It’s nice to see that atheists, humanists, secularists, free thinkers, and rationalists can now get together in UK schools and whine about how much it bothers them that God is mentioned in the public square. But does the world really need another club that is opposed to free speech?
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First the buses. Now atheists get a student society
by Jessica Shepherd
The Guardian (United Kingdom), p. 14.
February 19, 2009
Ads on London buses encouraged atheist students to find their voice
Every religion on campus has its student society, from the Christian Union to the Jedi Knights. Now the non-religionists will have theirs too when the National Federation of Atheist, Humanist and Secular Student Societies launches today to mobilise non-believers.
The “anti-God squad”, as it is happy to be called, says it will fight for the voices of what it believes to be the majority of students to be heard on campus and further afield. It is planning campaigns and events across the country to protest against religious privilege and promote the understanding of science.
Affiliated to the British Humanist Association, it has the support of some leading critics of religion: scientist Richard Dawkins, philosopher AC Grayling and Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee.
