Megan Manson
@meganmanson.bsky.social
#Secularist, #Secularism, #Pagan, #Shinto.
I’m sure this will disturb many Muslims. Many believe halal slaughter is more humane because Islam says animals should be treated well and be uninjured before slaughter. It’s almost as if the halal industry is a cynical, unethical and dishonest cartel. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
The truth about halal slaughterhouses
Abattoirs that do not stun animals before death more likely to have poor hygiene and welfare standards, analysis shows
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December 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I’m sure this will disturb many Muslims. Many believe halal slaughter is more humane because Islam says animals should be treated well and be uninjured before slaughter. It’s almost as if the halal industry is a cynical, unethical and dishonest cartel. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
"... the sort of person most likely to become a Pagan in Britain today is somebody who is by nature independent, enquiring, fond of reading, listening and questioning, eager for self-betterment and impatient of authority." www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
"... the sort of person most likely to become a Pagan in Britain today is somebody who is by nature independent, enquiring, fond of reading, listening and questioning, eager for self-betterment and impatient of authority." www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025...
“A big part of my own journey was my sexuality, which just wasn’t tolerated within the denomination I was in, which led to all manner of difficulties and I became quite unwell.” www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/...
Paganism is top choice for Christians who convert to new faith
The religious landscape in the UK has changed rapidly, with 83 per cent of those abandoning Christianity now identifying as atheist or agnostic
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December 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
“A big part of my own journey was my sexuality, which just wasn’t tolerated within the denomination I was in, which led to all manner of difficulties and I became quite unwell.” www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/...
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Despite calls for urgent safeguards to be implemented for ritual circumcisions, the government has responded to a series of PQs from Lib Dem peer Paul Scriven by refusing to say whether unanaesthetised non-therapeutic circumcisions are even legal.
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Government greenlights no anaesthesia circumcision of boys
CPS: unanaesthetised circumcision was "gratuitous infliction of pain" and "deliberate disregard" for child welfare Read More »
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December 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Despite calls for urgent safeguards to be implemented for ritual circumcisions, the government has responded to a series of PQs from Lib Dem peer Paul Scriven by refusing to say whether unanaesthetised non-therapeutic circumcisions are even legal.
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#OnThisDay in 1888 #CharlesBradlaugh’s Affirmation Bill was approved - allowing MPs to affirm rather than take a religious oath. This concluded an 8 year struggle which began with the Speaker’s refusal to allow Bradlaugh to take the oath. Read more 👇 www.secularism.org.uk/bradlaughs-s...
Bradlaugh’s struggle to enter Parliament
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December 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
#OnThisDay in 1888 #CharlesBradlaugh’s Affirmation Bill was approved - allowing MPs to affirm rather than take a religious oath. This concluded an 8 year struggle which began with the Speaker’s refusal to allow Bradlaugh to take the oath. Read more 👇 www.secularism.org.uk/bradlaughs-s...
Someone better warn Tommy in advance that "I'm dreaming of a White Christmas" is not technically a carol, and in fact refers to snow.
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'Putting Christ back into Christmas': Carol concert announced as follow up to Tommy Robinson rally - Premier Christian News | Headlines, Breaking News, Comment & Analysis
Controversial far-right activist Tommy Robinson has announced a carol event in London, urging his followers to "put Christ back into Christmas".
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December 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Someone better warn Tommy in advance that "I'm dreaming of a White Christmas" is not technically a carol, and in fact refers to snow.
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Every month I donate to a different cause that’s important to me. This month I’m supporting Sandy Bear Children’s Bereavement Charity which supports children, young people and families in the lead up to or following the death of someone close to them. www.sandybear.co.uk
Home - Sandy Bear
Sandy Bear is a charity providing a service to all children and young people who have, or who are likely to suffer a bereavement in Wales.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Every month I donate to a different cause that’s important to me. This month I’m supporting Sandy Bear Children’s Bereavement Charity which supports children, young people and families in the lead up to or following the death of someone close to them. www.sandybear.co.uk
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A Scottish bill that would make it harder for parents to withdraw children from religious observance has passed its first stage.
Reform is badly needed, but this bill's asymmetrical approach is fundamentally misguided.
We've urged a change of tack👇
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Reform is badly needed, but this bill's asymmetrical approach is fundamentally misguided.
We've urged a change of tack👇
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MSPs: amend RO bill to include independent right of withdrawal
MSP cites "particularly powerful case" made by National Secular Society Read More »
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November 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A Scottish bill that would make it harder for parents to withdraw children from religious observance has passed its first stage.
