Note: Weblog will return to its regular format later this week. Until then, enjoy commentary-free "Weblog lite."

Focus on the Family lawsuit:

• Focus sues over ban of ads (The [Colorado Springs] Gazette)
• Christian group sues Florida transit agency for rejecting ads (Associated Press)
• Christian group sues PSTA over ad space (St. Petersburg Times—you'll have to search the archives)

Indianapolis Baptist Temple loses appeal:

• Supreme Court rejects Indianapolis church's appeal in tax dispute (Associated Press)
• The end may be near | Baptist Temple expects marshals 'at any time' after Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal (The Indianapolis Star)
• Baptist Temple plans rally, keeps fighting (Associated Press/WRTV)
• Indianapolis Baptist Temple (official site)

John Ashcroft:

• Ashcroft: ''As a man of faith, I take my word and my integrity seriously.'' (The Boston Globe)
• Text: John Ashcroft's Senate confirmation hearing (The Washington Post)
• Ashcroft pledges to protect all (The [Baltimore] Sun)
• Ashcroft says faith won't intrude (The Detroit News)
• Ashcroft: Bound by duty, will enforce 'wrongly decided' laws (Newsday)
• Ashcroft seen as test of Bush strategy to woo conservatives (International Herald Tribune)
• Conservatives like Ashcroft (Associated Press)
• At the Ashcroft hearing, an opinion sideshow (The Washington Post)

Nigerian flogging:

• Nigeria's legal problem (Editorial, The Ottawa Citizen)
• The West is flogging an agenda | Like Elian Gonzalez, Bariya Ibrahim Magazu has become a flash point for other causes, says Nigerian expatriate Ken Wiwa (The [Toronto] Globe and Mail)
• Nigerian teen mother fears lashing (The Toronto Star)
• Nigerian girl's lashing sentence cut (BBC)
• Nigeria postpones flogging of teen (Associated Press)
• Nigerian teen accepts flogging sentence (The [Toronto] Globe and Mail)