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• Gay marriage passes first test in Scottish Parliament, and other stories - our morning round-up

• Extracting shale gas: a political perspective

  The fracking debate cuts to the heart of key questions on environmental targets and the UK's economic future. It's vital that political decisions are based on a rational assessment of the evidence, says Labour MP Angela Smith

• Christianity at risk of dying in Britain, says ex-Archbishop, and other stories - our morning round-up

• Fracking and shale gas: what do we want to know?

  Adam Smith has some questions for people on both sides of the argument.

• Soldiers as "heroes"? Shirley Williams misses the "regretful" tradition of remembrance

  Britain has "a slightly rosy view of warfare", says the Lib Dem peer and pacifist's daughter.

• Church of England hits back at secularists over Remembrance Day ceremony, and other stories - our morning round-up

• Yasser Arafat 'may have been poisoned', and other stories - our morning round-up

• Separation of church and state to be tested in US Supreme Court, and other stories - our morning round-up

• Can you be atheist and right wing?

  A US commentator has suggested that the Republicans' devotion to unprovable assertions means that atheists can not rationally support the party. Anna Vesterinen reports

• US spied on cardinals before pope’s election, claims magazine, and other stories - our morning round-up