Humanism
Humanism
We're 21!
The Suffolk Humanist Group was formed in December 1991, so we're 21 this year. A bunch of us celebrated with a tea party in Hadleigh, Suffolk, today, where members old and new met and reminisced. Thanks to Sue Hewlett for organising the lovely buffet. The cake was lovely - sorry if you missed it, but it's all gone.
Jim Al-Khalili, the new BHA President
Physicist, author, and broadcaster Jim Al-Khalili has been appointed the British Humanist Association's new President from January 2013, when he'll take over from Polly Toynbee.
October meeting - women role models
Member Sue Hewlett will lead a discussion about some of the women who've influenced humanist thinking. As always, guests welcome and refreshments will be provided, but if you let us know you're coming it would be helpful. Click here to RSVP.
Click here for a map and directions (pdf).
Pink Humanist
The latest issue of The Pink Humanist, the only LGBT magazine for Atheists, Humanists, Sceptics and Freethinkers, is out now. This issue has a strongly international flavour, with articles on Christianity and Fascism in the Ukraine, The Exemption of Gays in Turkey from Military Service, and Religious Law, Democracy and Human Rights in Africa – the last by the courageous Nigerian Humanist Leo Igwe.
Margaret Nelson on Lesley Dolphin's radio sofa
Margaret will be talking about humanism and anything else that Lesley asks her on BBC Radio Suffolk today. If you miss it, you can listen again.
New Humanist Newsletter
Did you know that New Humanist magazine has an online newsletter? Click here to sign up. The latest edition features articles about ‘Atheist’ still being a dirty word in US politics, an atheist soldier's thoughts on attending religious memorials to the fallen, the myth of Christian Europe, and a podcast. You can follow them on Twitter at @NewHumanist.
IHEU News
This is an update of news from International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU). You can find the full versions of these news stories on their web site. They're also on twitter, Facebook and YouTube.Visit www.iheu.org/newsletter to subscribe.
IHEU condemns Holy See for undermining democracy and human rights
Speaking at the 18th session of the UN Human Rights Council on 23 September, IHEU representative Cathy Buchs condemned the Vatican for attempting to undermine democracy and human rights by insisting that child abuse cases be judged under the churches' own rules of canon law rather than the laws of the state.... Read more
National Secular Society intervention aims to protect UK equality laws from religious onslaught
The National Secular Society (NSS), an IHEU member organization, has submitted an intervention with the European Court of Human Rights to argue that Britain’s equality laws should be upheld and not compromised by religious exemptions. Read more
Research debunks the myth that Christians contribute more to society
Secular people are just as likely to participate in society as religious people, suggests new research by the British government. The British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed the findings as further evidence against the idea – increasingly advanced by religious and government leaders – that religion increases people’s contribution to society. The survey also revealed that Christians were much less likely than any other belief group to mix with people of different beliefs or ethnicities. Read more
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