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• Edwards leaps for moral high ground | World-beating athlete turned TV watchdog reveals his own tastes: yes to ER, and no to The Simpsons (The Observer, London)

Sports:

• Which team does God root for? | If God is an American with a vested interest in American values, He's got to be a baseball fan, probably the ultimate season-ticket holder. But which is God's team? (Robert Rubino, The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, Calif.)
  
  
• Naples risks 'wrath of God' for linking Maradona with St Paul | Local church upset with renaming stadium to include football payer with saint (The Daily Telegraph, London)
  
  
• A holy war in Louisiana | If you still don't buy talk of football being akin to religion in the South, take a look at the latest fuss down in Shreveport, La., the Holy War between Pastor Denny and Pastor Johnny (Mike Fish, Sports Illustrated)

Sexual ethics:

• Panel delays vote on gay marriage | With House members distracted by the state's fiscal crisis, the Legislature's Judiciary Committee yesterday declined to take any action on a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage, and possibly block domestic partner benefits (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Church 'must join wedding market' | Recognition for gay relationships urged in explosive report (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• Also: Bishop tells clergy to cut emphasis on marriage | Clergy should spend as much time helping divorced, unmarried, gay and lesbian couples as they give to couples planning church weddings, says a report sponsored by the Church of England's Bishop of Guildford (The Times, London)
  
  
• 'Gay marriage' bill protested | Activists urge assemblyman to reject equal-rights legislation (Monterey Herald, Calif.)
  
  
• House OKs bill reinforcing Texas' ban on same-sex unions | The Defense of Marriage Act passed overwhelmingly in the House on Wednesday and was sent to the governor, who has said he will sign it (The Dallas Morning News)

Clergy sex abuse:

• Australian church abuse report goes public | An Anglican Church report into the handling of sexual abuse complaints will be made public after Queensland Premier Peter Beattie agreed to table it in state parliament tomorrow (The Australian)
  
  
• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rejects abuse suit reaching back to '50s | The unanimous decision may provide the Archdiocese of Boston with new ammunition in fighting many of the roughly 500 civil lawsuits filed by people who say they were sexually abused by priests decades ago (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Court makes it harder to sue in some cases of sexual abuse (The New York Times)
  
  
• Hollingworth committed 'serious error': Archbishop | Former Archbishop and now Governor-General allowed a self-confessed child abuser to continue as a priest (The Age, Melbourne, Australia)
  
  
• Also:  Governor-General apologizes to sex abuse victim (The Age, Melbourne, Australia)
  
  
• Hollingworth admits to error of judgment (The Sydney Morning Herald)

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