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It will be interesting to see if this controversy ever meets up with one brewing on the other side of the country, as New York's public hospitals are requiring all residents to learn how to perform abortions.

The View bleeps out Jesus
Here's part of last Thursday's episode of The View, the ABC talk show that Barbara Walters is often on.

Meredith Vieira: "So yesterday, yesterday if you saw this show, you know it was the last day of the weigh-in, the scale is gone."

Joy Behar: "Yes, and thank you, thank you, Jesus, is all I have to say! Goodbye to that damn scale and this whole diet. I'm sick of it!"

Guess which part of Behar's comment got bleeped. (Okay. So Weblog just told you in the subhead.) On Tuesday's show, the View ladies complained. "I think it was stupid to beep that," Star Jones said. "They let us say all kinds of things on TV, but they beep Jesus? That makes no sense!" Behar complained that Jones gets to say Jesus all the time. "How come the black girl can say it and the white girl can't? I protest! … Jesus and I are pals, okay? Get with the program!"

• Unholy war: Christians accused of hate | A Melbourne Christian group has been accused of vilifying Muslims in what could be a test case for Victoria's controversial new race and religious hate laws. (Herald Sun, Melbourne)
• Colorado teacher loses bid to block graduation prayer | Meanwhile, ACLU plans lawsuit to prevent West Virginia high school from including prayer during commencement. (Associated Press)
• Prayer dispute remains civil | Students say they respect each other's position (Associated Press)
• Judge axes suit targeting Bush's religious talk | Courts have no authority to restrain a president from acting in a particular fashion, says ruling (The Sacramento Bee)
• Laws of God and men | Lexington lawyer makes a career arguing Christians' First Amendment cases (Lexington [Mass.] Herald-Leader)
• Florida town goes for separation of Satan, state | Mayor issues ban on devil; new commissioner says residents distracted from practical issues (The Orlando Sentinel / Dallas Morning News)
• Court okays use of religious pot on federal lands | Appellate ruling applies to 9 Western states, territories (San Francisco Chronicle)

• EEOC files religious conviction lawsuit | Woman said helping customers solve problems with their violent videogames violated her beliefs (Religion News Service)
• Spanking trial starts with muzzle | Provincial judge issues sweeping publication ban upon everything from the names of all witnesses to reporting of virtually all of the evidence, as well as prohibiting photographs and even artists' sketches of all the central players (The National Post, Canada)
• Ga. court reinstates video poker ban | State banned the machines last summer, but the measure was never enforced (Associated Press)
• Drink ban guide stays | Alcohol still won't be in the Church of Scotland's church halls (The Scotsman)
• Trinity Church files lawsuits seeking rent from tenants | Several haven't paid since September 11 (The Wall Street Journal)
• Republicans find vouchers alternative | Education tax-credit proposal they say will increase investment in both public and private schools and allow more parents to send their children to private schools if they choose, say House leaders (The Washington Times)

• Abortion patients' pictures posted online | Photographs taken outside clinics (WLWT, Cincinnati)
• Abortion: still a dirty word | Where did the recent creeping fetus fetishism come from? I'm glad I had all my abortions. (Julie Burchill, The Guardian)

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May (Web-only) 2002, Vol. 46