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** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 23 October
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 and opinion <[link removed]> and listen to our podcasts on our website.
** Secularism in the media
* DUP wants religious protections over same sex marriage written into law <[link removed]>
The DUP has announced it will be seeking legal protections for churches following the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland.
Belfast Telegraph
* ‘We have taken the first steps in Northern Ireland to equal rights for all’ <[link removed]>
Stella Creasy says for too long it has been accepted wisdom that the basic rights of the people of Northern Ireland should come second to the needs of their political parties.
The Times (£)
* Sexual abuse “was just part of life” at Catholic boarding school <[link removed]>
An Irvine pupil says sexual abuse was "just part of life" at a North Ayrshire Catholic boarding school.
Irvine Times
* Monk admits Catholic school failings over child sex abuse <[link removed]>
A monk at a Catholic boarding school has told the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry that failings allowed the sexual abuse of children to take place.
The Times (£)
* Terminally ill man challenges assisted dying law in high court <[link removed]>
A terminally ill man challenging the law on assisted dying has to wait to learn if his high court case can go ahead.
BBC
* Church warden jailed for life for murder of university lecturer <[link removed]>
A church warden has been jailed for life after being found guilty of murdering a university lecturer following a sustained campaign of physical and mental abuse.
The Guardian
* Child abuse connected to faith or belief soars in Blackburn and Darwen in Lancs <[link removed]>
Child abuse linked to faith or belief has soared in Blackburn with Darwen, in Lancashire.
Lancashire Telegraph
* Thousands of girls in Ireland 'at risk of female genital mutilation' <[link removed]>
Thousands of girls in Ireland are at risk of undergoing FGM and many families are pressured by relatives to subject their daughters to the practice, experts have warned.
TheJournal.ie
* Federal court blocks Trump birth control exemptions <[link removed]>
A three-judge panel has blocked the Trump administration from letting employers with moral or religious objections opt out of providing coverage that pays for birth control.
Washington Examiner
* Louisiana could become the first US state without abortion access as soon as next year <[link removed]>
Louisiana could become the first US state not to have legal abortion access since the procedure was legalised in 1973, depending on the outcome of an upcoming court case.
CBS News
* New Zealand wants “more information” on gay ‘conversion’ therapy before looking at ban <[link removed]>
New Zealand's justice committee has responded to two petitions, signed by over 20,000 people, that called for the discredited practice of gay 'conversion' therapy to be banned in the country.
Gay Times
** Latest from the NSS
* NSS welcomes legalisation of abortion & marriage equality in NI <[link removed]>
The NSS has welcomed the legalisation of abortion in Northern Ireland and the extension of same-sex marriage rights to the province.
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