Incredible how some religious groups get tax exemptions yet are allowed to spread misogyny and abuse. Well put @meganmanson.bsky.social

I stand with #BettyLachgar this #BlasphemyDay. Read how she's been imprisoned for wearing a supposedly 'blasphemous' tshirt: www.moroccoworldnews.com/2025/09/2579... #FreeBetty #StandWithBetty

We're urging the Government to scrap the 'advancement of religion' as a charitable purpose. Third Sector covers our new report on this aspect of charity law is enabling misogyny👇 www.thirdsector.co.uk/scrap-advanc...

Excellent report from @natsecsoc.bsky.social on religious charities promoting #misogyny. You can hear from Megan Manson at #FiLiA2025 where she will be presenting on the report 'Mission and Misogyny' www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/...

Current charity law is allowing religious organisations which promote misogyny to claim all the benefits of charitable status, including tax breaks. So says our new report, 'Mission and Misogyny'. Read the full story👇 www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/09...

I've completed and published a new report for @natsecsoc.bsky.social which exposes how religious institutions are exploiting our charity sector to promote misogyny, patriarchy and even violence against women. Read it here: www.secularism.org.uk/women/missio...

Our latest report on misogyny in religious charities is covered in today's Times👇 thetimes.com/uk/religion/... We're urging the Government and regulators to ensure no organisation promoting discrimination or violence against women can receive the benefits of charitable status.

Schools funded by the state should aim to serve the whole community. This school, which enforces a sexist religious dress code and expects parents to obey religious diets and purify utensils acquired from non-Jews, clearly doesn't do that.

The Secretary of State has actually admitted that it’s “unsurprising” faith-based admissions disadvantage certain races. Why is the Government OK with this?!

Sunday’s Wordle was metal as hell.

Happy Autumn Equinox!

"The claim that only religion can safeguard our freedoms doesn't just distort history; it threatens democracy by undermining the secular principles that protect everyone's rights and freedoms" Our CEO's new op-ed on the fallacy of Christian nationalism👇 www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2025...

The bishop of Manchester, who holds an automatic seat in the House of Lords, has tabled an amendment to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill which would effectively exempt schools that offer only religious education from regulation. www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/09...

This is a deeply disturbing incident - the latest of many attacks on Pagan shops in the US and the UK.

My latest for @natsecsoc.bsky.social. The recent religio-nationalist parades and graffiti we've been seeing looks a lot like the sectarianism we see in NI and Scotland. We must take steps to make sure this new 'multifaith sectarianism' doesn't take root. www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2025...

In the wake of several incidents involving one faith group intimidating another, Megan Manson's latest op-ed explains why secularism, not sectarianism, is the only path to social cohesion👇 www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2025...

Freedom of expression lives where offence begins: In defence of Ibtissame Betty Lachgar @thefreethinkermag.bsky.social To offend is to question certainty, strip sacred of its privilege & laugh in face of fear & threats. Society that bans offence bans thought itself. tinyurl.com/r3e7wah2 #FreeBetty

No one should end up in prison for saying whatever deity is whatever sexuality. #FreeBetty #EndBlasphemyLaws

Yep. @andrewlseidel.bsky.social

The concerning events in Leicester last week show how tensions behind the disorder of 2022 persist. Government must urgently address increasing divisions between religious communities, including by adopting a secular, not sectarian, approach to cohesion. www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/09...

Horrific. She was burned like a witch for rejecting a man. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The parent of a child aspiring to be an architect explains why compulsory RE at her school has detracted from her education 👇 www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2025...

Religion summed up - and why its dark side needs to be kept in check. Secularism does just that. (From Jonathan Gottschall’s ‘The Storytelling Animal’)

We've referred a Christian charity to the regulator after its pastor said that accepting homosexuality means "you have to say paedophilia is right, you have to say being racist is right, you have to say bestiality is right" 👇 www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/08...

Exactly. History shows that when religion wields government power, both suffer. Separation of church and state protects everyone regardless of their religious beliefs or lack thereof.

