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.
Sat, 18 May 2013
Religious liberty: does it mean freedom to discriminate?
Seattle PI, 18 May 2013
Russia to modify law so that those who upset believers will get only 3 years in jail instead of 5
RINF, 18 May 2013
France is the least tolerant country in Western Europe of homosexuals
Telegraph, 18 May 2013
Bangladesh bloggers face constant death threats since Government labelled them “atheist”
HuffPost, 18 May 2013
Mississippi public high school forces pupils to attend religious service
God Discussion, 18 May 2013
French president signs gay marriage into law
BBC, 18 May 2013
Fri, 17 May 2013
Christianity declining 50% faster than thought – as one in ten under 25s is Muslim – NSS quoted
Telegraph, 17 May 2013
Government braces for turbulent week over gay marriage
Guardian, 17 May 2013
Catholic archbishops urge Government to scrap same-sex marriage Bill
Catholic Church, 17 May 2013
Admissions warning as Catholic school puts faith before family
Richmond Guardian, 17 May 2013
The people with a 'religious duty' to have more and more children
BBC, 17 May 2013
Why can’t the police tackle the barbarity of FGM?
Standard, 17 May 2013
Have we lost the war against FGM?
Cranmer, 17 May 2013
Darwin was wrong about the tree of life
Guardian, 17 May 2013
Second man arrested over comments on Muslim prayer centre
Shropshire Star, 17 May 2013
Ultra-Orthodox protest in Jerusalem– vow to defy military draft
Reuters, 17 May 2013
Pressure grows in Australia to legalise same-sex marriage
NPR, 17 May 2013
The new pope on atheism
Strange Notions, 17 May 2013
Australian bishop resigns over sex abuse failings
The Age, 17 May 2013
The global and local re-packaging of an Islamist leader as “moderate”
Open Democracy, 17 May 2013
France removes “race” from its laws
ConnexionFrance, 17 May 2013
We should have heeded the warning signs of Islamist anti-Semitism
Jewish Press, 17 May 2013
2 women in Minnesota sentenced for sending money to Islamist group
MPR, 17 May 2013
Are Buddhist monks involved in Myanmar’s religious violence?
NPR, 17 May 2013
Theocracy comes to Arizona
God Discussion, 17 May 2013
Blasphemy becoming the new weapon against Egyptian Christians
Christian Today, 17 May 2013
The cuckoo in Pope Francis’s nest
Commentator, 17 May 2013
Campaigners say new blasphemy law returns Russia to the 18th century
Moscow Times, 17 May 2013
10 ridiculous Religious Right prophecies
RINF, 17 May 2013
Catholic Church is like the mafia, says lawyer
Brisbane Times, 17 May 2013
“Death contracts” could give terminally ill the right to die
Independent., 17 May 2013
Mosque "teacher" charged with assaulting children
Lancashire Telegraph, 17 May 2013
Thu, 16 May 2013
We need more religion on TV, not less, says bishop
Guardian, 16 May 2013
Why is the Government opposing humanist weddings?
Huffington Post, 16 May 2013
Oxford sex ring and the preachers who tell young Muslim men that white girls are cheap
Mail, 16 May 2013
Scottish Universities hotbeds of anti-Jewish sentiment
Harry's Place, 16 May 2013
UKIP councillor quit after calling Islam “disgusting”
Huffington Post, 16 May 2013
Minister of religion is not an employee, Supreme Court rules
Solicitors Journal, 16 May 2013
God is above the law, rules Supreme Court
Telegraph, 16 May 2013
Court rules that bishop & diocese are not liable for priest’s child-porn actions
Kansas City Star, 16 May 2013
Vatican orders hypocrite Cardinal to leave Scotland
Herald Sun, 16 May 2013
Home schooling: creating soldiers for the culture war
Guardian, 16 May 2013
Iran must free the Baha’i leaders who have been in jail five years too many
Guardian, 16 May 2013
Tower Hamlets – is that in London or Bangladesh?
Telegraph, 16 May 2013
Canadians turning their backs on organised religion
Washington Post, 16 May 2013
Catholic Church told abuse victims that compo only applied if they didn’t go to police
ABC, 16 May 2013
Church on trial for funding pop star’s career
The Age, 16 May 2013
Religious groups say they were scrutinised by IRS after political activity
Miami Herald, 16 May 2013
Why the purity message is insidious and dangerous
PolicyMic, 16 May 2013
