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** Your daily media briefing - Friday 15 May
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
* ‘Imagining a school assembly for the 21st century’ – NSS quoted <[link removed]>
There is a widening gulf between the law and schools on collective worship.
PA Diploma News
* NSS urges end of charitable status for ‘conversion therapy’ group <[link removed]>
The NSS has challenged the charitable status of a Christian organisation which promotes 'conversion therapy'.
The Friendly Atheist (Patheos)
* ‘Hate speech: blasphemy for the 21st century’ – NSS quoted <[link removed]>
We must never give the state the power to criminalise speech, says Emma Webb.
Spiked Online
* Education minister sparks serious concerns after suggesting LGBT+ lessons in primary schools could be derailed by religion <[link removed]>
A government minister has said teaching about LGBT+ people during relationship education lessons in primary schools should "take into account" the religion of pupils.
Pink News
* Greville Janner’s daughter accused of using role as rabbi to clear his name <[link removed]>
Greville Janner's daughter has been accused at a public inquiry of misusing her position as a prominent rabbi to discredit child abuse allegations against the former Labour MP.
The Times (£)
* Jewish group complains over coroner’s handling of rabbi’s death <[link removed]>
The Board of Deputies of British Jews has complained about the conduct of a coroner in north London over the release of a rabbi's body.
Jewish News
* Record low proportion of Cornwall weddings held in religious venues <[link removed]>
A record low proportion of couples in Cornwall are choosing to get married in a religious venue, new figures reveal.
The Packet (Falmouth)
* Catholic churches 'should be allowed to reopen before others', says archbishop of Westminster <[link removed]>
Catholic churches should be allowed to reopen before Pentecostal churches or mosques owing to their different styles of worship, the leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has said.
The Guardian
* Jewish weddings remain under lockdown, despite Jewish Community Council claims <[link removed]>
The government has flatly rejected claims of "success" made on Monday morning by an Orthodox Jewish group that ministers had "agreed" to its proposals to allow small Jewish religious weddings.
Jewish News
* LGBT+ people detained under coronavirus laws in Uganda finally allowed access to lawyers after six weeks <[link removed]>
Nineteen LGBT+ people who were detained, whipped and interrogated in Uganda under the guise of coronavirus laws have finally been allowed access to lawyers, after being imprisoned for six weeks.
Pink News
* Ukraine police probe senior officer's request for Jews' personal info <[link removed]>
A police department in Ukraine has been embroiled in an antisemitism scandal after requesting the names and personal details of local Jewish community members.
CBS News
** Latest from the NSS
* How charity law props up ‘gay conversion therapy’ <[link removed]>
As the NSS challenges the status of a Christian charity which pushes "change oriented therapy" for gay people, Megan Manson says charity law shouldn't help religious groups to engage in exploitative behaviour.
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