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Monday's Focus on the Familybroadcast with James Dobson centered on Canada's gay marriage debate (listen).

More on sexual ethics:

• Religion a force in gay marriage debate | Those who would cordon off marriage as a heterosexuals-only club and those who seek to fling open the marital doors to gay and lesbian couples are using familiar and novel arguments to sway the SJC and public opinion (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Grappling with gay marriage | Municipalities, churches from east to west consider new rules, laws (Associated Press)
  
  
• A lesbian Lutheran in the pulpit | Despite her church's ban on noncelibate gay and lesbian pastors, Mary Albing was appointed by a Minneapolis congregation (The Advocate [a gay magazine])
  
  
• Evangelicals try to oust gay bishop | A delegation of evangelicals from the diocese of Oxford is to meet the bishop, Richard Harries, tomorrow to try to force the rescinding of the appointment of the first openly gay bishop in the Church of England (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• Also: Evangelical joins growing CoE revolt (The Daily Telegraph, London)
  
  
• Also: Bishop urges gay rights clergyman to step down (Ananova)
  
  
• Also: Gay bishop has the 'right gifts for job' | The senior clergyman who nominated a homosexual to be the Bishop of Reading yesterday defended his actions as he spoke out against "cruel homophobia" within the Church of England (The Daily Telegraph, London)
  
  
• Also: Archbishop supported bishop over gay affair | The Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope, was the theology college principal who "congratulated" Dr Jeffrey John on becoming involved in a homosexual relationship (The Daily Telegraph, London)
  
  
• Justice department permits its gay employees to use headquarters for annual celebration | Reports last week that the department had forced the cancellation of an annual employee event celebrating Gay Pride Month had led to mixed reactions (The New York Times)
  
  
• Also: Justice Dept. draws heavy criticism over cancelled gay rights event | Democrats and civil rights advocates condemned the Justice Department for barring a gay pride event planned by department employees (The New York Times)

International politics:

• Poland to fight for God in E.U. Constitution | Future European Union member Poland said Tuesday it would insist the bloc's Constitutional Treaty make reference to Christian values, siding with the views of Polish-born Pope John Paul II (Reuters)
  
  
• The church urges Zambians to join fight against corruption | