Correspondence
The Belfast Humanist Group has on numerous occasions publicised its views on a range of topics through the correspondence columns of the press. The main newspaper used for that purpose has been the Belfast Telegraph, but correspondence has also been published in the Irish News, the News Letter, the Irish Times, the Observer and the New Statesman. The articles listed below are only a sample. They are listed by topic.
Click on a topic heading to bring up the correspondence:
Tribal political parties the source of deadlock in the Assembly
Letter objecting to Blasphemy Law
Belfast Humanists support churches on transfer procedure
End this Anomaly: NI law on abortion
Letter defending BHG position on abortion
BHG welcomes all-party Parliamentary proposal to extend abortion facilities to NI
BHG response to Mervyn Storey MLA on creationism
Reply to Homophobic comments of Iris Robinson MP MLA
BHG congratulates Queen's University re Humanist Chaplain
Request to Queen's University re Humanist Chaplain
Reply from Queen's University re appointment of Humanist Chaplain
McGrath Fails to Rebut Dawkins
Religious Education in schools
Religious Education consultation: BHG statement
Religious Education and examinations
Against faith schools and segregation
From Science to Atheism: review of talk by Richard Roberts
Reply to Malachi O'Doherty's criticism of Humanism
Segregated schools in N. Ireland
A Humanist Response to the Tsunami
Dr Shaikh released from Death Row in Pakistan
Comparing Islam and Christianity
Supporting the Belfast Agreement
Ferns Report on clerical abuse cases