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“What do you believe in?” |
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Monday, 30 August 2010 |
Prompted by the forthcoming visit of Pope Benedict XVI, The Humanist Society of Scotland asks the Scottish people:
“What do you believe in?”
For many years Scotland was predominantly religious, but the situation is changing. The 2001 census showed that 27% of the population did not believe in God. By the time of the Scottish Household survey in 2008, this had risen to 40%. If the trend continues – and from the rapid increase in the number of Humanist weddings and funerals it seems that it will – the next census in 2011 will show that the non-believers are now in the majority.
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HSS launches New Funeral Wishes Service |
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Wednesday, 11 August 2010 |
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Just as you may want to provide against the cost of your funeral, so you may also want some say in how it is conducted. When the time comes, it can be a great comfort to your nearest and dearest to know they have followed your wishes. The HSS has created a new 'Funeral Wishes' document that can be downloaded here In it you will find ideas about the nature and location of the ceremony to celebrate your life, as well as various options for the disposal of your body. The document is available in a number of formats; when you've completed it, remember to give copies to your family, and it may be worth considering lodging a copy with your lawyer, alongside your will. |
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MSP to address conference on right to die Bill |
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Friday, 06 November 2009 |
Margo MacDonald MSP is to deliver a keynote speech at the Humanist Society of Scotland’s annual conference on Saturday 7th November 2009.
The MSP’s keynote speech will focus on her campaign to have an individual’s right to die with dignity enshrined in Scottish law through her proposed introduction of the End of Life Choices Bill in the Scottish Parliament over the coming months.
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House of Lords call for humanist broadcasting at the BBC |
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Friday, 06 November 2009 |
The British Humanist Association (BHA) has echoed the Government’s response to a debate on the 4th November 2009 in the House of Lords on the BBC, Humanism, and Thought for the Day, saying that it ‘hopes the BBC has been listening’. The debate, called by Lord Harrison, and in which a number of peers declared their interest as ‘Happy Humanists’, took place on the eve of the BBC Trust’s deliberations on whether to allow non-religious contributors to the Today programme’s Thought for the Day.
Andrew Copson, BHA Director of Education and Public Affairs, said, ‘In a welcome break with past policy, humanists are now represented alongside religions in the new body liaising with the BBC on matters of common concern – the Standing Conference on Religion and Belief. While this change is significant in principle, in practice the BBC continues to discriminate against humanists and Humanism in its broadcasting. In speeches in last night’s debate, the extent to which humanism is ignored by the BBC was laid out – not one programme by humanists for humanists, not a single humanist contributor to Thought for the Day. |
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Ludovic Kennedy 1919 - 2009 |
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Monday, 07 December 2009 |
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It was with great sadness that the Board of Trustees learned of the death of Sir Ludovic Kennedy, one of the Society's Distinguished Supporters. 
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Report on HSS Education Meeting |
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Friday, 14 August 2009 |
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“Since I don’t believe in any God may I be excused from Christian assemblies and use the time to study for my highers which are rapidly approaching.” This simple request, made by a sixteen year old pupil at a Scottish school in 2009, was rejected by the rector. Just one in a long catalogue of instances in which the law is being broken which were reported to the meeting held by the Glasgow Group of the HSS on Sunday 10th August. In a packed room at the Pond Hotel, members of the Glasgow Group were joined by many parents who reported instances of downright refusal and indirect coercion by members of senior management in schools in response to requests for their children to be allowed to opt out of Religious Observance and Religious and Moral Education. |
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Bride and boom in humanist weddings |
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Saturday, 08 August 2009 |
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THEY are a rejection of God and officialdom at a time when marriages are at their lowest level since Victorian times. While traditional religious and civil weddings in Scotland declined by nearly 1,000 last year, the number of couples opting for a humanist ceremony surged by 45 per cent, official figures showed yesterday, writes Alastair Dalton in The Scotsman |
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Margot Macdonald's Proposed Member's Bill on Assisted Dying |
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Sunday, 25 January 2009 |
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The consultation document for Margot Macdonald's Proposed Member's Bill called 'End of Life Choices (Scotland) can be downloaded from the Scottish Paliament web site here |
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