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** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 28 August

In the Media <[link removed]>, our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, is one of the most popular features on our website and now available delivered to your inbox.

** Secularism in the media

* Brexit: archbishop of Canterbury asked to chair forum <[link removed]>

The archbishop of Canterbury has said he could consider chairing a proposed citizens' forum on Brexit after a group of MPs asked him to do so.

BBC

* Three Irish schools to become first to abandon Catholic ethos <[link removed]>

Three schools in Ireland will make history this week by becoming the first to abandon their Catholic ethos and become multi-denominational state-run schools.

The Guardian

* Victorian parliament set to pass laws forcing priests to report child abuse <[link removed]>

New legislation forcing priests to report child abuse to authorities even if disclosed in confession now has enough support to pass through both houses of parliament in the Australian state of Victoria.

The Age

* Missouri's eight-week abortion ban put on hold by federal judge in US <[link removed]>

A US federal judge on Tuesday put the brakes on a new Missouri law banning most abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy.

USA Today

* US court approves banning atheists from reciting opening prayers at state legislature <[link removed]>

An appeals court in the US has decided that atheists, Humanists and other non-theists can be barred from giving opening invocations before the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

HuffPost

* Church under fire for £116m property deal <[link removed]>

Local campaigners say that they are fighting a "David and Goliath" battle against the Church of England and a council to prevent more than 1,500 homes from being built on former greenbelt land in West Yorkshire.

The Times (£)

* ‘Seismic shift changed our Sundays for ever’ <[link removed]>

A feature on the 25th anniversary of the legalisation of Sunday trading.

Express

* ‘Prayers, starvation and rape: Mexico’s ultra-conservative war to “cure” LGBTIQ people’ <[link removed]>

Survivors describe a range of 'conversion therapy' tactics and groups targeting LGBTIQ people in Mexico – and how they're fighting back.

openDemocracy

* US body voices concern on India registry of Muslims <[link removed]>

The head of a US government advisory board on Tuesday voiced concern over India's drive to register citizens in the northeastern state of Assam, amid fears it could disenfranchise millions, most of them Muslims.

Mail Online

* Americans less likely to value religion than parents <[link removed]>

A survey by the Wall Street Journal and NBC news has suggested that young Americans are significantly less pious than their predecessors.

Premier Christian Radio

** Latest from the NSS

* Religious reps’ influence over education is an affront to democracy <[link removed]>

After a National Secular Society report called for an end to religious appointees on council education committees in Scotland, Neil Barber says it's long past time for these positions to go.

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