Name: Humanism and politics: Humanist marriages
Start: 2025-11-18T19:30:00Z
End: 2025-11-18T21:30:00Z
Location: Quakers Friends Meeting House

*Karen Wright is Humanists UK's Public Affairs Manager and has held this post since 2018. Karen is responsible for managing political stakeholders and is Secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group and leads on a range of the organisation's campaigns including abortion rights. Outside of work, Karen is a volunteer researcher to Humanists UK patron Lord Dubs.*

Finally, after more than a decade of tireless campaigning, the UK Government has officially committed to granting legal recognition to [humanist marriages](https://humanists.uk/wp-json/civicrm/v3/url?u=1782042&qid=37609434) in England and Wales. In [Scotland](https://humanists.uk/wp-json/civicrm/v3/url?u=1782044&qid=37609434), where they’ve been legally recognised for 20 years, they account for 29% of all marriages, outnumbering all religious marriages combined. And in [Northern Ireland](https://humanists.uk/wp-json/civicrm/v3/url?u=1782045&qid=37609434), just six years since recognition, they already account for one in seven marriages.

Karen offers behind the scenes insight into the progress that's been made, what more is left to do and how you can support Humanists UK in achieving in making humanist marriages a choice for everyone in England and Wales.

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