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- 31 arguments against gay marriage (and why they’re all wrong) (by Jason Wakefield, November 2012)
- In rallying in opposition to marriage reform, religious campaigners claim that their arguments are grounded in reason and common sense. But take a closer look and you'll spot the homophobia, says Jason Wakefield
- You can't talk people out of religion (by Jacques Berlinerblau, November 2012)
- Jacques Berlinerblau responds to Kenan Malik’s review of his book.
- Book Review: How to Be Secular by Jacques Berlinerblau (by Kenan Malik, November 2012)
- Why is secularism a toxic word in the US, and can it be rehabilitated? Kenan Malik on a new book by American academic Jacques Berlinerblau, which promises to do just that
- Hurricane Sandy and the allure of Armageddon (by Abby Ohlheiser, October 2012)
- The storm that battered America's East Coast showed that forecasts of extreme weather need to be taken seriously. But the media's love of apocalyptic prophecy makes trusting the warnings difficult, says Abby Ohlheiser
- A reasonable life (by Matthew Adams, October 2012)
- Matthew Adams gets inside the mind of the President of the Rationalist Association, Sir Jonathan Miller
- Lessons unlearnt (by Kenan Malik, September 2012)
- With its cast of blood-thirsty mullahs, equivocating politicians, apologetic liberals and artists requiring police protection, Salman Rushdie’s memoir of the fatwa years couldn’t be more timely, says Kenan Malik
- No nonsense: remembering Winston Fletcher (by Laurie Taylor, September 2012)
- Laurie Taylor, Chair of the Rationalist Association, remembers his fellow trustee, who died on 4 September 2012
- Naomi's noo noo nonsense (by Louise Foxcroft, September 2012)
- If you thought it was what’s in your head that counts, think again. It’s what’s in your pants, at least in the world of Naomi Wolf’s Vagina. Louise Foxcroft dives in
- Jokers in the pack (by Sarah Ditum, September 2012)
- As David Cameron’s reshuffle shifts the Coalition to the right, Sarah Ditum warns of trouble ahead for women's rights
- Forced marriage must not be tolerated (by Sarah Ditum, August 2012)
- The murder of Shafilea Ahmed has thrown the spotlight on the scandal of forced marriage in Britain. It's time we ended it, says Sarah Ditum
- Ending the Wedge (by Adam Rutherford, July 2012)
- A recognised creationist tactic involves scoring minor victories against the teaching of evolution, and recent controversies over free schools and the Giant’s Causeway suggest it is succeeding in the UK. It’s time the strategy was exposed, says Adam Rutherford
- Pantomime polemic (by Musa Okwonga, June 2012)
- When he was invited to debate David Starkey on the subject of Britishness, Musa Okwonga looked forward to the opportunity to challenge the historian's controversial views on race and multiculturalism. But a clash between Starkey and the columnist Laurie Penny saw the event quickly descend into farce
- Theatre review: Believers Anonymous (by Natasha Lewis, June 2012)
- A new play imagines a dystopian future in which religion is outlawed, and remaining believers must be weaned off faith like addicts. Natasha Lewis climbs the Twelve Steps
- Film review: Prometheus (by Fred Rowson, June 2012)
- Beyond the slick production and big-budget hype, is Prometheus the philosophical blockbuster that was promised? Fred Rowson wonders what to believe
- Geeks of the world unite (by Adam Smith, May 2012)
- Mark Henderson’s new book calls for the pro-science lobby to get political. Adam Smith meets him
- Blueprint (by Manjit Kumar, May 2012)
- Manjit Kumar talks to George Dyson, author of Turing’s Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe, about the fathers of the digital age
- Bunnies, chicks and brutal torture (by Myra Zepf, March 2012)
- Humanist parent Myra Zepf confronts the perils of the Easter festivities
- A theocracy on the Nile? (by Austin Mackell, January 2012)
- The triumph of the Islamist parties in Egypt's elections has raised fears of a religious takeover of the state. Austin Mackell reports from Cairo
- Against the barbarians (by Finn Bowring, January 2012)
- Hannah Arendt’s humanism was not the opposite of religion but of self-absorption and totalitarianism, says Finn Bowring
- Naked grace: the humanist vision of Eve Arnold (by Max Houghton, January 2012)
- The great Magnum photographer Eve Arnold, who has died aged 99, had a uniquely tender eye, says Max Houghton
- Blots on a landscape (by Martin Rowson, January 2012)
- Martin Rowson on the genius of Ronald Searle’s line
