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• Can U.S. neo-imperialist march be stopped? | To broaden their base in American opinion, the pro-Israeli activists have gained valuable allies in the fundamentalist Christian evangelical movement, which has swept America in recent years, and which is inherently favorable to Israel and hostile to Islam (Patrick Seale, The Daily Star, Lebanon)
  
  
• War is not inevitable, says archbishop | Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Wales, expressed hope that the West's confrontation with Iraq could be solved without war. (The Times, London)
  
  
• Jumblatt warns Christians not to be US-Israeli dupes | Chouf MP Walid Jumblatt claimed Thursday that some Christian leaders were being "manipulated" by the United States and Israel. (The Daily Star, Lebanon)

Church and state:

• Congressional chaplains | Michael Newdow says it is unconstitutional for taxpayer-funded chaplains to pray in Congress and minister to lawmakers (All Things Considered, NPR, audio)
  
  
• Also: Lawmakers assail lawsuit targeting their chaplains (The Washington Times)
  
  
• "In God We Trust" greets students at schools | The law — passed by the General Assembly earlier this year, signed in May by Gov. Mark R. Warner and in effect since July 1 — commands public school divisions to ``prominently post'' the motto "in a conspicuous place in each of their schools for all students to read." (The Virginian-Pilot)
  
  
• Church free to maintain crosses | Newport City Hall has backed off its demand that Trinity Baptist Church take down three crosses that the congregation erected last Easter season (The Cincinnati Post)
  
  
• State attorney general: Flagpole prayers protected by First Amendment | Bill Pryor says he sent memo to Alabama's school superintendents to avoid any confusion over rights of students to hold upcoming prayer meetings (Associated Press)
  
  
• Roadside crosses: Centuries-old tradition can stir controversy | One such memorial is the focus of a court battle in Colorado. And officials across the country are finding different ways to handle the markers (Arizona Daily Star)
  
  
• Honolulu Police Department removes religious content from its website | Site had biblical passage and links to a police officer's poems (The Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

Politics and law:

• Unholy ghost | Out of Congress' sight, Bush trying to push faith-based initiatives (Editorial, Times Record News, Wichita Falls, Texas)
  
  
• Also: Money to religious charities studied | Agencies are writing rules on their own, without waiting for Congress (Associated Press)
  
  
• The private faith of a public man | How religion shapes this presidency (The Christian Science Monitor)
  
  
• Earlier: Bush's Defining Moment | The President, facing a grief-stricken nation under attack, finds his voice and his mission (Christianity Today, Nov. 12, 2001)
  
  
• Democrats reject Bush pick in battle over court balance | Republicans complained that Justice Priscilla Owen's opponents had greatly distorted her record and that she had been victimized by zealous abortion rights advocates (The New York Times)
  
  
• Also: Texas judge rejected for the federal bench | Democrats also accused Justice Owen of being a judicial activist who crafted laws from the bench dealing with parental notification laws for abortion (The Washington Times)
  
  
• Settlement lowered in lawsuit on agency | Vickie Allen-Curry was awarded $500,000 after she said she was forced to take part in prayers during staff meetings (The Huntsville [Tex.] Item)

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September (Web-only) 2002, Vol. 46