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It may be too early to count Supreme Court votes, but editorials and opinion pieces continue to pour in on the issue. Among those in the pro-voucher category: The Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, and The Washington Times. Against vouchers: The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Detroit Free Press, The Akron Beacon-Journal, and USA Today.

Persecution in China:

• He fights from afar for the faithful in China | Bob Fu and his colleague, Li Shixiong, have launched a two-man effort to draw attention to the worsening state of religious freedom in China (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
  
  
• China's leap of faith | Country wants to promote "religion," attack "cults" (Asia Times)
  
  
• No longer enemies, but … | President's visit comes as China is cracking down on the Falungong sect and Christian worshipers (The World, NPR)
  
  

Church and state:

• Ten Commandments may be overruled by Supreme Court's one | Indiana case under review (Legal Times)
  
  
• 'In God We Trust' pressed for schools | Patriotic fervor in the wake of the terrorist attacks has helped revive an effort to post the words "In God We Trust" in every school in the nation. (USA Today)
  
  
• Media spotlight misses Utah's home-grown success story | Look beyond the myths, find a state committed to promoting religious liberty in public schools (Charles Haynes, Freedom Forum)
  
  
• Why the Spanish Inquisition joke may be illegal | The Government may not have anticipated the full implications of the new crime of religiously aggravated harassment (Neil Addison, The Times, London)
  
  

Politics:

• Brazil party courts Christians | In an unprecedented break with its leftwing ideology, Brazil's Workers Party is seeking the support of a powerful evangelical church in hopes of boosting its chance to win the presidential elections in October (Financial Times)
  
  
• Blasphemy at the National Day of Prayer | Church leaders hail Mugabe and his regime (Shelton T Nhamoinesu, The Daily News, Harare, Zimbabwe)
  
  

Crime:

• Women say they were fondled in exorcisms | Roseville pastor charged with improper touching during two procedures (The Detroit News)
  
  
• Priest avoids prison in thefts | Diocese to get $1 million in restitution (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Churches praise detectives | Three arrests may solve over 25 burglaries at worship places (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
  
  
• Arthur Andersen faces court trial over Baptist investment foundation | Resemblance to Enron saga is eerie (The Wall Street Journal—subscribers only)
  
  

Life ethics:

• Judge denies injunction on Choose Life plate money | Pro-choice groups are challenging the distribution system because they aren't eligible for any of the money under a state law reserving tag profits for agencies offering adoption services but not abortion services (Associated Press)
  
  
• Fertility society choosing embryos just for sex selection | Centers say they will abide by ethics committee's stance against it (The New York Times)
  
  

Money & business:

• Keeping the faith has some financial rewards | More religious institutions are linking faith and finances (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Jacksonville pastors put faith in businesses | Most involved in areas where jobs are lacking (Jacksonville Times-Union)
  
  
• Deduct noncash gifts—with care | The IRS wants you to get tax credit for donations. Just get the value right. (Christian Science Monitor)
  
  

Church life:

• Parents sue over Crown Point church's 'gross-out game' | Youth pastor says activity was done in fun, no harm was intended. (The Times, Munster, Indiana)
  
  

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February (Web-only) 2002, Vol. 46