Tag: Catholicism
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Poland’s Virgin Mary case: our barbaric blasphemy laws need revoking
CN: this article contains discussion of sexual abuse and homophobia OPINION On the 2 March 2021 a Polish court acquitted activists Joanna Gzyra-Iskandar, Anna Prus and Elżbieta Podleśna. They had been put on trial for ‘offending religious feelings‘, after using the image of the Virgin Mary whose halo displayed the colours of the LGBTQ+ pride rainbow flag, […]
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Why integrated education should be non-negotiable in Northern Ireland
OPINION How to bring together a community divided by civil war is a long, arduous and difficult process with no clear blueprint or one-size-fits-all remedy. However, there are certain policies a government can take that would be conducive to reconciling one section of its society with another. One such measure that seems blindingly obvious to me […]
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