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"Religious Persecution Increasing Worldwide, Says U.S."

Is anti-bully bill really designed to silence condemnation of homosexual practice? And many more stories from mainstream media around the world.

Ted Olsen | posted 4/01/2001 12:00AM

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Education:

Bible club debate heats up on Internet | Chat rooms and Web sites have lit up with messages posted by people both for and against religious groups meeting on middle-school campuses. (The Arizona Republic)
Legal threat to church schools | Suits by disgruntled parents would prevent selection of children on religious grounds. (The Sunday Times, London)
Why not try vouchers? | Religious social-service programs cam find a reasonable path between the dual errors of promoting sectarianism and harming religion (James Q. Wilson, The New York Times)
Court gives governor lift on vouchers | Florida Supreme Court has refused to review a ruling upholding the state's school voucher law, but order only kills part of constitutional challenge (Associated Press/The Miami Herald)

Knicks controversy, continued (and, one hopes, concluded):

Spirituality and sports are an unconventional mix, bringing team unity and controversy | Long before New York Knicks guard Charlie Ward said Jews are stubborn and persecute Christians, the San Antonio Spurs strained to contain the very different spiritual outlooks of David Robinson and Dennis Rodman. (Cox News/Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Context factor in how to view Ward's words | For Ward, failing to challenge any non-believer would have been failing God. (Skip Bayless, Chicago Tribune)
Inside the wake | Bayless talks about the Charlie Ward controversy. (ChicagoSports.com)
Mixture of religion, hoops troubling | The history of religion in this country is grounded in respect for each individual's religious beliefs and private worship. How did it happen that it has become a spectator sport? (Sam Smith, Chicago Tribune)

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