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SECULARISM IN THE MEDIA
[11]
EQUALITY LAW FAILING TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM FAITH-BASED DISCRIMINATION,
SAYS REPORT - NSS QUOTED [11]
The National Secular Society report, which marks the 10th anniversary of
Equality Act, says religious exceptions within the Act means discrimination
against the non-religious and members of religious minorities remains
lawful across key areas of public life.
Ekklesia
[12]
MEDICAL DIRECTOR WITH INCURABLE CANCER CALLS FOR A REVIEW OF ASSISTED DYING
LAWS [12]
A leading professor with incurable cancer has called for a review of
assisted dying laws saying "I want some control in my final days".
Sky News
[13]
CHRISTIAN STREET PREACHER LOSES APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION FOR RANTING
‘ALL MUSLIMS ARE GOING TO HELL’ [13]
A Christian street preacher, once awarded £2,500 for 'wrongful arrest' and
the confiscation of his Bible, has lost his appeal against conviction for
ranting: 'All Muslims are going to hell.'
Mail Online
[14]
TEENAGE BOY ‘DEVELOPED EXTREME VIEWS AND MADE HOMEMADE BOMBS DURING
LOCKDOWN’ [14]
A 14-year-old boy developed extreme views influenced by Islamic State and
attempted to make homemade bombs during the coronavirus lockdown, a court
has heard.
The Evening Standard
[15]
LEADING IRISH ATHEIST CRITICISES DISINVITATION OF RICHARD DAWKINS [15]
The chair of Atheist Ireland Michael Nugent has written to the Historical
Society at Trinity College Dublin asking it to reconsider its recent
decision to drop Professor Richard Dawkins from its 2021 list of speakers.
The Freethinker (Patheos)
[16]
UN CALLS ON NIGERIA TO SCRAP DEATH PENALTY FOR MUSICIAN WHO SHARED A
‘BLASPHEMOUS’ SONG [16]
The UN has called on Nigeria to scrap the death sentence handed to a
musician by a Sharia court for sharing a 'blasphemous' song on WhatsApp.
Mail Online
[17]
US: ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE DECLARES BANKRUPTCY TO PROTECT ITSELF FROM WAVE
OF SEXUAL ABUSE LAWSUITS [17]
A Roman Catholic diocese in New York City's suburbs has become the largest
in the US to declare bankruptcy to protect itself from a wave of lawsuits
filed over past sexual abuse by clergy members.
Mail Online
[18]
US: LAWSUITS CHALLENGE VIRGINIA'S SEXUAL ORIENTATION PROTECTIONS [18]
A conservative legal group has filed lawsuits challenging a new Virginia
law that bars discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender
identity.
ABC News
[19]
US: AMY CONEY BARRETT SUPPORTED GROUP THAT SAID LIFE BEGINS AT
FERTILIZATION [19]
Amy Coney Barrett, the Trump administration's supreme court nominee,
publicly supported an organization in 2006 that has said life begins at
fertilization.
The Guardian
[20]
CANADA REINTRODUCES BILL BANNING LGBT CONVERSION THERAPY [20]
Canada has reintroduced a bill on Thursday that will criminalize LGBT
conversion therapy, a federal minister said after an earlier effort to ban
the practice failed as the parliament was discontinued due to the
coronavirus pandemic.
Reuters
[21]
PROPOSAL TO EASE MALAWI'S STRICT ABORTION LAWS FACES RELIGIOUS
OPPOSITION [21]
Religious leaders in the mainly Christian country strongly oppose widening
access to abortion and are threatening to protest if the new bill is
tabled.
Reuters
[22]
JAPAN CATHOLIC CHURCH SUED FOR DAMAGES IN ALLEGED SEX ABUSE [22]
A woman has filed a suit against the Roman Catholic Church in Japan
alleging that a priest raped her four decades ago, as the church's
unfolding worldwide sexual abuse crisis gradually reaches Japan.
The Japan Times
THE LATEST FROM THE NSS
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IT’S TIME TO TACKLE LOOPHOLES IN EQUALITY LAW WHICH PRIVILEGE RELIGION
[23]
On the 10th anniversary of the Equality Act coming into force, Lynne
Featherstone says reforms proposed by the NSS on education, caste
discrimination and employment would make Britain fairer and more cohesive.
LATEST NSS PODCAST
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EP 35: DIGNITY IN DYING [24]
In this episode, Emma Park speaks to Lloyd Riley, policy and research
manager at Dignity in Dying about campaigns for the legalisation of
assisted dying in the UK. With him is Mick Murray who supported two dear
friends with terminal illnesses when they were refused assistance to die in
the UK.
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