Watford Humanists
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Watford Humanists is a local group of like-minded, non-religious people. We believe in being kind to everyone and making the most of the one life we have!
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The Texas tragedy comes as experts worry that children around the globe are increasingly at risk from extreme weather events because they are smaller physically, less developed psychologically and dependent on adults for support and protection.
What sets Texas floods apart: Kids died in heart-wrenching numbers
The Texas tragedy comes as experts worry that children around the globe are increasingly at risk from extreme weather events.
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July 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The Texas tragedy comes as experts worry that children around the globe are increasingly at risk from extreme weather events because they are smaller physically, less developed psychologically and dependent on adults for support and protection.
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We live in a world where the same people who believe a man built a boat big enough for every animal don't believe in climate science because it’s “unproven.”
July 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We live in a world where the same people who believe a man built a boat big enough for every animal don't believe in climate science because it’s “unproven.”
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Disappointing news from the UK where the Leader of the House of Commons rejected calls to review the House's daily Anglican prayers. humanists.uk/2025/07/03/l...
Leader of the Commons rules out reviewing parliamentary prayers
Leader of the House of Commons Lucy Powell MP has ruled out a review of parliamentary prayers stating Parliament remains ‘attached to the Church of England, and that’s sort of important’. Humanists…
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July 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Disappointing news from the UK where the Leader of the House of Commons rejected calls to review the House's daily Anglican prayers. humanists.uk/2025/07/03/l...
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July 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
July 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Having had the weekend to reflect on the wealth of info from oral witnesses last week for my Private Members' Bill on Choice at the End of Life, I keep coming back to five things that really stuck with me 🧵 #AssistedDying 1/7
February 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Having had the weekend to reflect on the wealth of info from oral witnesses last week for my Private Members' Bill on Choice at the End of Life, I keep coming back to five things that really stuck with me 🧵 #AssistedDying 1/7
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The goals of good palliative care & assisted dying are the same: to understand & respect dying people's choices. We can help doctors put patient wishes at the heart of end-of-life care. In Dr Chloe Furst's words, voluntary assisted dying practitioner in Aus: 2/7
February 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The goals of good palliative care & assisted dying are the same: to understand & respect dying people's choices. We can help doctors put patient wishes at the heart of end-of-life care. In Dr Chloe Furst's words, voluntary assisted dying practitioner in Aus: 2/7
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"Please don't put barriers in the way of understanding." Many witnesses, incl. the BMA Ethics Chair, urged simple safeguards to prevent barriers to access & understanding. Doctors need open convos to get to the heart of patients' end-of-life wants & needs. 3/7
February 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"Please don't put barriers in the way of understanding." Many witnesses, incl. the BMA Ethics Chair, urged simple safeguards to prevent barriers to access & understanding. Doctors need open convos to get to the heart of patients' end-of-life wants & needs. 3/7
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The Mental Capacity Act is the right place to start in terms of determining if a patient can make this decision. It's been tried and tested. It's used every day. Doctors are confident using it and it strikes the right balance - protecting both them and their patients. 4/7
February 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The Mental Capacity Act is the right place to start in terms of determining if a patient can make this decision. It's been tried and tested. It's used every day. Doctors are confident using it and it strikes the right balance - protecting both them and their patients. 4/7
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Similarly, safeguarding against coercion is already a vital part of the exceptional care thousands of nurses across the country already deliver across the UK. Vigilance is key - and can co-exist with a safe route to choice. 5/7
February 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Similarly, safeguarding against coercion is already a vital part of the exceptional care thousands of nurses across the country already deliver across the UK. Vigilance is key - and can co-exist with a safe route to choice. 5/7
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This bill is motivated by a non-partisan recognition that the status quo is untenable for dying people and their families who are currently abandoned in a system that protects no one. 6/7
February 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This bill is motivated by a non-partisan recognition that the status quo is untenable for dying people and their families who are currently abandoned in a system that protects no one. 6/7
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This stage of the process is for scrutiny, analysis, consideration of the evidence, so all witnesses were selected for their expertise. Together, we can deliver a Bill back to the Commons that protects the most vulnerable and gives dying people a true choice at the end of life. 7/7
February 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This stage of the process is for scrutiny, analysis, consideration of the evidence, so all witnesses were selected for their expertise. Together, we can deliver a Bill back to the Commons that protects the most vulnerable and gives dying people a true choice at the end of life. 7/7
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50yrs ago my dad, who had throat cancer, begged my mam to help him go ... He was a farmer, and said his animal had more dignity in death than he did, my mam cried over this issue and the guilt she felt before dying 30yrs later... I believe in this bill and am grateful it's now being debated Thanks x
February 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
50yrs ago my dad, who had throat cancer, begged my mam to help him go ... He was a farmer, and said his animal had more dignity in death than he did, my mam cried over this issue and the guilt she felt before dying 30yrs later... I believe in this bill and am grateful it's now being debated Thanks x
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Please be assured your patient, diligent work in making this legislation meet the needs of terminally-ill patients in distress is understood and appreciated by those who have encountered the inhumane obtuseness of the law as it stands. Thank you. Your sincerity and decency are manifest.
