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** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 15 April
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 <[link removed]> and opinion <[link removed]> and listen to our podcasts <[link removed]> on our website.
** Secularism in the media
* Couples 'leaving God out of the equation' as religious marriages hit historic low <[link removed]>
Couples from mixed faiths are increasingly "leaving God out of the equation", fuelling an historic low in religious marriage ceremonies.
The Telegraph
* Declare abortion a public health issue during pandemic, WHO urged <[link removed]>
Charities press World Health Organization to ensure women can get contraception and safe abortions during crisis.
The Guardian
* Mass graves dug as Muslim community struggles to cope with number of deaths <[link removed]>
Workers at a cemetery in south east London have started digging mass graves for Muslim victims of coronavirus pandemic.
Kent Live
* Concerns over Polish government tightening abortion laws during Covid-19 crisis <[link removed]>
With street protests now an impossibility, human rights groups fear that Poland's conservative government will push through 'dangerous legislation'.
The Guardian
* Judge rules Alabama can’t prohibit abortion during pandemic <[link removed]>
A federal judge on Sunday ruled that Alabama cannot ban abortions as part of the state's response to coronavirus.
New York Post
* Churches sue US governor for right to hold religious services during lockdown <[link removed]>
California churches are suing governor Gavin Newsom, for the right to keep their parishes open during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Independent
* U.S. Justice Department sides with church in COVID-19 religious dispute
The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday weighed in on the potential imposition on religious rights caused by COVID-19 state shutdown orders, siding with a Mississippi church that sued the city of Greenville.
Reuters
* Pastor who defied social distancing dies after contracting Covid-19, church says <[link removed]>
A Virginia pastor who defied warnings about the danger of religious gatherings during the pandemic and vowed to keep preaching "unless I'm in jail or the hospital" died over the weekend after contracting Covid-19, his church said.
New York Times
* Franklin Graham says he is being 'harassed' over Central Park Hospital <[link removed]>
The evangelical leader's relief group has been criticized for requiring workers at its field hospital to say they oppose same-sex marriage.
New York Times
* 'Covid-19 underlines vital significance of secularism' <[link removed]>
'The Covid-19 pandemic serves to remind us that secularism is a vital ingredient of democracy and that it means not just separation of religion from the state but also subordination of religion to the state in matters temporal.'
The Economic Times
** Latest from the NSS
* Just 22% of marriages in England & Wales were religious in 2017 <[link removed]>
The proportion of marriages which are conducted as religious ceremonies has hit a historic low in England and Wales.
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