Atheist Ireland | March 2015

29/03/2015 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #170 – Saving Daylight

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23/03/2015 Atheist Ireland

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 ...

22/03/2015 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #169 – Nothing New Under The Sun

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15/03/2015 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #168 – So much universe, and so little time

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15/03/2015 Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland Supports a Yes Vote in the Marriage Equality Referendum

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 ...

14/03/2015 Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland meets NCCA about exemption from ERB and Ethics course for Primary Schools

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 ...

12/03/2015 Atheist Ireland

New Catholic Church schools guidelines fail to protect rights of atheist and secular families

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 ...

08/03/2015 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #167 – Yes Equality

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01/03/2015 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #166 – Logical Conclusions

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