Reform is badly needed, but this bill's asymmetrical approach is fundamentally misguided.
We've urged a change of tack👇
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/11...
Reform is badly needed, but this bill's asymmetrical approach is fundamentally misguided.
We've urged a change of tack👇
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/11...
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Thank you Baroness Burt for raising our Mission & Misogyny report in Parliament today. We're glad the minister agrees some of the examples of misogyny in religious charities we found are "absolutely shocking". Read the report: www.secularism.org.uk/women/missio...
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Thank you Baroness Burt for raising our Mission & Misogyny report in Parliament today. We're glad the minister agrees some of the examples of misogyny in religious charities we found are "absolutely shocking". Read the report: www.secularism.org.uk/women/missio...
“It is violence against women - a demonisation of women,” Azumah says... Women accused of witchcraft are feared and condemned, while men who are accused of it are thought to use it for protection or good, he explains. www.aljazeera.com/features/lon...
Accused, shunned, exiled: The women banished to Ghana’s ‘witch camps’
Women accused of witchcraft are cast out of their communities in north Ghana. Now some are trying to break this cycle.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
“It is violence against women - a demonisation of women,” Azumah says... Women accused of witchcraft are feared and condemned, while men who are accused of it are thought to use it for protection or good, he explains. www.aljazeera.com/features/lon...
Very happy to be quoted in a story where David Dimbleby makes the headline! (And of course very happy for the children and parents who successfully resisted a Church school taking over their secular school) uk.news.yahoo.com/david-dimble...
David Dimbleby helped save 100-year-old secular school from merging with faith school
It could have been merged with Cathedral Primary School
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November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Very happy to be quoted in a story where David Dimbleby makes the headline! (And of course very happy for the children and parents who successfully resisted a Church school taking over their secular school) uk.news.yahoo.com/david-dimble...
“I couldn’t really worship in a church, in a sort of sterile environment,” he said. “I worship in nature.” religionnews.com/2025/11/21/h...
How the UK's ancient stones are drawing renewed awareness of the sacred
PENZANCE, England (RNS) — The United Kingdom is studded with megalithic formations dating back to the Neolithic and Bronze ages. Many are finding in them a portal to the sacred.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
“I couldn’t really worship in a church, in a sort of sterile environment,” he said. “I worship in nature.” religionnews.com/2025/11/21/h...
Is giving 'advice and guidance' to a charity with a long history of connections with ethnonationalist ideologies really adequate? What public benefit does this charity actually serve? uk.news.yahoo.com/odinist-fell... @thewildhunt.bsky.social
Odinist Fellowship accused of being far-right given new guidance after denying racism
The religion talks about people choosing marriage partners 'from among their own kind'
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November 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Is giving 'advice and guidance' to a charity with a long history of connections with ethnonationalist ideologies really adequate? What public benefit does this charity actually serve? uk.news.yahoo.com/odinist-fell... @thewildhunt.bsky.social
These two statements are not compatible, @melaniephillips.substack.com.web.brid.gy. Outlawing the burning of specifically religious books (and yes, I include books from my own religion here) *IS* a blasphemy law.
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 AM
These two statements are not compatible, @melaniephillips.substack.com.web.brid.gy. Outlawing the burning of specifically religious books (and yes, I include books from my own religion here) *IS* a blasphemy law.
If you think Christianity should be taught in schools, but think there's something outrageous about Paganism being taught in schools, be honest: what you actually want is schools to indoctrinate children into Christianity. sluggerotoole.com/2025/11/24/d... @thewildhunt.bsky.social
DUP MLA accuses Alliance Party of not ruling out “Witchcraft” or “Paganism” being taught in primary schools…
DUP MLA for South Antrim Trevor Clarke took to his Facebook page with the following post: I nearly fell off my chair this morning when I heard on the Nolan Show that the Alliance Party’s Chair of the ...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
If you think Christianity should be taught in schools, but think there's something outrageous about Paganism being taught in schools, be honest: what you actually want is schools to indoctrinate children into Christianity. sluggerotoole.com/2025/11/24/d... @thewildhunt.bsky.social
Looking forward to speaking at @natsecsoc.bsky.social's Members' Day this Sat. I'll be presenting the NSS's research into sexism & violence against women promoted by religious charities. If you're an NSS member you can book your free place here: www.secularism.org.uk/members-day-...
Members' Day 2025
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November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Looking forward to speaking at @natsecsoc.bsky.social's Members' Day this Sat. I'll be presenting the NSS's research into sexism & violence against women promoted by religious charities. If you're an NSS member you can book your free place here: www.secularism.org.uk/members-day-...
