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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 24 December
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.
Our media round-up will be back in January. We wish all our readers a happy, healthy and restful Christmas period.
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** Secularism in the media
* Government promises churches will remain open in tier 4 <[link removed]>
The health secretary has said that churches in Tier 4 areas will stay open, and disclosed that he has given a personal assurance to the archbishop of Canterbury.
The Times*
* School in Ireland discriminated against Catholic girl by favouring Church of Ireland students <[link removed]>
A multi-denominational secondary school discriminated against a Catholic school girl on religious grounds by favouring for admission Church of Ireland students from a local primary school.
The Independent (Ireland)
* 'We're going to save lives': aid groups look to end of Trump's 'global gag rule' <[link removed]>
Joe Biden's election as US president raises hopes for funding of reproductive health groups – but some caution that reversing the impact of a rule introduced by the Trump administration will not be quick.
The Guardian
* ‘Is the CCP guilty of crimes against humanity?’ <[link removed]>
The religion, education, culture and language of China's ethnic minorities are being forcibly constrained and changed.
Standpoint
* ‘There really was a war on Christmas, Mr. President. It was waged by Christians’ <[link removed]>
Puritans hated the 25 December observance of Jesus' birth so much that they made it illegal in the Massachusetts colony for decades in the 1600s.
The Washington Post*
* Nuns in German children’s home rented boys to abusers <[link removed]>
Nuns running a children's home in Germany prostituted boys in their care to priests, local politicians and businessmen in the 1960s and 1970s, according to a victim who has won a court fight for compensation.
The Times*
** From the NSS: seasonal message and end-of-year podcast
* All I want for Christmas is freedom of and from religion <[link removed]>
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.
* Ep 41: Year in review <[link removed]>
In the final episode of 2020, Emma Park is joined by members of the NSS team to look back at an unusual year of campaigning and activities.
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