Welcome to the 4 April 2026 edition of the NSL Weekend Wrap, your weekly round-up of news and views on Australian #secular issues! #auspol #secularism

https://www.nsl.org.au/columns/weekend-wrap-for-4-april-2026/

Weekend Wrap for 4 April 2026 - National Secular Lobby

Catch up on the latest Australian secular news with the NSL's Weekend Wrap for 4 April 2026.

National Secular Lobby
New secularism law looms over Easter weekend processions in Quebec
Christians across Quebec are about to face a new legal landscape on Good Friday, just one day after the provincial legislature adopted a law that could crack down on their annual Way of the Cross processions.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/good-friday-secularism-procession-9.7152853?cmp=rss
New secularism law is looming over Way of the Cross marches on Good Friday in Quebec
Christians across Quebec are about to face a new legal landscape a day after legislature adopted a law that could crack down on their annual Way of the Cross processions.
#Canada #Quebecpolitics #QuebecSecularism
https://globalnews.ca/news/11758321/quebec-secularism-law-good-friday/
New secularism law is looming over Way of the Cross marches on Good Friday in Quebec
Christians across Quebec are about to face a new legal landscape a day after legislature adopted a law that could crack down on their annual Way of the Cross processions.
#Canada #Quebecpolitics #QuebecSecularism
https://globalnews.ca/news/11758321/quebec-secularism-law-good-friday/

Sweden has a lot of nominal Muslims. The majority population believes that they are mostly quite religious. Actually, only about 10% of Swedish Muslims visit mosques.

I talked to an Iraqi refugee who settled here in 2016. "You people don't understand. Secularism is a really big reason that we come here!"

#islam #religion #atheism #secularism

Quebec passes expanded secularism law targeting daycare workers, public prayer
The Coalition Avenir Québec government adopted legislation on Thursday that puts limits on praying in public and extends a ban on wearing religious symbols to daycare workers.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-secularism-bill-9.7151637?cmp=rss
Quebec passes expanded secularism law targeting daycare workers, public prayer
The Coalition Avenir Québec government adopted legislation on Thursday that puts limits on praying in public and extends a ban on wearing religious symbols to daycare workers.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-secularism-bill-9.7151637?cmp=rss
Quebec passes expanded secularism law targeting daycare workers, public prayer
The Coalition Avenir Québec government adopted legislation on Thursday that puts limits on praying in public and extends a ban on wearing religious symbols to daycare workers.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-secularism-bill-9.7151637?cmp=rss

Everyone covered Biery's ICE ruling. Adam Lee dug deeper: a 15-year record of defending church-state separation in deep-red Texas — going back to 2011, long before it was politically notable. That's the judge worth knowing.

https://onlys.ky/judge-biery/

#ChurchAndState #Secularism #ConstitutionalLaw #JudiciaryMatters #Resist

Judge Fred Biery: A defender of human rights and secularism

Judges like this one are America's last line of defense.

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