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• Meijer vows faith-friendly policy for workers | After firing a cake decorator who refused to work on a Sunday, retailer pledged to improve the way it accommodates employees' religious practices (The Grand Rapids Press, Mich.)
  
  
• 'God wants you to be physically fit' | Increasingly, many are choosing to pursue a path apart from the American mainstream. From education, to music and entertainment, even to the theme park they'll visit in Orlando, religious conservatives are flocking to Christian-themed options such as the Lord's Gym here in South Florida (USA Today)
  
  

Science and health:

• 'Intelligent design' theory debated at hearing | Board of Education hears from both sides during discussion on adoption of new texts (Houston Chronicle)
  
  
• Ugandans say facts, not abstinence, will win AIDS war | Bush likely to hear dissent on policy (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Paul Wilson Brand, pioneer in reconstructive surgery for lepers, dies at 88 (The New York Times)
  
  

Catholicism:

• Once scorned, Catholics now gaining acceptance in Appalachian region | For years, small congregations suffered ridicule (Associated Press)
  
  
• The changing face of Catholicism | Transition pains plague the Denver Archdiocese as the number of Spanish-speaking parishioners grows (Denver Post\)
  
  
• Conservative Catholics stoking a 'fire' | Meeting at their national conference in Anaheim next week, traditionalists try holding the line against 'impure' influences (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Worldwide donations to Vatican increase | Church feared decrease, but U.S. is number one source of contributions (Associated Press)
  
  
• Pope hires experts to ward off website attackers | Site is attacked by at least 30 mainly US hackers every day (AFP)
  
  

Interfaith relations and other religions:

• You can't compel me to respect the risible | It is self-deceiving to think that we can expunge the tendency to discriminate by ordering us all to show respect for the stupid, the deluded, the gullible and the moral fascists (Terry Lane, The Age, Melbourne, Australia)
  
  
• 'Tolerance' seems to exclude Christianity | When it comes to theology, everyone is an expert (Dan Secrist, The Olympian, Wash.)
  
  
• Mosque destroyed, Nazareth remains divided | Muslims vow they'll try to rebuild (San Francisco Chronicle)
  
  
• Muslim, Christian leaders take exception to Chief Minister's remarks on minorities | Official said non-Hindus are trying to pressure state (KeralaNext.com)
  
  

Other stories of interest:

• Silence is the killer | Why do so many born-again Christians insist on the 'right' to beat young children under their care or tutelage? (Henry McDonald, The Observer, London)
  
  
• Life has a spiritual side, even without faith in God | Many secularists I've met over the years care just as deeply about life's enduring values as the believers who surround them (David Crumm, Detroit Free Press)
  
  
• Religion news in brief | PCUSA considers abuse policy, Lutheran baptism debate, Mennonites change policy on abortion (Associated Press)
  
  
• First Mary, now Jesus said to adorn U.S. hospital | First the Virgin Mary turned up in a hospital window. Now Jesus is apparently on the chimney (Reuters)
  
  
• 'Chimps + Language = Religion' | Jane Goodall now believes that discussing religion minus spirituality in animals has led to an anthropocentric conception of God (Outlook, India)
  
  

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