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• Christian bashing and 'serious journalism' | Why aren't mainstream journalists covering the "Jesus was a terrorist" comment by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark? (Scott Hogenson, CNSNews.com)

Church and state:

• Crestview council says no to Ten Commandments, but may reconsider | The City Council voted against posting the Ten Commandments in City Hall for a second time in seven months, but the debate is far from over as one opponent said he may reconsider in the next few weeks (The Daytona Beach [Fla.] News-Journal)
  
  
• Students try court on Christian gifts | A group of Christian high school students in Massachusetts has filed a federal lawsuit against a public school district, claiming school officials violated their free speech (The Washington Times)
  
  
• Students sue over messages on candy | "We really don't want to come across as sue-happy Christians," says one of the group leaders. "This is nothing against the school, but the policy needs to be changed." (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Our courts are for the godless, too | It would be wrong to accept an invitation to an annual "ecumenical" service, this time at a Christian church, to mark the opening of the courts. (Ted Matlow, The Globe & Mail, Toronto)

Politics and law:

• Bush using bits from Bible in speeches | Borrowing from Scripture is a technique also used by Lincoln (Associated Press)
  
  
• Bush's faith has influenced his conduct in public office | David Frum can't avoid the man's faith (Terry Eastland, The Dallas Morning News)
  
  
• Episcopalian leader lashes out at Bush for 'reprehensible' policy | Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold says United States is rightly "hated and loathed" around the world (Religion News Service)
  
  
• Clergy group prays Ehrlich will have a change of heart | Stands on death penalty, slots criticized (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Also: Religious leaders gather to pray for Ehrlich's administration (Associated Press)
  
  
• Inside the beltway | After decades of rejection, D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, the hard-driving "Warrior on the Hill," has returned to God. (The Washington Times)
  
  
• Lieberman and the party of unbelief | The problem for Lieberman is that if the Republicans are the party of the Christian right, the Democrats are increasingly the Party of Unbelief (Maggie Gallagher)
  
  
• G.I. Joe | Joe Lieberman's risky conservative campaign (William Saletan, Slate.com)

Persecution and violence:

• Pakistan Christians protest arrest delay | More than 100 Pakistani Christians rallied Saturday, calling on police to arrest the assailants who attacked a church on Christmas Day and killed three girls (Associated Press)
  
  
• Death sentence hangs over Arab Christians | Congresswoman appeals to Israel on behalf of brothers wanted by Palestinian Authority (WorldNetDaily)
  
  
• Chinese church leader jailed | Xu Guoxing detained along with more than 20 church members when police raided his home last month where a service being held (BBC)
  
  
• Also: Authorities Arrest more than Twenty Members of Shanghai House Church (Human Rights in China)

• Also: Good management of religious affairs stressed | During an inspection visit to the State Administration of Religious Affairs Friday, Chinese Premier Zhu said the management of religious affairs has always been an important part of the overall work of both the Communist Party of China and the government (People's Daily, China)

• Liberia releases religious leaders, intensifies repression | Only two days after they were charged with treason, two Liberian religious leaders have been released from detention by the government of President Charles Taylor (This Day, Lagos, Nigeria)

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