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• Fury at Vietnam church destruction (BBC)
• Nigerian Christians alert government over plans to demolish churches | Christian Association of Nigeria urge Niger state governor to intervene (Vanguard, Lagos, Nigeria)
• Three held in harassment at church | At adult's direction, teens allegedly set fire to an associate pastor's Ford Bronco, scrawled "you will die" on the door of the pastor's van, and slashed the tires on both of the pastors' vehicles (The Denver Post)

Church and state:

• Senator pleads for faith-healing bill | "I'm stepping back and looking at this as a dad," says Republican Ron Teck (The Denver Post)
• Amish sect fights Pennsylvania traffic mandate | Swartzentruber branch says gaudy orange triangle on back of buggies violates their belief in plain personal belongings. (Associated Press)

Pop culture:

• Cathedral covers up for Harry Potter movie | "Every effort was made to prevent the film being a source of future offence to Christians. In particular, halos featured in the stained-glass windows of the cloisters were taped over the film crew so that 'no religious icons were evident.'" (Empire)
• U.S. church grabs spotlight with book burning | "We were only out to make a little noise in the local community," says pastor (Reuters)

Homosexuality and the church:

• Lesbian minister's church won't be ejected from Evangelical Lutheran Church | But church won't be allowed on some committees due to Donna Simon's refusal to take a vow of celibacy required of all single ministers. (KMBC, Kansas City)
• St. Paul's Lutheran in Denver installs gay pastor | Public opposition has been nonexistent. (The Denver Post)
• Oak Park group chastises Scouts | Activists vow to put pressure on the council and groups that fund it until the Scouts drop their policy banning homosexuals from serving as Scout leaders. (Chicago Sun-Times)
• Faiths unite to fight gay invasion of Cape Town (The Daily Telegraph, London)
• Pastor apologizes for anti-gay remarks | H. Beecher Hicks Jr., one of Washington's most prominent preachers, used epithet at a retreat for black ministers. (The Washington Post)
• Earlier: Minister calls lesbians 'dykes' (The Washington Blade, a gay newspaper)

Sex and dating:

• Young Christians back unmarried sex | A survey of social attitudes among teenagers of all faiths found that, while most young Muslims accepted their religion's values, Christians did not. (The Daily Telegraph, London)

Church life:

• Supply and demand among the faithful | To a small group of sociologists, the reason there are so many kinds of houses of worship is no different from the reason there are so many brands of detergent or toothpaste at the supermarket: economics. (The New York Times)
• Click go the tongues as new flock moves in | Muscular Christians have taken over an iconic Australian property (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Worshippers in Paris flock to Afro-Christian cults | French Catholics turn to more evangelical churches as they become deeply disillusioned with their authoritarian faith but still hunger for spiritual comfort (The Daily Telegraph, London)
• 'Flying bishops' a heated topic | Leader of the Episcopal Church denies that a closed-door meeting of world Anglican church leaders this month endorsed the idea of sending special visiting bishops to serve U.S. congregations that oppose their regular bishops' liberal policies on homosexuality. (Chicago Tribune)

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