Northern Ireland Humanists, part of @Humanists_UK working with @HumanismIreland to represent the non-religious & campaign for separation of church & state in NI
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The public in Northern Ireland wants inclusive, balanced education about religions and humanism, not a system designed to deepen Christian faith. Promoting tolerance and nurturing understanding starts in school, and good RE does this. humanists.uk/2025/12/11/new-…
ALT New study shows strong support for RE overhaul in NI
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'Foundation Stage, Learning Objective 1: The Revelation of God.' That’s what Northern Ireland’s RE curriculum starts with. Here’s our breakdown of what’s in it, and why – after the Supreme Court ruling – it urgently needs to become plural, objective, and inclusive. humanists.uk/2025/12/09/the-…
Children deserve an education that respects their freedom of religion or belief, that teaches the beliefs of others, and helps them explore their own. This should be true for religions and humanism. They should not have a system that evangelises to them. soundcloud.com/humanistsuk/n…
The Supreme Court recently ruled that an exclusively Christian Religious Education and collective worship is 'indoctrination'. We now need an urgent review of both from the Northern Ireland Executive. Write to your MLAs today and demand a review! humanists.uk/action/implemen…
The ruling has clear, huge implications for how RE is provided in Northern Ireland and on its requirement for collective worship. The Minister of Education must now urgently review both. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crk7…
Children deserve an education that respects their freedom of religion or belief, that teaches them about the beliefs of others, and that helps them explore their own. Write to your MLAs today. humanists.uk/2025/11/26/ni-e…
When it comes to religion, pupils deserve an objective, pluralistic, and objective education. It's not about removing Christianity from a new curriculum, it's about not indoctrinating children through religious instruction in that curriculum.
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Northern Ireland Humanists retweeted
• RE is written by the 4 main churches
• That content literally starts with 'THE REVELATION OF GOD'
• Christianity is taught as fact.
• ALL NI schools are Christian schools
Listen to @NIhumanists Boyd Sleator on BBC Radio Ulster 👇
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Northern Ireland Humanists retweeted
Education in Northern Ireland:
✝️ RE written by 4 largest churches
✝️ Collective worship and Christian ethos in all schools
✝️Church representatives on Boards of Governors
'This in its totality amounts to indoctrination'
Our Northern Ireland Coordinator Boyd Sleator speaking facts on ITV 👏
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a Belfast-based non-religious father and his child that the exclusively Christian teaching of Religious Education and mandatory Christian collective worship in Northern Ireland are discriminatory under human rights law.
ALT Supreme Court rules RE in Northern Ireland is 'equivalent to indoctrination'
'This is what we've been working for since we set up shop 10 years ago.' Our Coordinator Boyd Sleator on the BBC. The ruling means the RE curriculum will need to re-written, ideally by education professionals and not only by the 4 largest churches.
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Northern Ireland Humanists retweeted
'A new curriculum needs to be written. Currently, it's written by the four largest denominational churches... It has to be written by education professionals and include humanist content.' @NIhumanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator featured on BBC Newsline. Boyd appears at 1:33 👏
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The Christian religious education taught in schools in Northern Ireland is unlawful, the UK Supreme Court rules.
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This judgment is a historic win for the rights of children in Northern Ireland. The Supreme Court has concluded that the RE syllabus is 'indoctrination' and the right to withdraw from RE and mandatory collective worship is insufficient to deal with this
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A major legal and political setback for integrated education in NI. The judgment upholds Paul Givan's veto on two schools seeking integrated status – demonstrating how outdated the law on 'integration' has become, and why it is failing parents. humanists.uk/2025/10/15/judg…
The schools challenged the decision. The court backed Givan, finding 'no evidence' of demand for integrated education among local Catholic families and concluding that, on the current statutory test and guidance in use, the minister had acted within the law.
It’s official: 15% of all marriages in Northern Ireland last year were humanist marriages. This means it is highly likely that there were more humanist marriages than religious marriages conducted by the three big Protestant churches. humanists.uk/2025/09/15/nort…
