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.
Wed, 22 Feb 2012
Religious education “dying out in schools”, claim. NSS quoted
Telegraph, 22 February 2012
How much Christianity is hidden in our culture?
BBC, 22 February 2012
Italian PM scraps tax exemptions for Vatican
Egovmonitor, 22 February 2012
White House brushes off questions of Obama’s religion
Washington Post, 22 February 2012 n
Catholic bishops shoot themselves in the foot as Obama benefits from their attack
McClatchy, 22 February 2012
The Daily Mail at its most typical and most ludicrous
Daily Mail, 22 February 2012
Rick’s religious fanaticism
NY Times, 22 February 2012
The real problem with Santorum’s “Satan” remarks
Forbes, 22 February 2012
Papal fallibility
Irish Independent, 22 February 2012
It’s time for you to quit the Catholic Church
Secular News Daily, 22 February 2012
The toxic mix of religion and Government
National Interest, 22 February 2012
Beware the secular atheocracy
Globe & Mail, 22 February 2012
Tue, 21 Feb 2012
Terry Sanderson: Pickles risks creating dangerous divisions with his zealotry
Huffington Post, 21 February 2012
Pickles, Warsi and their like are insulting Britain
Politics.co.uk, 21 February 2012
Eric Pickles says religion is going to be central to British life (his religion, naturally)
Daily Mail, 21 February 2012
Christian argues for special treatment at work at employment tribunal
Daily Mail, 21 February 2012
When Jesus met George Carey
LBC, 21 February 2012
Violent thug spared jail because he “found God”
Daily Mail, 21 February 2012
Despite church pressure, No 10 sides with gay marriage
Independent, 21 February 2012
The blinding hypocrisy of Lord Carey
Independent, 21 February 2012
Halal slaughter becomes a political issue in France
TVNZ, 21 February 2012
Atheism and the church
Independent, 21 February 2012
Is Britain a Christian country? Wrong Question
CSBPPL, 21 February 2012
UK has more separation of church and state than USA
Jurist, 21 February 2012
In defence of secularism
The Yorker, 21 February 2012
Birth control flap is the real world bumping up against the Vatican world
TC Palm, 21 February 2012
Campaign against birth control is religious fanaticism
Aljazeera, 21 February 2012
Despite bishops’ hysteria over birth control, Catholic hospitals report sterilisations
PI, 21 February 2012
Righteous Rick Santorum is too scary to be president, says Catholic
Telegraph, 21 February 2012
Santorum attacks Obama’s 'lack of religion'
Yahoo, 21 February 2012
Is the Catholic vote a myth?
CNN, 21 February 2012
Catholic hospitals expand, religious strings attached
NY Times, 21 February 2012
Bishops losing moral leadership
Chron.com, 21 February 2012
Bullying bishops have lost credibility – even with Catholics
SF Gate, 21 February 2012
A call to disobedience causes rift in the German Catholic Church
Der Spiegl, 21 February 2012
India has a peculiar kind of secularism
Hard News India, 21 February 2012
Bishop threatens Catholic governor of Maryland after he approves gay marriage Bill
Catholic Culture, 21 February 2012
Abortion clinic closes after “exorcisms"
NCR, 21 February 2012
Tunisia’s poisoned spring brings fear not freedom
Independent, 21 February 2012
Europe can learn secularism from Bangladesh
Daily Star, 21 February 2012
Resurgence of Pakistan’s religious right
BBC, 21 February 2012
Mon, 20 Feb 2012
Does Britain really have faith in religion? – NSS quoted
Metro, 20 February 2012
Giles Fraser’s non-militant secularism
Guardian, 20 February 2012
The BBC has crossed the line of impartiality on the secularism debate
The Liberati, 20 February 2012
You don’t have to be a believer to cherish the Church
Independent, 20 February 2012
Telegraph scrapes the journalistic barrel over its bullying smear on Dawkins
Guardian, 20 February 2012
Islamist prisoners issue rallying call from behind bars
Telegraph, 20 February 2012
Let’s bring religion into British politics, just like in America
Telegraph, 20 February 2012
Carey attacks Cameron over gay marriage
Daily Mail, 20 February 2012
It doesn’t matter what the pope says, Catholics think using contraception is their business, not his
Palm Beach, 20 February 2012
