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Pardon the lack of discourse and commentary today. Weblog will be back to its regular format on Monday. In the meantime, here's an overwhelming number of links to keep you busy …

Boston tells police to ignore gay sex at public rest areas:

• Cops ordered to look away from public sex, what next? | Why does every gay spokesman have to be a champion for irresponsibility? Are there any who'll say the police were right in keeping rest areas free of predators, free of exhibitionists, free of anxieties for law-abiding citizens who simply wanted to be left alone? (Joe Fitzgerald, Boston Herald)
• Public sex ruling stirs hot debate along highway | Our Supreme Judicial Court now says public sex is not illegal unless there's a good chance passers-by will see it. It's an enlightened view, it seems to me. Don't fret over what you can't see, or hear. (Margery Eagan, Boston Herald)
• New rules alter line drawn on public sex | Massachusetts State Police will not automatically roust people meeting at roadside rest areas - even people believed to be engaging in sexual activity, according to new guidelines (The Boston Globe)
• Cellucci: State won't allow sex in public areas | Despite police order, public sex will be prosecuted, says Massachusetts governor (The Boston Globe)
• Cellucci vows enforcement of ban on sex at rest areas | "Public rest areas are not a place for sex, whether it's heterosexual (or) homosexual," says Massachusetts governor (Boston Herald)

Sexual ethics:

• Georgetown helps to keep pregnant students in school (The Washington Times)
• The next big challenge for clergy | The temptation of online sex sites seduces evangelicals (Lauren F. Winner, Beliefnet)
• Priest says TV station should apologize for 'ill-conceived' Kiss-a-Thon | "It has dehumanized our young married couples, reducing them to slaves for material gain at any cost, belittling them to slurppers and dribblers," says Father Sebastian Campbell (The Nassau Guardian, Bahamas)
• Anti-homophobia curriculum draws criticism (Albuquerque Journal)
• Penn State under fire after controversial sex-education fair | Gov. Tom Ridge wrote university officials yesterday, saying they should have considered community standards in addition to students' First Amendment rights (Associated Press/Freedom Forum)

Anglican primates meet in North Carolina:

• Church leaders gather in a divided communion | Although it is playing host a meeting of Anglican primates in North Carolina, the Episcopal Church is under fire from the leaders of some Anglican churches in Africa, Asia and Latin America who accuse their Episcopal counterparts of straying beyond the bounds of Christian tradition. (The New York Times)
• Episcopal dissidents find African inspiration (The New York Times)

The Unification Church:

• Rev. Moon talks of U.S. decline | The controversial cleric spoke in North Philadelphia, saying the U.S. should not have tried to discredit him. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
• Local clergy join Moon's mission | Controversial minister brings "family values" movement to Chicago (Chicago Tribune)

Holy Land theme park:

• Dispute over a theme park brings unexpected publicity | Florida park received a needed jolt from protesters(The Wall Street Journal/MSNBC)
• Finding the faith in Marv's Holy Land | Why not include some of the Bible's more visually graphic stories? (Mordecai Richler, National Post)

Catholicism:

• Changing attitudes of Ireland's Catholics | "If the proper measures of faith are acceptance of church authority and adherence to the church's sexual and reproductive ethic, then the Irish are no longer Catholic" says Andrew Greeley (BBC)

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March (Web-only) 2001, Vol. 45