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== Atheism Advocacy ==

== Atheism Advocacy ==

Atheism advocacy is very active in the United Kingdom.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7813812.stm</ref><ref>http://www.atheistbus.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Cardiff-Merthyr-Road.jpg</ref>Pro-atheist advertising is regularly paid for by the British Humanist Association, which is supported by [[Richard Dawkins]]. Atheists are protected from discrimination by law and their organisations act as lobbying groups. The British Humanist Association claims to have undertaken "significant work" on the new 'Equality Bill' passing Parliament in March 2010.<ref>http://www.humanism.org.uk/news/view/515</ref> The National Secular Society, in the name of "promoting the separation of church and state," actually promotes a complete removal of funding for any religious services. They are against hospital chaplains, despite the significant relief and support ill religious people feel when consoled by a minister. They believe that a civil registrar who is a Christian should perform civil ceremonies for homosexuals, and they believe that Christian schools should be forced to teach sex education.<ref>http://www.secularism.org.uk/islington-registrar-who-refused.html</ref><ref>http://www.secularism.org.uk/sex-education-government-amendme.html</ref><ref>http://www.secularism.org.uk/lets-fight-the-church-on-equalit.html</ref><ref>http://www.secularism.org.uk/state-funding-of-church-building.html</ref>

Atheism advocacy is very active in the United Kingdom.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7813812.stm</ref><ref>http://www.atheistbus.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Cardiff-Merthyr-Road.jpg</ref> Pro-atheist advertising is regularly paid for by the British Humanist Association, which is supported by [[Richard Dawkins]]. Atheists are protected from discrimination by law and their organisations act as lobbying groups. The British Humanist Association claims to have undertaken "significant work" on the new 'Equality Bill' passing Parliament in March 2010.<ref>http://www.humanism.org.uk/news/view/515</ref> The National Secular Society, in the name of "promoting the separation of church and state," actually promotes a complete removal of funding for any religious services. They are against hospital chaplains, despite the significant relief and support ill religious people feel when consoled by a minister. They believe that a civil registrar who is a Christian should perform civil ceremonies for homosexuals, and they believe that Christian schools should be forced to teach sex education.<ref>http://www.secularism.org.uk/islington-registrar-who-refused.html</ref><ref>http://www.secularism.org.uk/sex-education-government-amendme.html</ref><ref>http://www.secularism.org.uk/lets-fight-the-church-on-equalit.html</ref><ref>http://www.secularism.org.uk/state-funding-of-church-building.html</ref>

In 2010, the National Secular Society also forced the government, through threat of legal action, to remove a religious opt-out clause from discrimination law, causing serious problems for the Church.<ref>http://www.secularism.org.uk/nss-forces-government-to-remove1.html</ref>

In 2010, the National Secular Society also forced the government, through threat of legal action, to remove a religious opt-out clause from discrimination law, causing serious problems for the Church.<ref>http://www.secularism.org.uk/nss-forces-government-to-remove1.html</ref>