February 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Please be assured your patient, diligent work in making this legislation meet the needs of terminally-ill patients in distress is understood and appreciated by those who have encountered the inhumane obtuseness of the law as it stands. Thank you. Your sincerity and decency are manifest.
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Yesterday, the Bill Committee heard powerful testimony on my Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. Thoughtful, moving, and clear: this is about choice, compassion & dignity. A quick thread on key moments. 🧵 #AssistedDying
January 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Yesterday, the Bill Committee heard powerful testimony on my Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. Thoughtful, moving, and clear: this is about choice, compassion & dignity. A quick thread on key moments. 🧵 #AssistedDying
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There's currently a bill under discussion at the Scottish parliament to legalise #AssistedDying for the terminally ill. Humanists passionately believe in assisted dying as a natural extension of our rights over our own bodies. If you agree, use our letter template to tell your MSP (link in replies)
February 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
There's currently a bill under discussion at the Scottish parliament to legalise #AssistedDying for the terminally ill. Humanists passionately believe in assisted dying as a natural extension of our rights over our own bodies. If you agree, use our letter template to tell your MSP (link in replies)
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The National Football League will stencil the phrase “Choose Love” in the back of the end zone at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans for Sunday’s Super Bowl LIX game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.
NFL to use ‘Choose Love’ message instead of ‘End Racism’ on field for Super Bowl | CNN
The National Football League will use the phrase “Choose Love” in the back of the end zone at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans for Sunday’s Super Bowl LIX (59) game between the Kansas City Chiefs and ...
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February 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The National Football League will stencil the phrase “Choose Love” in the back of the end zone at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans for Sunday’s Super Bowl LIX game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.
Sad, but true…
January 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Sad, but true…
another backward step… :(
Multiple US government agencies have ordered employees “to remove gender identifying pronouns from email signature blocks by 5:00 PM” on Friday, according to internal emails seen by CNN.
US government agencies order employees to remove gender pronouns from email signatures | CNN Politics
Multiple US government agencies have ordered employees “to remove gender identifying pronouns from email signature blocks by 5:00 PM” on Friday, according to internal emails seen by CNN.
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January 31, 2025 at 10:19 PM
another backward step… :(
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A sweet welcome from the Norwegian Humanists! I’m only the Humanists International President for another five months and will certainly miss it.
January 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A sweet welcome from the Norwegian Humanists! I’m only the Humanists International President for another five months and will certainly miss it.
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Who would have thought that in 2025 prayers would be a thing in Parliament!
The Modernisation Committee is tasked with modernising our democracy.
MPs want to retire the 'prayer-card' seat reservation system because its 2025, not 1558.
Attending Anglican prayers shouldn't give MPs an unfair advantage in Parliament.
humanists.uk/2025/01/17/m...
MPs want to retire the 'prayer-card' seat reservation system because its 2025, not 1558.
Attending Anglican prayers shouldn't give MPs an unfair advantage in Parliament.
humanists.uk/2025/01/17/m...
MPs want to ‘retire’ prayer card system for booking Commons seats
The All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group (APPHG)’s campaign to modernise the ‘prayer card’ system for reserving limited seating in the House of Commons is gaining traction. Labour MPs – who since Ju...
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January 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Who would have thought that in 2025 prayers would be a thing in Parliament!
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We're excited for our Darwin Day Lecture on 7 February with Jim-Al Khalili! Book your tickets and join us as we track the brain's 700 million-year evolutionary history, and explore how it developed from simple nerve cells to a remarkably complex human system. humanists.uk/events/darwi...
The story of the human brain, with Jim Al-Khalili | The Darwin Day Lecture 2025
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January 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
We're excited for our Darwin Day Lecture on 7 February with Jim-Al Khalili! Book your tickets and join us as we track the brain's 700 million-year evolutionary history, and explore how it developed from simple nerve cells to a remarkably complex human system. humanists.uk/events/darwi...
Activism: Yes, Vandalism: NO!
Environmental activists in the UK painted Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey with the words “1.5 is dead,” referencing the critical climate threshold that the world temporarily passed in 2024: cnn.it/4g3W2AE
Charles Darwin’s grave painted with dire environmental warning: ‘1.5 is dead’ | CNN
Environmental activists in the UK painted Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey on Monday with the words “1.5 is dead,” referencing the critical climate threshold that the world temporarily pass...
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January 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Activism: Yes, Vandalism: NO!
January 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Sadly, we are all holding our breath…
President Biden has extended deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the US as communities brace for a new Trump term.
Biden extends temporary deportation protections for nearly 1 million immigrants ahead of anticipated Trump crackdown | CNN Politics
The Biden administration on Friday extended temporary deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants residing in the United States as communities brace for the incoming Trump administ...
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January 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Sadly, we are all holding our breath…