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• Also: Ralph Reed creates buzz in Georgia politics (The Washington Post)

Religion and censuses:

• Overseas missionaries don't count, says court | Utah's complaint that it lost a congressional seat because the Census Bureau did not count Mormon missionaries abroad is dismissed (Associated Press)
• Australians warned of fines if they list Jedi as religion on census | Those who follow e-mail campaign to get Star Wars religion official recognition could be charged with offering "false information" (Ananova)

Faith healing:

• Girl's death brings ban on kind of therapy | Colorado outlaws faith healing (The New York Times)
• Owens signs faith-healing bill | Legislation makes faith healing a crime under the state's child abuse law when used in place of medicine for a child in danger of dying. (Denver Post)
• Turning to God's disciples when doctors don't help | The moral of HBO's documentary on faith healers, "A Question of Miracles," seems to be "whatever gets you through the night." (The New York Times)

Jane Fonda and Ted Turner:

• Ted Turner vs. Christianity | Mr. Turner's comments and attitudinizing have cost him his job at AOL Time-Warner … and his wife. (Editorial, The Washington Times)
• Fonda Files for Divorce (The Telegraph, Associated Press)
• Ted Turner cites Jesus in split from Jane Fonda (The Times, London)
• Ted Turner considered suicide, Fonda reveals | "My becoming a Christian upset him very much for good reason. He's my husband and I chose not to discuss it with him because he would have talked me out of it. He's a debating champion." (The Independent)

Sex and dating:

• Not until marriage | Teens are saying 'I do' to abstinence vows, but critics say the pledges don't prepare them for the realities of sexuality (Chicago Tribune)
• Seek and ye shall find a wife on the Internet | Women are so reluctant to become vicars' wives that clergy are having to turn to dating agencies to find love. (The Daily Telegraph, London)
• Earlier: Christian dating agency goes online to find perfect partners | A new dating agency for Christians is asking members to quote their favorite biblical passages and describe their religious beliefs in order to ensure that they are matched with their perfect partner. (The Daily Telegraph, Feb. 18, 2001)

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