Media Round-up
Media Round-up is a daily collation of news and opinion relevant to secularism. Links may be provided to articles peripheral to secularism when we think they are likely to be of particular interest to secularists. Links are provided to external websites for information and in the interests of free exchange. We do not accept any responsibility for the content of those sites, nor does a link indicate approval or imply endorsement of those sites.
Thu, 23 May 2013
One of the terrorists said “We want to start a war.” Attacking mosques gives them what they want
Conservative Home, 23 May 2013
Gay marriage foes warn Cameron of “long battle” before bill becomes law
Independent, 23 May 2013
British Government approves six new separatist Muslim schools
Zee News, 23 May 2013
Ireland’s supposed abortion reform will make little difference
CNN, 23 May 2013
Ireland’s supposed abortion reform will make little difference
CNN, 23 May 2013
Abortion and conscientious objection – what about human rights?
Human Rights Watch, 23 May 2013
Church must condemn vicious and violent anti-abortion activists
Irish Examiner, 23 May 2013
Pope patronises atheists
Guardian, 23 May 2013
Sometimes Richard Dawkins must despair of us
Independent, 23 May 2013
Church still needs its exorcists
Telegraph, 23 May 2013
How can gay marriage opponents avoid being called bigots? That’s what they are...
Independent, 23 May 2013
Official from Turkey’s ruling Islamist party calls for “annihilation of atheists”
Hurriyet, 23 May 2013
Quebec delays Charter of Secularism
National Post, 23 May 2013
Dawkins vs democracy
Red Pepper, 23 May 2013
Australia looks to allowing Sikhs to wear turbans at work
VancouverDesi, 23 May 2013
Separate Muslim scouting group for Basingstoke
This is Hampshire, 23 March 2013
Boy Scouts of America vote today on allowing gay members
KiroTV, 23 May 2013
Arizona lawmaker: I’m an atheist
AZ Central, 23 May 2013
Appeals court hears Catholic attack on Obama’s birth control rules
Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2013
Jihad abhors a vacuum
Steynonline, 23 May 2013
Pussy Riot member on hunger strike
Guardian, 23 May 2013
Vatican financial body finds possible money laundering
Euronews, 23 May 2013
Woman accused of blasphemy: will she survive prison, let alone ever be put on trial?
Tribune, 23 May 2013
Is separation of church and state in big trouble with Supreme Court case?
All Voices, 23 May 2013
An open letter to Baroness Warsi on the Mormon advertising campaign
Democratic Underground, 23 May 2013
MP defiant over comparing same-sex marriage battle to slavery fight
Standard, 23 May 2013
The religious revolution is upon us
Washington Post, 23 May 2013
Wed, 22 May 2013
Opponents hope they can wreck gay marriage bill in Lords
Guardian, 22 May 2013
Lord Tebbitt’s stupid comments set to scene for a low-calibre Lords debate on gay marriage bill
Guardian 22 May 2013
Of 102 new “free schools”, 15 will be religious with restrictive entry criteria
Guardian, 22 May 2013
No more progressive legislation, Cameron promises Tory right-wing
Daily Mail, 22 May 2013
Why sex education in primary school should be compulsory
Telegraph, 22 May 2013
Godless funerals flourish in “post-Catholic” Ireland
Washington Post, 22 May 2013
Victim of sexual abuse at Catholic orphanage speaks out
BBC, 22 May 2013
Religion should be taken into account when treating mental health problems in ethnic minorities – MP
Bolton News, 22 May 2013
Mosque sermons on sex abuse are “too little, too late”
Oxford Mail, 22 May 2013
My uncle was able to have a dignified death – as he lived in Switzerland
Guardian, 22 May 2013
Extremist shoots himself in Notre Dame Cathedral in protest against gay marriage
Independent, 22 May 2013
There is no evidence for the truth claims of “religious freedom” or “human rights”
Guardian, 22 May 2013
“God-botherer” Kevin Rudd changes his mind on gay marriage for Australia
Telegraph, 22 May 2013
Court’s prayer case: a revolutionary tale
NY Post, 22 May 2013
Evidence doesn’t support fear of Islam in the West
Eurasia Review, 22 May 2013
Janet Heimlich discusses religious child abuse
Examiner, 22 May 2013
All social progress had to be fought for - except gay rights, apparently
Telegraph, 22 May 2013
Halal food dishing out radical change in society
Telegraph (Aus), 22 May 2013
Russian Duma passes “legally indefinable” blasphemy bill
RT, 22 May 2013
Islamic regimes are worse than the dictatorships they’ve overthrown – Patriarch
Catholic Culture, 22 May 2013
Syria descending into sharia madness and brutality
Arutz Sheva, 22 May 2013
Muslims, sharia and democracy
Huffington Post, 22 May 2013
Salafists and state move closer to conflict in Tunisia
Al-Monitor, 22 May 2013
