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Satanists to volunteer in Florida schools in protest at DeSantis religious bill

Satanic Temple objects to governor’s push for more religion in schools and says members could act as student chaplains

The Guardian - US

Artwork featuring Christ overlaid with Looney Tunes characters removed by Sydney council after threats of violence

Online protest claimed the work mocked the Christian religion and Liverpool mayor Ned Mannoun called for it to be taken down

The Guardian - AU

Faith-based politics will erode social unity: PM

The debate over religion and politics has reignited as Labor strongholds face challenges from political movements hoping to poach certain voter bases.

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Labor 'needs to learn' from Payman quitting party: MP

A pro-Palestinian Labor MP says the party needs to reflect on how to move forward following the fallout from Fatima Payman quitting to sit as an independent.

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Women football players in Africa have overcome enormous barriers – new book tells the story

Women’s Football in Africa, the first in-depth book on the subject, traces the history of women’s soccer from initially being banned through to today’s growing numbers of fans and broadcasting potential. It’s a story of triumph despite enormous barriers – among them sexism, abuse, homophobia and religion. We asked its…

The Conversation

Canberra's Jenni Tarrant is - finally! - the NSW-ACT Hairdresser of the Year

The Bond Religion Team, also won Salon Team of the Year.

The Canberra Times

What to know about Oklahoma's top education official ordering Bible instruction in schools

Oklahoma's top education official has sparked outrage among some civil rights groups over his directive that public schools immediately begin incorporating the Bible into classes for grades 5 through 12

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Stevie Van Zandt: ‘My religion switched right over to rock’n’roll’

The rock star turned activist turned Sopranos actor talks about his revealing new documentary, Disciple, his unlikely career and his fears over the state of the world

The Guardian - US

How Jefferson and Madison’s partnership – a friendship told in letters – shaped America’s separation of church and state

Few constitutional principles are more familiar to the average American than the separation of church and state.

The Conversation

Ex-Wife Of Ultra-Religious Hasidic Husband Reveals Strict Rules She Had To Follow During Intimacy

Sara Glass shared the strict rules for intimacy within the Jewish community, including having sex in the dark and not letting her husband see her privates. The post Ex-Wife Of Ultra-Religious Hasidic Husband Reveals Strict Rules She Had To Follow During Intimacy first appeared on Bored Panda.

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US supreme court opened Pandora’s box … and Ten Commandments law flew out

Louisiana’s demand to display the religious text in public schools is part of an effort to make the US a theocratic state

The Guardian - US

Louisiana Requires Ten Commandments Display In Public School Classrooms

Louisiana mandates Ten Commandments display in public schools, sparking legal challenges and debates on religion in education.

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Adolescent Boys Charged With Raping Jewish Girl In Paris

Two boys in Paris charged with raping a 12-year-old girl in a religion-motivated attack, sparking condemnation amidst rising antisemitism in France.

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Louisiana Requires Ten Commandments Display In Public School Classrooms

Louisiana mandates display of Ten Commandments in all state-funded classrooms, sparking debate on religion in public education.

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“If I don't like the bassline, then I'm probably not gonna enjoy playing the song”: Mike Mills on his “selfish” R.E.M. basslines – and their long-awaited reunion

Mike Mills has recalled writing the famous bassline that anchored R.E.M.'s career-defining Losing My Religion

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Paris Suburb Boys Charged With Rape And Religion-Motivated Violence

Two boys charged with raping a 12-year-old girl in Paris suburb in an antisemitic attack, sparking shock and concern in France.

The Conversation

‘Loyal to the Oil’: Finding religion in the Stanley Cup finals

Hockey’s biggest prize is the Stanley Cup, and for the first time in nearly two decades, the Edmonton Oilers are vying for it. Hoping to stage a comeback against the Florida Panthers, the Oilers are two wins away from becoming National Hockey League champions.

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China accused of erasing religion, culture from Uighur village names

Rights groups’ analysis of official data shows some 630 villages in Xinjiang had their names changed in this way.

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Atheist Teen Forced To Live With Religious Dad Who He Just Met After His Mom Passed Away

16-year-old teen is forced to live with his biological dad he just met, after his mom passes away and the rest of his family refuses to take care of him. The post Atheist Teen Forced To Live With Religious Dad Who He Just Met After His Mom Passed Away first…

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Sunday school – Monday through Friday: Oklahoma joins states with ‘release time’ laws letting K-12 kids leave school for religious lessons

Children in American public schools traditionally learned the three R’s: reading, writing and arithmetic. Today, students in more than half of the U.S. states can study a fourth R: religion.

MusicRadar

R.E.M. perform acoustic version of Losing My Religion as original lineup reunites for first live performance in 17 years

The Athens, Georgia alt-rock trailblazers celebrated their induction into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame with a surprise live performance in NYC

The Conversation

The government is drafting anti-hate speech laws. Here are 4 things they should include

In May, the federal government confirmed it’s working on new laws to prohibit hate speech, sometimes called vilification, based on sex, gender, sexuality, race or religion.

The Conversation

How reciting the Pledge of Allegiance became a sacred, patriotic ritual

The Continental Congress, the legislative body for the newly declared United States, adopted an official flag on June 14, 1777. The delegates resolved that “the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white: that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a…

The Conversation

Prodigy’s personal mythology: Remembering the ‘fallen angel’ of Mobb Deep

In June 2017, Albert “Prodigy” Johnson passed away due to sickle cell anemia. He was one half of Mobb Deep, a New York City hip-hop duo whose 1995 song, “Shook Ones, Pt. II” drew some attention from the 2002 film 8 Mile.

Salon

Donald Trump's delusions — and ours

How religious "freedom" has been twisted into an all-out attack on critical thinking and the rule of law

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