Humanists UK had a profitable convention season. Workers attended the Conservative and Labor conferences, every holding an informative and hard-hitting fringe occasion, and have been on account of attend comparable occasions on the Liberal Democrat convention earlier than it was cancelled.
Humanists UK isn’t a political social gathering, however we attend social gathering conferences to satisfy parliamentarians and different influential stakeholders to champion humanist points and have interaction with our members and political supporters.
On the sidelines of the Labor Get together Convention in Liverpool, we hosted speeches by Treasurer of the All-Get together Humanist Parliamentary Group (APPHG), Lord Alf Dubs, Vice-Chairs Jeff Smith MP and Rachel Hopkins MP, and Members Dame Nia Griffith DBE and MP Angela Eagle MP, chaired by Andrew Copson, Managing Director of Humanists UK. The panel lined a variety of subjects necessary to humanists – from the necessity for an inclusive schooling system to assisted dying, from humanist marriages to blasphemy legal guidelines.
Left to proper: Lord Alf Dubs, Dame Nia Griffiths DBE, Andrew Copson, Jeff Smith MP, Rachel Hopkins MP
On the Conservative Get together Convention in Birmingham, we co-hosted a ‘Humanist Marriage ceremony Reception’ with Conservative Humanists. Visitors loved cake and bubbles as they listened to speeches by Andrew Copson, humanist celebrant Zena Birch, APPHG secretary Aaron Bell, MP, and James Baird, chairman of the Conservative Humanists.
Left to proper: Andrew Copson, MP for Aaron Bell, humanist celebrant Zena Birch, James Baird, chairman of the Conservative Humanists
At each fringes, we collected signatures for name for authorized recognition of humanist marriages in England and Wales. Humanist marriages are already legally acknowledged in Scotland, Northern Eire, Eire, Jersey and Guernsey.
The Humanist and Secular Liberal Democrats (HSLD) had additionally organized a fringe on the Liberal Democrat convention. Nevertheless, the social gathering canceled its convention following the Queen’s dying. The occasion will now happen nearly in the course of the HSLD AGM on November 8. It is going to be on the theme of unlawful spiritual faculties, with audio system together with Humanists UK Training Campaigns Director Robert Cann.
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For additional remark or info, media ought to contact Humanists UK Director of Public Affairs and Coverage Richy Thompson at [email protected] or name 020 7324 3072 or 07534 248 596.
Humanists UK is the nationwide charity engaged on behalf of non-religious individuals. With 100,000 members and supporters, we advance free thought and promote humanism to create a tolerant society the place rational thought and kindness prevail. We offer ceremonial, pastoral care, schooling and assist providers to over a million individuals every year and our campaigns advance humanistic pondering on moral points, human rights and equal therapy for everybody.
