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Two days after Kane's granting of the injunction, however, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the ruling. FamilyNet and Daystar can stay on the Dish Network. For now. Sky Angel has until Friday to file a response.

Meanwhile, reports the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, "tensions have escalated between Daystar and Sky Angel. On a Tuesday broadcast, [Daystar founder Marcus] Lamb tore up a letter sent to him by Sky Angel's attorney asking him to stop discussing certain aspects of the case. [Sky Angel CEO Robert] Johnson said Thursday that Lamb has twisted facts and referred to the suit as the devil's work while showing Johnson's name and Sky Angel's telephone number."

On the Daystar website, however, Lamb writes, "Jesus is coming soon and we need to be fighting the Devil, not one another. Sky Angel and the Johnsons are not Daystar's enemy; the Devil is."

Still, Lamb writes, Sky Angel is being unbiblical, as it "goes against the Great Commission" and uses the courts rather than biblical arbitration. "Sky Angel may have a contract with EchoStar to keep other Christian Networks off of the Dish Network," Lamb writes. "But that doesn't make it right. God's law is higher than man's law."

Church and state:

• Judge rules Ten Commandments must be removed | Judge says display serves no secular purpose (LaCrosse Tribune, Wis.)
  
  
• Also: Local plaintiffs happy with court decision (LaCrosse Tribune, Wis.)
  
  
• Also: Wis. city must remove religious monument (Associated Press)
  
  
• City hit with another lawsuit over Family Day | For the second time in a little more than two weeks, the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii has filed a lawsuit against Honolulu city officials, this time saying the city sponsored what was essentially a Christian religious service in the form of Family Day at Kapi'olani Park on July 5 (The Honolulu Advertiser)
  
  
• Canyon's glory intact | Park will survive plaque controversy (Editorial, The Arizona Republic)
  
  
• Also: Thanking heaven for godless Canyon | Apparently the Supreme Being took a few moments to rid us of all crime, poverty, illness and cruelty (E.J. Montini, The Arizona Republic)
  
  

Politics and law:

• Robertson leads prayers for Supreme Court justices' removal | Request for divine intervention is part of "Operation Supreme Court Freedom," a, 21-day "prayer offensive" the broadcaster is promoting on The 700 Club and on CBN's website (The Virginian-Pilot)
  
  
• Liberian churchgoers pray for U.S. help | Surrounded by pervasive reminders of America's cultural and political influence, Liberians look to the United States as the potential savior for what Mason calls a "branch of the American tree" (Associated Press)
  
  
• Faith-based appeal by drug czar | John Walters meets with religious leaders in Oklahoma to get help in curbing use by youths (Associated Press)
  
  
• Pope stresses need for Christian base in Europe | Pope John Paul II has reiterated his calls for a mention of Christianity in the Constitution just three days after the draft treaty was agreed by the Convention (EU Observer)
  
  
• The right to preach on streets | A Florida attorney representing a group of Carteret County Christian activists is considering "all options"—including a lawsuit against the city of Jacksonville—in their fight over a public gathering ordinance he says violates free speech rights (The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.)
  
  

Australia's Uniting Church to decide on gay clergy:

• Uniting Church to decide on homosexual ordinations | The Uniting Church could soon become the first mainstream Australian church to approve, at its highest level, the ordination of practicing homosexuals (AM, Australian Broadcasting Corp)
  
  

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