated law.
schoolsweek.co.uk/government-t...
Government to 'update' collective worship guidance
Move comes after landmark Supreme Court ruling over religious education in Northern Ireland
schoolsweek.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Utterly heartbreaking to see young children praying. It signifies failures in safeguarding and education, and that we have allowed religious groups to take advantage of their innocence in order to indoctrinate.
Good! I am not part of the demographic impacted but even i knew about the changes. WASPI are seeking pension inequality because they didn't bother to listen to the clearly announced changes.
January 29, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Good! I am not part of the demographic impacted but even i knew about the changes. WASPI are seeking pension inequality because they didn't bother to listen to the clearly announced changes.
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Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head.
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
December 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head.
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
It is always heartbreaking to see the young and vulnerable taken advantage of like this. Society needs to get much better at looking after those in need, and protecting them from religious groups who will always use the suffering of others as an opportunity to indoctrinate.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It is always heartbreaking to see the young and vulnerable taken advantage of like this. Society needs to get much better at looking after those in need, and protecting them from religious groups who will always use the suffering of others as an opportunity to indoctrinate.
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It is crazy that at the same time as highlighting divisions in society, and lack of integration, any government would allow segregation of education by parental religion. Dreadful for the students and society, and I include CofE in this as they too take advantage of childhood innocence.
New Ofsted figures reveal a third of independent faith schools it inspected did not meet standards this year. We know many such schools keep on failing because they put religious dogma ahead of children's needs. We can't keep turning a blind eye to this.
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/11...
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/11...
Ofsted: independent faith schools more likely to fail standards
A third of independent faith schools inspected by Ofsted did not meet independent school standards this year. Read More »
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November 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It is crazy that at the same time as highlighting divisions in society, and lack of integration, any government would allow segregation of education by parental religion. Dreadful for the students and society, and I include CofE in this as they too take advantage of childhood innocence.
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Great! Now for Westminster. Having 26 bishops with automatic voting rights as a special privilege because of the CofE's place in our constitution is a hangover from 14th century medieval England. In a modern democracy, no religious group should have reserved seats. humanists.uk/2025/11/05/b...
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Great! Now for Westminster. Having 26 bishops with automatic voting rights as a special privilege because of the CofE's place in our constitution is a hangover from 14th century medieval England. In a modern democracy, no religious group should have reserved seats. humanists.uk/2025/11/05/b...
Brilliant race.
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Sao Paulo Grand Prix: Lando Norris produces 'champion's weekend' but Max Verstappen 'shines brightest'
Lando Norris is in total control of the F1 drivers' title after winning in Sao Paulo on a day when Max Verstappen produced the drive of 2025.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Brilliant race.
Absolutely. I support an adult's right to do whatever they want to their own bodies, but mutilation of children is never acceptable.
No child should be subjected to unnecessary #FGM or #circumcision. Tell your MP it's time to protect boys from non-consensual religious and cultural genital cutting. 👇 www.secularism.org.uk/mp-letter-ci...
MP Letter: Circumcision
Tell your MP it's time to protect boys from non-consensual religious and cultural genital cutting.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Absolutely. I support an adult's right to do whatever they want to their own bodies, but mutilation of children is never acceptable.
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Good. Now for Westminster. Having 26 bishops with automatic voting rights as a special privilege because of the Church’s place in our constitution is a hangover from 14th century medieval England. In a modern democracy, no religious group should have reserved seats.
humanists.uk/2025/11/05/b...
humanists.uk/2025/11/05/b...
Bill to remove bishop vote from Isle of Man Parliament passes latest stage
Tynwald (Manx Parliament) has moved closer to removing the political vote of the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man as the Constitution Bill passed its latest stage in the Legislative Council. Humanists UK ...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Good. Now for Westminster. Having 26 bishops with automatic voting rights as a special privilege because of the Church’s place in our constitution is a hangover from 14th century medieval England. In a modern democracy, no religious group should have reserved seats.
humanists.uk/2025/11/05/b...
humanists.uk/2025/11/05/b...
There are few things quite as heartbreaking as seeing young children taken advantage of like this. Time society started to properly protect the young and vulnerable from religious groups and proselytising.
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October 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
There are few things quite as heartbreaking as seeing young children taken advantage of like this. Time society started to properly protect the young and vulnerable from religious groups and proselytising.
The absurdity and arrogance of thinking that what she imagines a completely hypothetical god wants constitutes any form of rational point. But she is right, some lives are not worth living. And forcing people to carry on a futile and painful existence is simply cruel.
"If passed, this Bill will signal that we are a society that believes that some lives are not worth living."
Yesterday, the Bishop of London, along with other bishops, shared her concerns about the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Lords.
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Yesterday, the Bishop of London, along with other bishops, shared her concerns about the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Lords.
Read more: cofe.io/AssistedSuicide.
Assisted suicide law would make this a country that says ‘some lives are not worth living' – Bishop of London | The Church of England
Legalising assisted suicide in England and Wales would irrevocably “change society” , the Bishop of London has warned the House of Lords.
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September 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The absurdity and arrogance of thinking that what she imagines a completely hypothetical god wants constitutes any form of rational point. But she is right, some lives are not worth living. And forcing people to carry on a futile and painful existence is simply cruel.
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The Government has said officials will be instructed to take the Church of England's vast wealth into account before granting public funds for church repairs.
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/09...
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/09...
Government: CofE’s wealth must be considered in repair funding
Government will ask for Church of England's £11bn endowment to be considered when providing funds for building repairs, following pressure from the NSS Read More »
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September 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Government has said officials will be instructed to take the Church of England's vast wealth into account before granting public funds for church repairs.
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/09...
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/09...
So the thing that everyone who knew what they were talking about said would happen, happened. The legislation we said was crap turned out to be crap legislation. Is it too much to ask for competent ministers?
“Of course we need age-verification on VPNs.”
Children’s Commissioner for England Rachel de Souza says children should not be allowed to use Virtual Private Networks, as they are often used to access pornography.
#Newsnight
Children’s Commissioner for England Rachel de Souza says children should not be allowed to use Virtual Private Networks, as they are often used to access pornography.
#Newsnight
August 20, 2025 at 3:28 AM
So the thing that everyone who knew what they were talking about said would happen, happened. The legislation we said was crap turned out to be crap legislation. Is it too much to ask for competent ministers?
It is heartbreaking to see young children praying. It's a failure of safeguarding and education, with absolutely no benefit, other than to the institutions that seek to indoctrinate the young.
A new research book by Anna Strhan and Rachel Shillitoe has concluded that non-religious children led lives rich with joy, wonder, and the expression of strong moral values. The authors reported that their young lives were permeated with what they called a ‘pervasive humanism’.
August 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
It is heartbreaking to see young children praying. It's a failure of safeguarding and education, with absolutely no benefit, other than to the institutions that seek to indoctrinate the young.
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Still genuinely gutted that Ozzy has left us. The man is one of the few that truly deserves the title Legend.
"I think what Ozzy did with Back to the Beginning was beautiful, a true act of defiance, where his eternal soul told his current 76-year-old body to 'fuck off' so as he could do what he needed to do so badly."
Reflecting on Back To The Beginning ➡️ metallica.lnk.to/ozzy-back-to-the-beginning
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July 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Still genuinely gutted that Ozzy has left us. The man is one of the few that truly deserves the title Legend.
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