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VETERANS TO USE ‘SLEEPING FLAGS’ TO HIGHLIGHT HOMELESSNESS Former members of the [Irish] defence forces are to highlight the plight of homeless veterans by camping on the streets of Dublin in sleeping bags made of fabric in the colours of the national flag.
Organisation of National Ex-Service Personnel, known as One, which provides hostel accommodation for destitute former defence forces personnel, together with advice centres and lobbying more generally on behalf of former soldiers, naval personnel and members of the Air Corps… A statement from the organisation said the aim was to challenge ‘protocols around the treatment and representation of the Irish flag’.
SCOTTISH MINISTER ‘SORRY’ ABOUT POSTERS THAT LEFT BELIEVERS FEELING TARGETED
Stephen Evans, CEO of the National Secular Society, said: ‘Schools should broaden pupils’ horizons and need to be supported to do that when faced with external pressure demanding that the education their children receive conforms with parents’ religious views.’
A Scottish minister has apologised for any offence caused after a poster campaign aimed at those engaging in hate crime left some people of faith feeling targeted. The Scottish government’s punchy ‘Dear Haters’ series last year included a ‘Dear Bigots poster’, with one version stating: ‘Dear Bigots, you can’t spread your religious hate here. End of sermon. ‘Yours, Scotland.’ The Evangelical Alliance (EA) said many of its members as a result were ‘worried that they, as people of faith, were being accused of being hateful, rather than being protected from hate crime’. The Christian group encouraged people living in Scotland to contact their MSP to highlight the potential negative effects of the campaign. EA also wrote to… Aileen Campbell, the cabinet secretary for communities and local government, about the issue. Campbell apologised and replied: ‘The poster was absolutely not intended to target those of faith, and I am sorry if it appeared that it did. ‘We have no plans to reuse this poster in the future.’
The Independent
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The Irish Times
STOP JEERING LIKE FOOTBALL FANS, COMMONS CHAPLAIN TELLS MPs
female chaplain to the Speaker of the Commons, called for greater civility in the chamber, warning that MPs already faced enough ‘vile abuse’ in public… ‘If we are going to be a truly resilient parliamentary democracy, then we are going to have to strongly resist the temptation of resorting to those defaults of behaviour that prevent us from working together in a spirit of generosity and trust,’ she told a Church of England education conference.
MPs must end their ‘football terrace shouting’ in parliament, the House of Commons chaplain has said, warning that Westminster has become a ‘bruising’ place for politicians to serve. The Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin, a chaplain to the Queen and the first
The Times
DARWIN PLAY CANCELLED AFTER RELIGIOUS PARENTS COMPLAIN A primary school has cancelled a play about Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution following complaints from a group of Christian parents. Several families threatened to withdraw their children from the play, which is aimed at 7 to 11-year-olds, as they felt one of the scenes ‘mocked’ a bishop involved in a historic debate on evolution. Hartford Manor Primary School, a non-religious community school in a village in Cheshire, decided to cancel the musical, Darwin Rocks, and replace it with a less divisive show following the objections. But the decision to cancel the play has provoked anger among another group of parents who argue that it is ‘unacceptable’ that their children have been denied a valuable learning opportunity...
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