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• Next stop: War | The State of the Union highlighted President Bush's religious convictions—and made war in Iraq a near certainty. (Terry Eastland, The Weekly Standard Online)
  
  
• Amazing grace and amazing faith | Let us pray that Congress comes to accept the fact that faith, indeed, is a key to recovery (Deborah Simmons, The Washington Times)

• Bush's drug plan: a violation of church-state divide? | His proposal to provide vouchers for treatment may fund programs that don't meet federal standards (The Christian Science Monitor)

Politics and law:

• Episcopal Church head responds after ex-President Bush calls his words "highly offensive" | "How can this man of God think so little of a nation that provides 60 percent of the world food aid—does far more for AIDS than any other country?" asks Bush (Associated Press)
  
  
• Hardline region tries to impose Shari'ah law | Politicians from Pakistan's most radical Islamic parties, emboldened by an unprecedented election success, are preparing to impose Shari'ah law on the country's already conservative northern province (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• Will religious tolerance end at the ballot box? | One hint of bigotry, one snide remark, could send the United States into a month-long frenzy. (Jordan Chandler, The Dallas Morning News)

• New antiwar ad launched | 'Iraq hasn't wronged us,' bishop from Bush's church says (The Washington Post)

• Bill requires schools offer time for prayer | State Rep. Chuck Hopson, D-Jacksonville, announced Tuesday he has joint-authored House Bill 167 that, if passed, will require Texas school districts provide one minute of silent observance to all students (Jacksonville (Tex.) Daily Progress)

High school drops "love of God":

• McKinley High School drops 'love for God' from honor code | The agreement ends a lawsuit filed in July by the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii on behalf of McKinley High sophomore James Ornellas, who said the code violated students' freedom to form their own religious beliefs and the separation of church and state (Honolulu Advertiser)
  
  
• Also: McKinley will erase 'God' pledge (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
  
  
• Also: Hawaii high school drops 'love for God' from honor code (Associated Press)
  
  
• Earlier: Creator of McKinley code 'disgusted' by controversy | He wants the school to keep the code intact or get rid of it (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, July 19, 2002)

Africa relief:

• Doing it right | How that new African AIDS money should be spent (Rod Dreher, National Review Online)
  
  
• Hunger: Churches make appeal | The All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) has appealed to world leaders to take urgent action to address the food crisis sweeping across Africa (The East African Standard, Nairobi, Kenya)

Crime and investigations:

• Dept. of Justice probes professor's policy | The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an inquiry into a complaint filed against a Texas Tech professor who stands accused of religious-based discrimination against students seeking letters of recommendation (University Daily, Texas Tech)
  
  
• FBI raids evangelist's North Georgia home | Abraham Kennard is accused of operating a multi-million-dollar scam (WTVC, Chattanooga, Tenn.)

Sexual ethics:

• Parliamentary vote turns Belgium into 2nd nation to approve gay marriage | But homosexuals still can't adopt children there (Associated Press)
  
  
• Priest details longtime affair | Tells four children of the woman who died that he's sorry (The Boston Globe)

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January (Web-only) 2003, Vol. 47