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Canada's ban on polygamy invites the state into the bedrooms of consenting adults, says a B.C. civil rights group that is siding with a controversial religious sect in a landmark court case on the federal law barring multiple marriage.

While it, too, is concerned about allegations of child abuse and sexual interference, it argues the government should stay out of the bedroom -- but investigate and prosecute criminal activity.

 

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Sweden, by some standards one of the world's most secular countries, passed a new education law stipulating that public schools must teach their subjects in a "non-confessional" and "objective" manner.

The law applies to all schools, including independent Christian and Muslim schools, because they, too, receive funding from the state.

 

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