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• California gay-union bill pulled | Both homosexual activists and traditional-family groups predict a rematch (The Washington Times)

• Pro-life side sees 'impediment' | Even though abortion opponents have a friend in the White House, prospects are dim for Congress to approve one of their top priorities: legislation to ban partial-birth abortion (The Washington Times)
• France rejects 'right not to be born' | Parliament overturns court decision (BBC)

• Islam course at middle schools angers parents | "We could never teach Christianity like this," says one (The Washington Times)
• Calvin takes unfair hits for parting ways with professor | Rule that faculty must send children to Christian schools serves a purpose (Ed Golder, The Grand Rapids Press)

• Nazis vs. Christians | Report corrects clichÉ thinking that has clouded the reputation of Christians in wartime Germany for over half a century (Uwe Siemon-Netto, UPI)
• Catholic church hit by new onslaught over Nazi links | Author of Hitler's Willing Executioners says, "There is no difference in kind between the Church's 'anti-Judaism' and its offshoot European 'anti-Semitism'" (The Sunday Times)
• Also: Author blames Vatican for Holocaust (BBC)

• Wife vows to take back archbishop | Maria Sung still pining for Emmanuel Milingo (Associated Press)

• Spirituality and the brain | Does research show new evidence for faith, or a challenge to religion? (Nightline/ABCNews.com)
• The gradual illumination of the mind | The advance of science, not the demotion of religion, will best counter the influence of creationism (Michael Shermer, Scientific American)

• Challenging the bishop, in court | Episcopal priest claims bishop arranged her firing at Grace Church in Manhattan so that a friend of his could take her place (The New York Times)
• Bishops file briefs in parish dispute | 26 line up with Accokeek church, 2 ally with ousted pastor (The Washington Times)

• Some Christians reluctant to share one cup | Others play down recent fears, defend ancient tradition (The Dallas Morning News)
• A monastery that embraces the old and thrives on the new | South Carolina Trappists market cultivated quietude (The New York Times)
• Church sues over land-use dispute | Cottonwood Christian Center claims Cypress is stunting its growth in favor of tax producers. (Los Angeles Times)
• Journey of faith has led him here | The man called to lead Maryland's largest Episcopal parish feels his Jewish heritage will help strengthen interfaith ties (The Baltimore Sun)

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