Articles tagged with: Humanism
No: The Rt Revd Tim Stevens, Bishop of Leicester and Convenor of the Lords Spiritual; and Rt Hon Baroness Elizabeth Butler-Sloss
Time and date: 7:30pm, Wednesday 27 January 2010
Location: Committee Room 4, Houses of Parliament, London, SW1A 0AA
The room is fully accessible and has suitable audio support facilities. Please use the Cromwell Green entrance (the main public entrance for Parliament) and take the public route to the Committee Corridor.
The UK is the only Western democracy that has clerics in its parliament as of right. With reform of the House of Lords currently a hot topic, Labour Humanists are hosting an open debate on whether it is time to evict the ”Lords Spiritual.”
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Well done to Labour Humanist Paul Blanchard for appearing on the BBC’s Big Questions.
Paul spoke to the questions Is there too much sex on TV? and Has religion any place in politics? He successfully took on the conservative (and Conservative) Christian contingent on their conflation of homosexuality with incest, and highlighted the need for politicians to be up-front about their religious beliefs.
Afterwards Paul said: “I was proud to represent Labour Humanists and make our points heard on national TV. It was great to show on national television that there is a substantial body of members in the party that oppose issues like faith schools which are – in my view – a profoundly un-Labour policy, being for the few and not the many. I’m also really excited about the coming year ahead too – LH are really gearing up for a year of campaigning as never before on the issues that matter to us. I’m excited to be a part of it.”
Faith schools, together with Bishops in the Lords, are both examples of religion institutionalised into politics and the State in the UK. Labour Humanist manifesto 2010 calls for the removal of both, and we will be holding events on these over the year ahead of the general election.
You can watch the programme on BBC iPlayer here.
