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** Secularism in the media
* Sacked actress 'would have refused to play gay role' <[link removed]>
A Christian actress who was dropped from a play for posting alleged homophobic remarks online would have refused the role if she'd known the character was gay, a tribunal has heard.
BBC
* Lords defeats government over UK courts' role in genocide rulings <[link removed]>
Peers have inflicted a crushing defeat on the government over its approach to China's human rights record by voting for a second time to amend a trade bill and give British courts a role in determining whether a country is committing genocide.
The Guardian
* Bishop of Lincoln can return to duty after 20-month safeguarding investigation <[link removed]>
Christopher Lowson can return to work as bishop of Lincoln after a 20-month safeguarding investigation, it was announced on Monday evening.
Church Times
* ‘Jewish News targeted for exposing Charedi Covid-19 breaches’ <[link removed]>
Ultra-Orthodox Jews in London are calling for a boycott of Jewish News over its coverage of Covid-19 lockdown breaches in Britain, America and Israel.
The Freethinker (Patheos)
* Turkey's Erdogan denounces LGBT youth as police arrest students <[link removed]>
Turkey's president has lashed out at the country's LGBT movement amid a wave of student protests.
BBC
* Christian nurse ‘tortured by mob at Pakistan hospital after Muslim colleague falsely accused her of blasphemy’ <[link removed]>
A Christian nurse was reportedly tied up, stripped and tortured by a mob inside a hospital in Pakistan after a Muslim colleague falsely accused her of blasphemy.
The Sun
* ‘The United States still needs the Equality Act’ <[link removed]>
The public supports it, LGBT people need it, and it advances the civil rights promise that people should not be treated as inferior solely because of who they are.
The Hill
* ‘As Poland's church embraces politics, Catholics depart’ <[link removed]>
Many Poles have drifted away from the Catholic Church as a political statement.
Reuters
* Polish town declares it is no longer an ‘LGBT+ free zone’ <[link removed]>
A town in Poland has become the first in the country to reverse a decision to become an "LGBT+ free zone", amid international outcry at the nearly 100 municipalities in the country that have issued such resolutions.
The Independent
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* Religious censorship is about ownership <[link removed]>
Theocratic demands for censorship in India and Pakistan reflect attempts to grab power which undermine everyone's religious freedom, says Megan Manson.
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