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Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 10 November

  

In the Media is our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, available delivered to your inbox. You can also read the latest news and opinion and listen to our podcasts on our website.

  

Secularism in the media

 

Church of England could change stance on LGBT+ issues by 2022

The Church of England could make a historic change to traditional teaching on sexuality in less than two years after bishops promised that decisions on issues that have riven the church for decades would be taken in 2022.

The Guardian

 

LGBT activist asks council to stand up to religious parents

Activists are calling on Redbridge Council not to bend to pressure from religious parents when designing the new sex education syllabus.

East London & West Essex Guardian

 

Patel confirms government will again review rules around abortion clinic protests

The previous review in 2018 concluded that introducing national buffer zones would 'not be a proportionate response'.

Shropshire Star

 

British charity worker 'stoking division' with call for boycott of French products

A British charity worker has been accused of stoking tension and community resentment by campaigning for a boycott of French products following the beheading of a teacher.

The Telegraph

 

Polish Catholicism’s abuse crisis: Cardinal stripped of his duties - NSS quoted

Cardinal Henryk Gulbinowicz of Wrocław has been banned by the Vatican from public ministry, public appearances, and the use of priestly insignia. NSS president Keith Porteous Wood is quoted.

The Freethinker (Patheos)

 

French imam requests police protection after receiving death threats for his criticism of recent terror attacks

A French imam who condemned the recent terror attacks has appealed to Emmanuel Macron for increased police protection after receiving 'thousands' of death threats.

Mail Online

 

Swiss lawmakers vote against abolishing the crime of blasphemy

Switzerland's Federal Assembly has rejected a motion by a lawmaker to abolish the crime of blasphemy, which will remain on the law books.

Ecumenical News

 

Parliament votes to clarify Finland's FGM laws

Female genital mutilation is already prohibited in Finland, but a citizens' initiative had called for a separate law. The Legal Affairs Committee's report also contained two objections related to the non-medical circumcision of boys.

YLE

 

Australian media face trial over Cardinal Pell's child sex abuse case reporting

A trial began on Monday alleging dozens of journalists, editors and media companies breached an Australia-wide court suppression order in reporting on ex-Vatican treasurer George Pell's child sex abuse conviction in 2018.

Reuters

 

Militant Islamists 'behead more than 50' in Mozambique

The militants turned a football pitch in a village into an "execution ground", where they decapitated and chopped bodies, reports said.

BBC

  

The latest from the NSS

 

Why was the Church of England allowed to influence the direction of our local secular schools?

The church was given a key role on the board of our local multi-academy trust – even though there were no faith schools in it. Chris Leng questions the assumptions which lay behind this arrangement.

  

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