Court, states consider same-sex unions | Legally recognized same-sex unions and "expanded" domestic partnerships are up for debate in Connecticut and California legislatures, and a lawsuit with national implications for recognizing same-sex unions has a hearing next week (The Washington Times)
Prayer and spirituality:
Creating sacred spaces | Families carve out places, times at home for spirituality (The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.)
Taking Christ at his word | Today those who took Christ at his word would draw fire from those with power (Bob Holman, The Guardian, London)
Other stories of interest:
EdCC instructor won't be excommunicated | An Edmonds Community College instructor who had faced excommunication for challenging Mormon teaching will not face disciplinary action, the instructor said Sunday night (The Daily Herald, Everett, Wash.)
Earlier: Mormon Scholar Under Fire | Anthropologist says Latter-day Saints' teaching wrong about Native Americans. (Christianity Today, Feb. 19, 2003)
Journalists' skepticism hinders religion coverage | Religion, as an institution, is committed to maintaining continuity with its own past and to promoting unity and comity. The news media thrive on change and challenge, conflict and discord (David Shaw, Los Angeles Times)
What would Satan drive? | When did it become time to repent, time to ask yourself, "What would Jesus drive, you ignorant, gas-guzzling, war-mongering, earth raper?" (Jean Jennings, Automobile)
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