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Cdn Secular Alliance

@CanadianSecular

Canadian Secular Alliance is a public policy think-tank advancing church-state separation. Founder of @OneSSNOntario.

 Toronto, ON, Canada
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Joined May 2009
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U.S. State Department condemns Iran, China for persecuting religious minorities washingtonpost.com/world/nat…

State Department condemns Iran, China for persecuting religious minorities

North Korea was also listed in annual report as among the worst abusers of the rights of people of faith.

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A 'Bible tax': Christian publishers warn that China tariffs could lead to costly Bibles washingtonpost.com/religion/…

A ‘Bible tax’: Christian publishers warn that China tariffs could lead to costly Bibles

Bibles are overwhelmingly printed in China because of the specialized technology and skills they require to produce.

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The U.S. Supreme Court's Peace Cross decision reveals deep fissures over the establishment clause washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
Opinion | The Supreme Court’s Peace Cross decision reveals deep fissures over the establishment...

Opinion | The Supreme Court’s Peace Cross decision reveals deep fissures over the establishment...

The justices come from different planets concerning their views of the First Amendment provision.

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Why Pope Francis may open the door to married priests economist.com/erasmus/2019/0…
Why Pope Francis may open the door to married priests

Why Pope Francis may open the door to married priests

A controversial proposal for the Amazon basin would set a precedent for the Catholic church

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Israel Folau and the tension at the heart of religious freedom theguardian.com/sport/2019/j…

Israel Folau and the tension at the heart of religious freedom | Andrew West

Two core democratic principles are at stake in the Israel Folau case, and they will not be challenged at the pulpit or on the football field

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West Virginia GOP chairwoman endorses anti-LGBTQ op-ed thestar.com/news/world/us/20…
West Virginia GOP chairwoman endorses anti-LGBTQ op-ed

West Virginia GOP chairwoman endorses anti-LGBTQ op-ed

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The leader of West Virginia’s Republican party applauded a state senator’s call for intolerance against members of the LGBTQ community.

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Hailing prospects for Saudi arms sales, Trump won't commit to Khashoggi inquiry cbc.ca/news/world/trump-saud…

Hailing prospects for Saudi arms sales, Trump won't commit to Khashoggi inquiry | CBC News

U.S. President Donald Trump isn't saying whether he'll direct the FBI to investigate the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and suggests that pledges by Saudi Arabia to spend billions buying U.S....

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'Credible evidence' Saudi crown prince is responsible for Khashoggi killing, UN says cbc.ca/news/world/khashoggi-…

'How could this happen in an embassy?': Khashoggi to Saudis, per new UN report on his killing | CBC...

Jamal Khashoggi was the victim of a deliberate, premeditated execution, and the state of Saudi Arabia is responsible under international human rights law, concludes a UN report that the kingdom's...

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She’s 83 and a famous nun. Australia’s Catholic leaders want her to stay away thestar.com/news/world/austr…
She’s 83 and a famous nun. Australia’s Catholic leaders want her to stay away

She’s 83 and a famous nun. Australia’s Catholic leaders want her to stay away

Sister Joan Chittister, who had planned to speak at a Catholic education conference next year, says the leaders of the church don’t like her ideas, especially her call to empower women and laypeople.

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Did Quebec take a populist turn with its new religious symbols law? cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/…

Did Quebec take a populist turn with its new religious symbols law? | CBC News

The word is loaded, wildly overused and highly contested. But perhaps the time has come to consider whether populism is an appropriate term to describe the recent turn in Quebec politics.

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Church of England finds 50% rise in abuse claims and concerns: Number of reports to dioceses relating to past and present abuse reaches 3,287 in 2017 theguardian.com/world/2019/j…

​Church of England finds 50% rise in abuse claims and concerns

Number of reports to dioceses relating to past and present abuse reaches 3,287 in 2017

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US Catholic archdiocese cuts ties with school that refused to fire gay teacher theguardian.com/world/2019/j…

US Catholic archdiocese cuts ties with school that refused to fire gay teacher

Brebeuf Jesuit prep school was ordered to let employee go ‘because this teacher’s marital status does not confirm to church doctrine’

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Missouri refuses to renew license of state’s lone abortion clinic theglobeandmail.com/world/us…

Missouri refuses to renew license of state’s lone abortion clinic

The facility will remain open for now as a judge left in place an injunction blocking its closure

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Samra Habib, founder of gay Muslim project, turns the camera on herself in new memoir thestar.com/entertainment/bo…
Samra Habib, founder of gay Muslim project, turns the camera on herself in new memoir

Samra Habib, founder of gay Muslim project, turns the camera on herself in new memoir

Habib, who spoke to others in the Just Me and Allah project, reveals her own experiences

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Trudeau says he will defend minority rights in face of Quebec religious-symbol law thestar.com/news/canada/2019…
Trudeau says he will defend minority rights in face of Quebec religious-symbol law

Trudeau says he will defend minority rights in face of Quebec religious-symbol law

The board has 191 schools and nearly 17,000 employees and will need to train hundreds of managers to enforce the law and avoid having it applied unevenly in different schools, she said.

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Supreme Court upholds cross on public land in Maryland thestar.com/news/world/us/20…

Supreme Court upholds cross on public land in Maryland

WASHINGTON - A 40-foot-tall, World War I memorial cross can continue to stand on public land in Maryland, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in an important decision about the use of religious symbols...

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Toronto imam charged with sexually assaulting woman over several years, police say thestar.com/news/gta/2019/06…
Toronto imam charged with sexually assaulting woman over several years, police say

Toronto imam charged with sexually assaulting woman over several years, police say

Police say Imam Syed Zaidi convinced the alleged victim she was possessed and assaulted her during what he claimed was a religious ceremony.

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Confusion, questions as Quebec schools forced to apply ban on religious symbols cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/…

Confusion, questions as Quebec schools forced to apply ban on religious symbols | CBC News

The ban on religious symbols is now law, but Quebec school boards, teachers' unions and education faculties say they are still unclear on how it should be applied.

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In Québec, Christian liberalism becomes the religious authority theconversation.com/in-quebe…

In Québec, Christian liberalism becomes the religious authority

The language of the neutral and secular state in Bill 21, like its precursors, presumes an invisible Christian default for the rules around public expressions of religiosity.

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The legal conflict between equality rights and freedom of religion theconversation.com/the-lega…

The legal conflict between equality rights and freedom of religion

We must acknowledge that shifting historically vulnerable groups away from the margins means making room in spaces where these groups have not traditionally been welcomed.

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