I'm quoted in @bristolpost.co.uk on the fantastic victory of parents with children at Hotwells Primary, which was threatened with takeover by a Church school. Very proud to have worked with parents to stop the loss of the only local nonreligious primary!
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Victory for parents as school merger is refused
But there is still uncertainty over the future of one of Bristol's smallest primary schools
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November 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I'm quoted in @bristolpost.co.uk on the fantastic victory of parents with children at Hotwells Primary, which was threatened with takeover by a Church school. Very proud to have worked with parents to stop the loss of the only local nonreligious primary!
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Following the NI Supreme Court ruling on RE & collective worship, @stephenmevans.bsky.social reflects on the implications for similarly archaic arrangements in a Britain which is diverse, increasingly nonreligious, and largely committed to freedom of belief.
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The Supreme Court has spoken. Now collective worship laws must go
This week's landmark ruling must mean politicians cease turning a blind eye to the human rights concerns surrounding RE and collective worship in our schools, says Stephen Evans. Read More »
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November 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Following the NI Supreme Court ruling on RE & collective worship, @stephenmevans.bsky.social reflects on the implications for similarly archaic arrangements in a Britain which is diverse, increasingly nonreligious, and largely committed to freedom of belief.
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This is truly heartening news. I'm very happy for the children and parents whose school has been spared from religious takeover. We need schools to bring families together - not divide them along religious lines.
BREAKING: A 100 year old secular school has been spared takeover by a CofE faith school after protests from parents and ourselves! A fantastic victory for inclusive education!
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100 year old secular school saved from merger with faith school
Government declines application to merge Hotwells Primary School with Cathedral Primary following campaigns by parents and NSS Read More »
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November 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This is truly heartening news. I'm very happy for the children and parents whose school has been spared from religious takeover. We need schools to bring families together - not divide them along religious lines.
Amazing news!!
It's obvious what should happen next: collective worship laws must be repealed in NI, England, Wales and Scotland.
It's obvious what should happen next: collective worship laws must be repealed in NI, England, Wales and Scotland.
We've welcomed a Supreme Court judgement that Christian-based religious education (RE) and collective worship in Northern Ireland's schools are incompatible with the ECHR👇
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NI collective worship and RE unlawful, Supreme Court finds
Judges: "Conveying knowledge in a manner that is not objective, critical, and pluralistic amounts to pursuing the aim of indoctrination" Read More »
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November 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Amazing news!!
It's obvious what should happen next: collective worship laws must be repealed in NI, England, Wales and Scotland.
It's obvious what should happen next: collective worship laws must be repealed in NI, England, Wales and Scotland.
This is great news for animal welfare. It should’ve happened a long time ago, but I’m really glad it’s finally happening now. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:19 AM
This is great news for animal welfare. It should’ve happened a long time ago, but I’m really glad it’s finally happening now. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
I stand with #BettyLachgar. It should never be a crime to say whatever deity is whatever sexual orientation. #FreeBetty #100Days
November 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I stand with #BettyLachgar. It should never be a crime to say whatever deity is whatever sexual orientation. #FreeBetty #100Days
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'Misogyny is undeniably present in too many religious charities—and is, in effect, being subsidised by public funds via tax breaks and sometimes Gift Aid,' says Megan Manson of the National Secular Society. @natsecsoc.bsky.social
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The preacherman-o-sphere: the religious misogynists exploiting our charity sector - The Freethinker
Last year, a video went viral on social media. It featured a young man explaining that a woman…
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November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
'Misogyny is undeniably present in too many religious charities—and is, in effect, being subsidised by public funds via tax breaks and sometimes Gift Aid,' says Megan Manson of the National Secular Society. @natsecsoc.bsky.social
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A reminder that Church of England schools are state funded. Our taxes are paying for this kind of paranoid religious nonsense to be taught to children. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Singing of KPop Demon Hunters songs banned at school in Poole
The head teacher tells parents references to demons can feel
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November 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
A reminder that Church of England schools are state funded. Our taxes are paying for this kind of paranoid religious nonsense to be taught to children. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"We’ve been rethinking so many things as times change, but sumo is still hiding behind vague words like ‘tradition’ and ‘custom.’ That era is over. If we let this moment slip by, nothing will ever change.”
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As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Professional sumo’s ring remains off-limits to women and girls — not by law, but by centuries of belief and tradition.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"We’ve been rethinking so many things as times change, but sumo is still hiding behind vague words like ‘tradition’ and ‘custom.’ That era is over. If we let this moment slip by, nothing will ever change.”
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