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** Your daily media briefing - Monday 24 February
In the Media <[link removed]> is our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, available delivered to your inbox. You can also read the latest news and opinion <[link removed]> and listen to our podcasts on our website.
** Secularism in the media
* Report: C of E's right to 26 seats in Lords should be repealed <[link removed]>
The Church of England's automatic right to appoint 26 bishops to the House of Lords should be repealed, a report by a group representing more than 100 parliamentarians will recommend this week.
The Guardian
* Church ‘should lose authority over weddings’ <[link removed]>
A key figure in the Church of England has said that it should lose the power to hold legally binding weddings as long as it refuses to conduct gay weddings. Couples who married in church would have to undergo a separate civil ceremony in a register office for their marriage to be legally recognised.
The Times (£)
* GP membership body rejects change in stance on assisted dying <[link removed]>
The Royal College of General Practitioners is set to remain opposed to a change in the law on assisted dying despite a significant rise in support among members for a new stance.
GP Online
* Vicar who beat naked men is still holding religious ceremonies <[link removed]>
A leading evangelical minister banned from preaching after administering naked beatings and ice baths to vulnerable men is continuing to hold religious ceremonies.
The Telegraph (£)
* Catholic charity founder sexually abused women, report finds <[link removed]>
A religious leader who founded a celebrated organisation to support people with learning disabilities has been found to have sexually abused at least six women.
The Independent
* Jewish schools group 'on collision course' with Ofsted <[link removed]>
A statement from religious education body Chinuch UK last week, described as "in response to the Department for Education" (DfE), said its member schools should "not describe to pupils lifestyles forbidden by the Torah". It is signed by nine rabbis.
TES
* Group behind an event run by preacher Franklin Graham begins legal proceedings against SEC Hydro
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) has asked Glasgow Sheriff Court to grant an interim order requiring the venue to hold the event – after it axed the plans last month.
Herald Scotland
* Majority of Brits believe 'Political Literacy' should replace Religious Education <[link removed]>
Sixty-nine per cent of people surveyed said they think Religious Education should be replaced by Political Literacy in secondary schools – a 12% increase since 2017.
Open Access Government
* St Paul's bomb plot: IS supporter Safiyya Shaikh pleads guilty <[link removed]>
A supporter of the banned Islamic State terror group has admitted plotting to blow herself up in a bomb attack on St Paul's Cathedral.
BBC News
* Christian man who was deported to Pakistan living ‘in hiding’ due to death threats <[link removed]>
A Christian man who was deported from the UK despite claims he had been threatened with execution by Islamic extremists in Pakistan has said he is living in hiding and in fear for his life.
The Independent
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* Islamic marriage invalid under English law, court rules <[link removed]>
A ruling that a Muslim 'marriage' was void rather than a non-marriage has been overturned at the Court of Appeal.
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