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• The African Church and change | As the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, tours West Africa he will find a region where the Christian church has never been so dynamic. But is it merely self-serving or can its energies be harnessed to improve the quality of life of the people? (BBC)
  
  
• Diverse faiths united in opposition to slots | It's not often that Methodists, Mormons, Muslims, Presbyterians and Lutherans team up, but they were united yesterday in denouncing problems they see coming from Gov. Ed Rendell's plans for expanding gambling in Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  
  
• Money-loving pastors under fire | General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana has described "money-doubling" by some pastors as unchristian (Ghanaian Chronicle, Accra)
  
  
• Religion in the News: Pushing for another resignation | Roman Catholic parishioners in Dallas — fed up with the fallout from the clerical sex abuse crisis — have taken the rare step of starting a petition drive that urges their bishop to resign (Associated Press)
  
  

Same-sex marriage:

• Necessary amendment | On gay marriage (Editorial, National Review)
  
  
• 8 provinces refuse to allow gay marriage | Same-sex unions not legal until federal law in place, they argue (The Ottawa Citizen)
  
  
• Opposition to gay marriage is declining, study finds | Opposition to gay marriage has dropped significantly among Americans in recent years, according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center (The New York Times)
  
  

Sexual ethics:

• Gay bishop vote draws warning | S.C. clergy join group threatening Anglican action (The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.)
  
  
• Ruling on gay bishop could divide church | No one generally much cares what happens in the Episcopal Church, but that could change radically next week (Steve Gushee, Palm Beach Post)
  
  
• Healthier, happier, and heterosexual | Exodus International North America is based on the premise that homosexuality is not genetic and immutable (Orlando Weekly)
  
  

Missions and ministry:

• Nigerian church bridges two cultures with universal faith | Cardinals Roger M. Mahony and Francis Arinze will honor the African immigrant community in a Mass on Sunday (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Ministering to men on the move | Chaplain, volunteers tend to transient flock at truck stop, wives via internet (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Promise Keepers urges men to take responsibility, authority in home | Louisville Promise Keepers event is one of 18 planned by the organization for this year (The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.)
  
  
• Orthodox leader blesses green agenda | From a most unlikely quarter, the global environmental movement has gained a new leader, one with hundreds of millions of potential followers (The Christian Science Monitor)
  
  

U.S. politics and law:

• Judge for yourself | Are Senate Democrats determined to keep believers off the bench? (Kay Daly, The Wall Street Journal)
  
  
• Obscenity law in Ohio targeted by lawyer | A lawyer who specializes in defending the distribution of sex images, including by Larry Flynt's Hustler magazine, has moved to overturn Ohio's obscenity law on the basis of the recent Supreme Court decision legalizing homosexual sodomy (The Washington Times\)
  
  
• Religion an issue in Head Start | Overall, much of the House bill went through without controversy (CBS)
  
  
• Faith-based groups left open to suits | A lawsuit filed last year against the United Methodist Children's Home of North Georgia demonstrates the impediments to full implementation of the faith-based initiative (Vernadette Ramirez Broyles, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  
  

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