Trouble reading this email? View newsletter in your browser <[link removed]> | Add to your safe senders

* secularism.org.uk <[link removed]>

* Challenging Religious Privilege

Donate <[link removed]>

Join us

** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 15 July

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

* Religious cult member admits repeatedly raping children <[link removed]>

A member of a religious cult known as the Children of God has admitted repeatedly raping two schoolgirls almost 30 years ago.

STV News

* ‘I am lucky to be alive’ says Protestant attacked by gang in Belfast on Twelfth <[link removed]>

A Protestant man who was taking his son shopping in north Belfast on the Twelfth feels "lucky to be alive" after being attacked by a gang of youths in what he believes was an act of sectarian "hatefulness".

News Letter

* Labour handed draft EHRC report into anti-semitism <[link removed]>

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has handed over its draft report into anti-semitism within Labour to the party.

PoliticsHome

* Home Secretary urged to ban Nazi Satanist group <[link removed]>

The Home Secretary has been urged to ban a far-right group that has advocated rape and murder as a tactic to destabilise society and overthrow alleged 'Jewish influence'.

The JC

* Catholic bishop seeks government financial aid after COVID lockdown losses <[link removed]>

Bishop Mark Davies of the Diocese of Shrewsbury wants the UK government to bail out the Catholic church amid losses caused by COVID-19.

The Freethinker (Patheos)

* 'We need to junk the idea of "Islamophobia"' <[link removed]>

"Those who throw around this term are enforcing a new blasphemy law."

Spiked

* 'Ecclesiastical’s child abuse claims shame' <[link removed]>

Church insurer Ecclesiastical has come under fire in the recent past for its handling of child sex abuse claims.

Insurance Post

* EU ministers chide Turkey over Hagia Sophia <[link removed]>

Ankara's decision to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque has been met with disapproval across the bloc.

DW

* Judges block six-week abortion bans in Georgia and Tennessee <[link removed]>

Federal judges blocked controversial abortion restrictions out of Georgia and Tennessee on Monday, a pair of key victories for abortion rights advocates after a flurry of so-called "heartbeat bans" swept state legislatures last year.

CNN

* 'Poland's Andrzej Duda rides wave of "sacred tradition"' <[link removed]>

Polish President Andrzej Duda is a loyal ally of the ruling nationalist Law and Justice party (PiS) and his re-election means the party's socially conservative programme can continue unhindered for another three years.

BBC

** In case you missed it...

* It’s time for one marriage law for all <[link removed]>

A new High Court challenge to get humanist marriages legally recognised in England and Wales gives us an opportunity to consider how to reform our marriage laws for greater simplicity, equality and freedom, says Megan Manson.

** Viewing this online?

If you're viewing this online and would like to receive the daily media briefing straight to your inbox, click subscribe.

Subscribe <[link removed]>

** While you're here

Please support our work so we can make the case for a fairer secular democracy for all.

Support us from just £1 a month <[link removed]>

Disclaimer: Links are provided to external websites for information and in the interests of free exchange. We do not accept any responsibility for the content of those sites, nor does a link indicate approval or imply endorsement of those sites.

News <[link removed]>

About <[link removed]>

Campaigns <[link removed]>

Get involved <[link removed]>

You can support the NSS by buying from our Shop.

This email has been sent to you by National Secular Society in accordance with our Privacy Policy <[link removed]>.

Address: Dutch House, 307-308 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7LL <[link removed]>.

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7404 3126 <[link removed]>
Unsubscribe from this list (In the media): [link removed]
Opt out of all emails: [link removed]
Update your details: [link removed]
National Secular Society
Dutch House
307-308 High Holborn
LONDON, WC1V 7LL
United Kingdom
| Your contact ID 168455