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In his statement on Saturday the prime minister said non-essential retail, indoor gyms and leisure facilities, and personal care services must close in the
new tier 4 of coronavirus restrictions, but public worship can continue.
Spain's parliament has voted to approve a bill that will allow physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia for long-suffering patients of incurable diseases or
unbearable permanent conditions.
Switzerland's parliament approved a bill Friday allowing same-sex couples to marry. But a right-wing Christian party has announced that it will ask for the
legislation to be put to a referendum.
The European Court of Human Rights has dismissed a legal challenge against Norway's child services agency for removing children from their evangelical
Christian parents.
The Catholic Church in Australia has failed in its appeal over a compensation payout to a sexual abuse survivor, and now faces the prospect of being sued by
hundreds of other victims who received meagre payments in exchange for their silence.
Opponents often erect a straw man of secularism to justify demands for religious privilege. But freedom of religion must come with freedom from religion,
says Stephen Evans.
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