Proselytising in Schools: Government Dismiss Parents’ Concerns
It is clear from the letters from MSPs to constituents urging a change to Opt-in to Religious Observance (RO) in schools that Ministers are being whipped to support the government line that it should remain an Opt-out. The Scottish Secular Society submitted a plethora of evidence to the Parliamentary Committee,Read More…
Press Release – Response to draft guidance on sex education
The Scottish Secular Society has formally responded to the Scottish Government draft guidelines on draft guidance on Conduct of Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood Education New draft guidance has been launched by the Scottish Government and is currently under consideration. While the Scottish Secular Society agrees with much ofRead More…
PRESS RELEASE: On statement from Alasdair Allan, Minister for Education on creationism in Scottish schools.
Press Release The Scottish Secular Society believes that the statement released today by Alasdair Allan, Minister for Education, on creationism in Scottish Schools is to be welcomed. In a letter today to the Scottish Secular Society, Mr Allan stressed that “Creationism, is not a scientific theory and is not aRead More…
Quackery on the NHS
The Court of Session is set to challenge NHS Lothian’s announcement that it is to cut the £240,000 a year it spends on homeopathic services. Homeopathy is a form of quackery – a placebo at best – that dilutes substances that cause symptoms hundreds or thousands of times before administeringRead More…
Press Release from The Scottish Secular Society – Our view on ESS petition to the Scottish Parliament.
Press Release on Edinburgh Secular Society’s petition to the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Secular Society welcomes Petition 01498 to remove the statutory requirement in law for religious representatives on Scottish Educations boards, however it is our view that this petition does not go far enough. The petition calls for theRead More…
Press Release: Scottish Secular Society calls for immediate guidance on creationism in Scottish Schools
PRESS RELEASE Scottish Secular Society calls for immediate guidance on creationism in Scottish Schools. In an open letter to Mike Russell MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, the Scottish Secular Society calls for the issue of immediate and clear guidance for schools prohibiting the discussion of creationism,Read More…
Open letter to Mike Russell MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning
Today we wrote a letter to Mike Russell, the Education Secretary, asking that creationism and intelligent design are expressly prohibited from schools, outside of RME classes. It is an open letter which we have also released to the press, and is as follows: Dear Mr Russell, Creationism and Evolution DenialRead More…
A Matter of Concern: The Secular Scottish Constitution
A Matter of Concern: The Secular Scottish Constitution Elliot Bulmer In response to the article by SOLAS, “Scottish Sovereignty and Marriage”, which claims that equal marriage is subverting democracy The SOLAS article has recognised an important Scottish constitutional claim: that the Scottish Constitution is a principle of popular, rather thanRead More…
Secularism – An Essay
Secularism – An Essay SCOTLAND has a very reasonable chance of attaining independence in the next few years. If the various poll numbers are anything to go by it may be a close run thing with the smart money on Yes. Perhaps. If the Yes camp do achieve the resultRead More…
Creationism in Scottish Schools
by Robert Canning On Monday 2nd September the mother of a five-year-old boy at Kirktonholme Primary School in East Kilbride posted a message on the page of the Facebook group Secular Scotland, which is owned by the Scottish Secular Society. She and her husband, both members of the group, wereRead More…