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Secular Sunday #70 – Civil Registrations and Civil Disagreements
No weekend would be complete without an issue of Secular Sunday, so here it is, full of all the most relevant information I could find. If you are organising any events or have seen some news you think will interest our readers, let me know so I can share it. - Derek Walsh, Editor ...
Dick Spicer is a longtime activist for humanism and separation of church and state in Ireland. He is also a humanist celebrant, and co-author of 'The Humanist Philosophy with an Irish Guide to Non-Religious Ceremonies'. Here Dick gives his opinions on the reactions among atheists and humanists to the new ...
If you're sick of reading about David Quinn, then you may want to skip this week's blog section. His behaviour at the Constitutional Convention and since has drawn the ire of quite a few bloggers and we've collected their pieces here. We also have some convention news, a profile of ...
Another late evening edition. Second Sundays do take their toll, but our brunch in Dublin was very enjoyable and reports from Sligo suggest a good time was had there as well. Check out our event listings below for other ways to hang out with atheists and skeptics. Let me know ...
Dear fellow members of the Humanist Association of Ireland, I address you all in relation to the Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill that came in to law after being passed by the Dail in December 2012. Many of you may feel that on the face of it this is a victory ...
The week has hurtled by and it's Sunday again, so we have a little bit of news, some blog posts, a profile of one of the speakers at our forthcoming conference, and details of all the atheist, humanist and skeptic events we can find, including our simultaneous near-nationwide brunches next ...
In an email newsletter last night, the Humanist Association of Ireland has announced that the first legal Humanist marriage ceremony will take place today, Saturday 6 April, performed by a HAI celebrant, with Government Minister Joan Burton attending. But the confusing announcement raises the significant legal question as to whether ...