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So does that mean the White House is pushing for the differences between the already passed House bill and the massively scaled back, yet to be passed Senate bill to be negotiated in conference committee? If so, that could be great news for religious organizations who could use government funds. Senate leaders have earlier said they want to avoid such a conference committee, and just want the House to forget H.R. 7 and approve the Senate's version.

Church life:

• Church faces £5m claim from racism victim | A woman who suffered racial and sexual discrimination while employed by the Church of the Seventh-day Adventists demanded record compensation of £5m yesterday after claiming she had been treated as a "leper" and cast out. (The London Independent)
  
  
• Church of Scotland seeks salvation in Billy Graham | A team led by the Church of Scotland is to study the preaching methods of Billy Graham in the hope that his charismatic evangelism can help to spark a revival in the kirk's popularity. (The Sunday Times, London)
  
  
• Youth seen as church saviors | Congress on Vocations closes with call to 'find a way to be Christian in the modern world' (Montreal Gazette)
  
  
• Church gives community a place to exercise body | Since Calvary Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky, opened a $4-million free and open-to-the-public fitness complex in September 2000, nearly 6,000 people have become church gym members, if not yet church members. (Detroit Free Press)
  
  
• One on every corner | What is it about North Texas that fosters religious institutions and sensibilities? (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  
• Yes, Catholics count. Stand up, everybody. | Chilean critics of the Roman Catholic Church have launched an e-mail campaign to undermine its authority. (The New York Times)
  
  
• Lutheran leader urges building 'good society' | World federation official promotes tolerance in speech at city church (The Baltimore Sun)

Life ethics:

• Crossing lines | A secular argument against research cloning (Charles Krauthammer, The New Republic)
  
  
• Also: A weak argument against cloning | I'm glad that Charles Krauthammer is against cloning. But I don't think his argument makes sense, because he denies the premise  that would make sense of it. (Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review Online)
  
  
• Zygotes and people aren't quite the same | In order to develop a sensible and sensitive policy on cloning, President Bush must listen to the full debate of his advisory panel on bioethics. (Michael S. Gazzaniga, The New York Times)
  
  
• Supreme Court to bypass First Amendment concerns in abortion protest case | Justices turn case into more technical review of whether federal laws on racketeering, extortion can be used as tools to cripple or deter abortion foes. (Tony Mauro, Freedom Forum)

Theology:

• Coming to grips with Satan requires knowing God first | How, biblically, should we think of God's omnipresence? (J.I. Packer, The Dallas Morning News)
  
  
• What would Jesus eat? Probably less fat, more veggies | Don Colbert urges readers to take a Christocentric approach to their diets (The Miami Herald)

Social justice:

• The churchman who seeks peace in the barrel of a gun | The church can be a truly successful mediator and so I will stay working here as long as I can play a positive role (Andrew White, The Sunday Times, London)
  
  
• Are we poor because we're Catholic? | No, says Jesuit priest Romeo Intengan, but beliefs that religion is private contributes to poverty (The Philippine Star)

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