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Irish law protects marriage from ethical atheists and unethical humanists but not from a spiritualist thief
Tom Colton was recently jailed for stealing €320,000 from an elderly couple. This conviction highlights the suspicion and contempt that the state holds for secular bodies in Ireland. Tom Colton is a registered marriage solemniser in Ireland, as his Spiritualist Union of Ireland is considered a religious body. Despite this conviction, Tom Colton ...
Atheist Ireland unequivocally supports a Yes vote in the Marriage Equality referendum on 22nd May. We support the equal right of all citizens to choose to marry the person they love. Atheist Ireland believes that public policy and the civil law should be informed by ethical secularism, rationality and the ...
This week Jane Donnelly and Michael Nugent met with the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) to discuss our concerns about the proposed Education about Religions and Beliefs (ERB) and Ethics course for Primary Schools in Ireland. The Forum on Patronage and Pluralism recommended that this new course be ...
The Catholic Bishops Schools Partnership today released a document titled ‘Catholic Primary Schools in a Changing Ireland - Sharing good Practice on Inclusion of All Pupils’. Bishops website report RTE news report These proposals claim to be inclusive, but they are only inclusive of families who agree to submit to ...