Mentions:
1: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) in Derbyshire—because he delivered a sermon expressing approval of mainstream Christian teaching on marriage - Speech Link
2: Baroness Meacher (XB - Life peer) provided legal clarity about the need for the subject to be objective and pluralistic and to include humanism - Speech Link
3: Baroness Garden of Frognal (LD - Life peer) I agree with the comments that they should also encompass the other aspects of humanism. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Burt of Solihull (LDEM - Life peer) and the Written Answer on 24 March (142529), why they have legislated to permit religious and civil marriage - Speech Link
2: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (CON - Life peer) Humanists seek fundamental changes to marriage law, which requires more detailed consideration. - Speech Link
3: Lord Pickles (CON - Life peer) Given the importance of humanism, in terms of both western civilisation and the British character, it - Speech Link
4: Baroness Meacher (CB - Life peer) My Lords, the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 made provision for the Government to introduce legal - Speech Link
5: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (CON - Life peer) My noble friend refers to the conduct of marriage in a solemn and seemly way. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Rachel Hopkins (LAB - Luton South) At the heart of humanism is the knowledge that we are deeply dependent on other people for our happiness - Speech Link
2: Andy Slaughter (LAB - Hammersmith) Unfortunately for the Welsh, marriage law is not a devolved matter. - Speech Link
3: Tom Pursglove (CON - Corby) largely on the building in which the relevant marriage takes place. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Morris of Yardley (LAB - Life peer) I do not know the figures but, in terms of baptism, marriage, funerals or whatever, we turn to faith - Speech Link
2: Lord Watson of Invergowrie (LAB - Life peer) Studying the various religions and belief systems, which should include humanism, helps to expand and - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) the forcible transfer of populations, exploitation, abuse, abductions of women and children, forced marriage - Speech Link
2: Lord Farmer (CON - Life peer) challenged wider Europe’s fixation with what Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor refers to as “exclusive humanism - Speech Link
3: Baroness Cox (CB - Life peer) Truro’s report.Finally, in Pakistan, Christian and Hindu girls are frequently abducted, forced into marriage - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) My Lords, marriage is a complex area of law that needs systematic review to enable any reform proposals - Speech Link
2: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) We need to make sure that all marriage ceremonies are fair for everybody. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) My Lords, nobody is denying humanists marriage. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Thornton (LAB - Life peer) friend back to his place in the House—and to his activities, so watch out, particularly on Europe and humanism - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Collins of Highbury (LAB - Life peer) They are, unfortunately, using language that was used in the same-sex marriage arguments when we had - Speech Link
2: Baroness Featherstone (LDEM - Life peer) The old structures that held our society in place—marriage, religion, law, class or a virtual, unwritten - Speech Link
3: Lord Luce (CB - Life peer) Both service and humility are true Christian principles but they also underpin other faiths and humanism - Speech Link
4: Baroness Buscombe (CON - Life peer) It notes that there were only 200 legal marriages in Muslim places of marriage recorded in 2010, against - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Warnock (CB - Life peer) Humanism is not a kind of religion, though it may be a kind of belief. - Speech Link
2: Lord Singh of Wimbledon (CB - Life peer) As a Sikh, I see religion—I include beliefs such as humanism—as commonsense guidance on how to meet the - Speech Link
3: Lord Haskel (LAB - Life peer) In the same way it accepts same-sex marriage, because it is the law of the land—and that is the way it - Speech Link
4: Lord Bishop of Oxford (Bishops - Bishops) unequivocally in the interests of religion that justifiable criticism be encouraged.I do not believe that humanism—many - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Thornton (LAB - Life peer) and breaching a forced marriage protection order. - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) Legal aid is also available for victims of forced marriage, who can seek a forced marriage protection - Speech Link
3: Baroness Scotland of Asthal (LAB - Life peer) Forced marriage involves a breach of trust. - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) Forced marriage is already a hidden underground practice. - Speech Link
5: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) to the community—to realise that, whether this is about Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity or humanism - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Viscount Craigavon (CB - Excepted Hereditary) services into the same-sex marriage Act, with the invaluable help and persuasive skill of the noble - Speech Link
2: Baroness Turner of Camden (LAB - Life peer) We saw some evidence of that during our discussions on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill. - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) Humanism, of course, is a belief system. - Speech Link