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** Your daily media briefing - Monday 6 January
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
* Fresh scrutiny for evangelical Christian GP Richard Scott – NSS quoted <[link removed]>
The General Medical Council is reviewing its decision not to investigate a doctor accused of evangelising about his Christian faith after the NSS challenged it.
The Observer
* NSS calls for end to Christian prayers before UK parliament sessions <[link removed]>
The NSS has written to the speaker of the House of Commons, Lindsay Hoyle, asking for a review of the practice of reciting Christian prayers in the UK parliament.
Hindustan Times
* Ethical veganism is philosophical belief, tribunal rules <[link removed]>
A judge has ruled that ethical vegans should be entitled to similar legal protections in British workplaces as those who hold religious beliefs.
BBC
* Catholic Church to take 'more proactive' role in Scottish politics <[link removed]>
Catholics in Scotland are to be given guidance on how to vote in the next Holyrood vote by their parish priest, according to new reports.
The National
* Irish state criticised over €10m spent on chaplains for schools <[link removed]>
Education authorities in Ireland are spending almost €10m of taxpayers' money on hiring religious chaplains for State-run multidenominational secondary schools.
The Irish Times
* Indian students injured in university violence <[link removed]>
There have been reports of masked men attacking students at one of India's most prestigious universities. The university recently saw protests over a discriminatory citizenship law. The student union at the university blamed the latest violence on a right-wing student body linked to India's governing Hindu nationalist BJP party.
BBC
* Anti-abortion activists increasingly targeting UK university students <[link removed]>
Anti-abortion campaigners are increasingly targeting students at UK universities, where there has been a rise in the number of anti-abortion societies on campus and demonstrations by outside groups displaying graphic imagery.
The Guardian
* 'He was sent to us': at church rally, evangelicals worship God and Trump <[link removed]>
A rally on Friday highlighted President Trump's need to retain the loyalty of the evangelical voting bloc that propelled him to victory in 2016.
The Guardian
* Council declares Bridport in Dorset to be first ‘rights-respecting town’ in England <[link removed]>
A town council has declared Bridport to be the first 'rights-respecting town' in England with its own Rights Charter.
Bridport & Lyme Regis News
* Non-believers own more cats than the religious, study claims <[link removed]>
Cats are 'very godlike' which make them more likely to be owned by atheists than churchgoers as a substitute for religion, a study has claimed.
Mail Online
** Latest from the NSS
* Don’t let controlling ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups undermine sex education <[link removed]>
Sex education empowers young people. The government must stand up to those making faux religious freedom arguments in an attempt to stop them receiving it, argues Stephen Evans.
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