Secularists have reached a new low
by Giles Fraser, UnHerd:
The virus should be an opportunity for us all to pull together, irrespective of faith or the lack of it. Which is why a number of responses by the secularist organisations have been especially disappointing. For instance, early on in the crisis, when the government included “religious staff” caring for their congregations among those key-workers who were entitled to send their children to school, the National Secular Society objected.
They wanted the availability of childcare to be removed from religious people working to support their communities. Many rightly objected to this petty piece of anti-religious point scoring, and — credit where credit it is due — the NSS apologised:
“We understand how our commentary could appear insensitive at a time when many religious staff are supporting the vulnerable. We should have paid more regard to this and apologise for any offence we caused by not doing so.”
This apology was appreciated. Thank you.
But it’s not the only example of secular organisations using this crisis to take a pop at religion. Take Humanist UK’s chief executive Andrew Copson’s characteristically snide reply to a tweet from historian Tom Holland. Holland’s recent bestseller, Dominion, was an exploration of the extent to which western culture has been saturated by Christian assumptions. This was Copson’s sarcastic response:
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