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Religious schools can build a community of faith without discriminating. The law should reflect that

In 2018, Australians were shocked to learn that religious schools still had the right to discriminate against LGBTQ students and staff.

The Conversation

David Tennant's famous family, real name, dream to be Doctor Who and religion

Doctor Who star David Tennant is the guest announcer for the first episode of ITV's Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

Wales Online

Mhairi Black accuses Kate Forbes of 'intolerance' and 'alienating swathes of the population' over same sex marriage opposition

Black, who got married to her wife Katie last year, said she had been 'incredibly hurt' by Forbes' comments.

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Senior SNP MP ‘incredibly hurt’ by Forbes comments on same-sex marriage

Mhairi Black said allowing religion to dictate how to vote on policy is a display of ‘intolerance’.

The Independent UK

What's going on with the wave of GOP bills about trans teens? Utah provides clues

In 2022, Republican politicians proposed over 150 bills limiting trans rights in state legislatures across the country. By February 2023, the GOP had already surpassed that record by proposing over 200 similar bills.

The Conversation

Sage, sacred to Native Americans, is being used in purification rituals, raising issues of cultural appropriation

White sage, which is sacred to a number of Native American tribes in the southwest United States, has been adopted by both some contemporary Pagans and New Age practitioners for purification rites. As Emily McFarlan Miller reported in a recent Religion News Service article, this is resulting in overharvesting and…

The Conversation

Q&A: Jewish staffer for Rep. Omar decries religion-based hatred

WASHINGTON — In the hours after House Republicans voted to remove his boss from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Jeremy Slevin, a Jewish American and senior adviser to one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, posted to Twitter.

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Mark Wahlberg claims religion ‘isn’t popular’ in Hollywood

‘I don’t want to jam it down anybody’s throat, but I do not deny my faith,’ actor said

The Independent UK

Jewish Omar staffer targeted over boss's comments decries religion-based hatred - Roll Call

Accused of betraying his faith for working for Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Muslim, Jeremy Slevin decries religion-based hatred.

Roll Call

Editorial: Scam Missouri ‘cost-sharing’ ministry proves health care and religion are both ailing

The recent decision by federal law enforcement officials to shut down what they call a fraudulent, faith-based Missouri medical cost-sharing company reveals, again, a major failure of America’s health care system.

Tribune News Service

Logan's harmony of faiths demonstrates Australia's changing face of religion

The 2021 census revealed more Australians are now Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs and Hindus than ever before. In Logan, south of Brisbane, these faiths intermingle.

ABC News

Down boss Ronan Sheehan welcomes huge hike in punishment for racist and sectarian abuse

'This motion is saying that the GAA is an organisation that’s open to all and it won’t tolerate where people are overstepping the mark and effectively making people feel unwelcome based on their religion or the colour of their skin.'

Irish Mirror

Islamist terrorism is rising in the Sahel, but not in Chad – what's different?

Since the rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria and the emergence of Islamist-Salafist groups in northern Mali in 2013, the Sahel has increasingly been caught in the maelstrom of Islamist terrorism.

The Conversation

Where David Cross draws the comedy line

Cross talks to Salon about his stand-up tour, capitalism, rejecting theocracy and how a fan once changed his mind

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The Conversation

Nigeria's election: six dangers of mixing religion with politics

One of the issues that has generated great concern among voters in the run up to the Nigerian presidential elections is religion.

WEKU

More than half of Republicans support Christian nationalism, according to a new survey

Christian nationalism has been seen as outside the mainstream. But new data from the Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institute indicates it's more common than many think.

The Conversation

Why the love story of Radha and Krishna has been told in Hinduism for centuries

Although it originated as a Christian holiday in honor of St. Valentine, Valentine’s Day has become a global celebration of romantic love, observed by people of many religions and of no religion.

The Independent UK

Super Bowl ads will tout Jesus ‘gets us’ to the masses: ‘Top 10 for the most controversial ads’

On Super Bowl Sunday, advertising’s biggest night, religion rarely makes an appearance among the much buzzed about beer and fast-food commercials

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The Times of India

‘Dharma can be religion but it is not only religion'

Why fear a dharmic nation? The upshot after a robust exchange at the Times Litfest was that no one fears a dharmic nation. The bone of contention was the ownership of dharma by a religion. Does dharma get devalued when conflated with religion? Why does the Constitution need to be…

The Independent UK

‘It’s like a religion’: Viral video of sobbing woman reignites debate over ‘Disney adults’

‘I thought this was a video of a wife seeing their military spouse for the first time in a year,’ joked one follower

The Conversation

Beyoncé is not the most commercially successful artist of our age but she might be one of the most culturally significant

There is always a flurry of media excitement at this time of year surrounding the Grammys, the American music business’s peer-recognised music awards delivered by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. But away from the gossip about who deserved to win, the outfits on display and the racial…

The Independent UK

Super Bowl ads will tout Jesus ‘gets us’ to the masses

On Super Bowl Sunday, advertising’s biggest night, religion rarely makes an appearance among the much buzzed about beer and fast-food commercials

Al Jazeera

Pakistan’s top rights group raises ‘alarm’ on religious freedom

The HRCP report focuses on forced conversions, desecration of places of worship and marginalisation of Ahmadi community.

The Times of India

Guru Ravidas Jayanti 2023: Top 25 Wishes, Messages and Quotes to share with your friends and family

The birthday of Guru Ravidas is known as Guru Ravidas Jayanti, and it is observed on Magh Purnima, the full moon day in the month of Magh. It serves as the religion of Ravidassia's yearly focal point. This unique anniversary is celebrated in India by people from all over the…

Evening Standard

We cannot forget that people like me were second-class citizens for so long

Like many LGBT+ folk who came of age in the Eighties, I worked out a tough lesson young — that any sort of future happiness would probably be lived partially outside of the establishment. Religion called us sinners, schools behaved as if we didn’t exist, the police treated us as…

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