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** Your daily media briefing - Friday 24 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
* Sex is for married heterosexual couples only, says Church of England <[link removed]>
The Church of England has stated that sex belongs only within heterosexual marriage, and that sex in gay or straight civil partnerships "falls short of God's purpose for human beings".
The Guardian
* Hackney councillors vote unanimously to adopt Islamophobia definition – NSS quoted <[link removed]>
Hackney councillors last night voted unanimously to adopt the APPG on British Muslims's definition of Islamophobia, despite the NSS urging them not to do so.
Hackney Citizen
* ‘The Catholic Church should have no influence in British politics’ <[link removed]>
Oliver Kamm says those who want to introduce inhumane and reactionary doctrine born of religious obscurantism into public debate shouldn't squeal about purported unfairness when they get called out for it.
The Article
* Another Orthodox Jewish school gets Ofsted warning for avoiding new LGBT-inclusive curriculum <[link removed]>
Another Orthodox Jewish school has been reprimanded by Ofsted for refusing to enact LGBT-inclusive sex and relationships education, which will be compulsory in all UK schools from September 2020.
Pink News
* Protesters to take action against anti-abortion charity shop <[link removed]>
A new charity shop in Derbyshire that will raise money to oppose abortion has triggered a protest from locals.
Derby Telegraph
* Turkish activists oppose amnesties for child rapists <[link removed]>
Turkey's ruling party has begun a second attempt at introducing a law to grant rapists amnesty as long as they marry their victim, four years after a similar bill sparked outrage at home and internationally.
The Guardian
* French teenager in hiding after insulting Islam online <[link removed]>
Police have told a French teenager to go into hiding after she received death threats for insulting Islam.
The Times (£)
* Trump restores funding for Texas programme that excludes Planned Parenthood <[link removed]>
The Trump administration on Wednesday approved federal family planning funding for a Texas programme that excludes providers who perform or promote abortions.
The Hill
* Christian refugee charged with blasphemy beaten by Muslims <[link removed]>
A Pakistani Christian asylum seeker in hiding in Thailand says he was attacked by a group of radical Muslims at a grocery store two days before Christmas as his family has faced years of hurdles in their quest for resettlement.
Christian Post
** Latest from the NSS
* NSS urges council not to approve discriminatory Catholic school <[link removed]>
The NSS has urged Peterborough City Council not to approve plans to open a new religiously selective Catholic state school in the city.
** Watch
* Circumcision: 'Penises are a taboo subject' <[link removed]>
In this episode of Modern Masculinity, Guardian journalist Iman Amrani speaks to men about male circumcision.
The Guardian
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