I'm quoted in Attitude magazine on the arrest of #BettyLachgar, after she posted a picture of herself on X wearing a t-shirt saying "Allah is lesbian". www.attitude.co.uk/news/morocca... #FreeBetty #FreeBettyLachgar

Outrageous. Betty Lachgar must be released. 'Offending religion' should never be a crime. @filiacharity.bsky.social

Russian leaders continue using fictional threats to justify repression. With “Satanists” now banned and LGBTQ+ groups labeled extremists, religious minorities—including Pagans—face growing risks under an increasingly Orthodox-aligned regime. wildhunt.org/2025/08/russ... #religion #russia #lgbtqia

Every month I donate to a different charity, nonprofit or other cause. This month I’m supporting Connect: North Korea, which works with North Korean escapees to recover, rebuild and succeed. connectnorthkorea.org

Lammas blessings! Enjoy the last part of summer 🌞

Worth reading. An important article that explains the complexities around this issue. In short, moderate Muslim voices are being silenced (and in some cases threatened) by hardliners.

An excellently nuanced piece of writing... 📌 @natsecsoc.bsky.social @meganmanson.bsky.social

My latest blog for @natsecsoc.bsky.social. The truth is, some interpretations of Islam (like any religion) are not compatible with British values - but sadly, Muslims promoting more liberal interpretations are too often ignored or even silenced. www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2025...

A Tennessee woman was denied prenatal care by her doctor because she is "unwed." Let's be clear: the Republican agenda is not pro-life or pro-family. If it were, pregnant women wouldn't be forced to flee their home states to get basic prenatal care.

I was sad to see an exhibit at the amazing Jersey War Tunnels has apparently been subject to antisemitic vandalism. It seems someone tried to scratch out the name and photo of a Jewish victim of Nazis. @cstuk.bsky.social @antisemitism.org

💥Saturday #FiLiA2025 speaker news💥 MEGAN MANSON, head of campaigns at the @natsecsoc.bsky.social, which she initially joined as campaigns officer in 2017, will be joining us at #FiLiA 🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets #Secularism #Brighton #Sisterhood #Solidarity

Legend.

RIP Prince of Darkness

Outrageous behaviour from a public official with a duty to "foster good relations" between people of different religions or beliefs. @worcesternews.bsky.social

Evangelical member of Parliament Danny Kruger just delivered a bizarre Christian sermon to an empty chamber in which he called Druids "mad". He needs to take a long, hard look in a mirror. hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025... ‪@krugerparody.bsky.social‬ @thewildhunt.bsky.social

I'm quoted in Times today regarding a charity fined by Ofcom for a radio show which said Jews are the "biggest enemies of humanity". The charity responded by saying Ofcom is "Islamophobic" and "bows down to Zionist groups controlling all media". Says it all really. www.thetimes.com/article/1216...

We've referred a charity to the charity regulator after it was fined for broadcasting antisemitic hate speech on its Islamic radio show. www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/07...

A man who carried out non-therapeutic circumcisions on babies and infants was jailed for nine years at Southwark Crown Court yesterday for crimes including wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/07...

A child in care has been unable to attend the school identified as most appropriate for them due to faith based admissions criteria, a local authority has said. Religious admissions are perpetuating disadvantage in our society. They should be abolished. www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/07...

"Father-of-seven Jalal Uddin, 71, was bludgeoned to death with a hammer in a Rochdale park by Mohammed Kadir in February 2016 because Mr Uddin practised a form of Islamic healing the terror group regarded as "black magic"." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"I don’t believe that prayers are an imposition", says @timfarron.bsky.social. Would he feel the same way if they were Pagan prayers or invocations to the deities of old? The problem with privilege is that those who have it don't see it. www.premierchristianity.com/opinion/i-do...

"Women have often been branded witches and targeted, but the killing of the family of five stands out as a particularly heinous recent example." uk.news.yahoo.com/indian-villa...

We've told a multi-academy trust its plans to merge a nonreligious school into a faith school would be "a step in the wrong direction". www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/07...

七夕おめでとう！ Happy Tanabata! May all your dreams come true! 🎋

Every month I donate to a different charity, nonprofit or other cause. This month I’m supporting Guts UK, which funds research into digestive diseases. gutscharity.org.uk