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"Modern-day Americans rightfully find the notion of an adult male marrying a young girl repellent, but history is chock-full of examples, some of them not so distant," Labbe says. "One doesn't have to flip back the pages of the American history books very far before finding accounts of teen-age girls routinely marrying men who had reached adulthood."

"No one ever promised that being a Christian would be easy. In fact, Jesus warned that being a disciple would require sacrifice and pain," Labbe concludes. "But Christians shouldn't have to worry about other self-professed Christians being the ones to make things harder."

Coming tomorrow …
Everything you ever wanted to know about those court decisions on vouchers and the Pledge of Allegiance but didn't have time to read.

Crimes at church:

• Man, 72, robbed in church | Mugged during Mass (The Daily Record, Scotland)
  
  
• 11-year-old addicts terrorize city church | Reverend John Mitchell, of Bonnyrigg Parish Church, said he feared for the safety of his congregation and hit out at the drug users' reign of terror (The Scotsman)
  
  
• Victims pray for church slasher | Man who attacked 11 with samurai sword released 21 months later (The Daily Record, Scotland)

Other stories of interest:

• Black vote could decide final outcome on gay rights | Both sides of issue heavily lobbying community (The Miami Herald)
  
  
• A congregation's final chapter | Split leads to demise of 118-year-old Pr. George's church (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Putting money where beliefs are | Investors can now choose from several dozen religion-based mutual funds, created with the intent of keeping portfolios morally pure. In the case of one such fund, investors have also turned a handsome profit (The New York Times)
  
  
• Christian films target mainstream | Movies with a moral message try to break out of the bush leagues with upcoming productions (Religion News Service)

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