George Barnsby, aged 90, “lifetime anti-racist and anti-fascist,” wrote this blog from his hospital bed where he is recovering from MRSA.

Such was my confidence at this time, that I was tempted to revert to the original purpose of the Blog, and advertise the latest bulletin of the British Humanist Association. The BHA represents what is probably, the largest body of people in the world, those who are Atheists or non-believers of every sort. People would be most likely to seek the services of a trained BHA official on the hasppy occasion of a wedding or the less happy occasion of a funeral, and it is interesting to note that at least 3 courses to train such officials, are now underway.

Another issue on my mind has been that of church schools, the majority of which are operated privately and outside the control of the Local authority, which still has to pay the bills even though they have no control over the syllabus or the ethos of the school.

Hopefully I’m not being too morbid when I say that another issue on my mind lately has been that of assisted suicide. The recent case of the mother of a girl who was bed-ridden for 17 years and who had clearly expressed a wish to end her life, being charged with attempted murder, only highlights how much clarification and ammendment is still needed to the law in this country.

http://gbpeopleslibrary.co.uk/blog/?p=2022

The BHA does indeed support a network of celebrants offering Humanist Ceremonies, campaigns on ‘faith’ schools and religion in schools in general, and also on legalising assisted dying for the terminally ill.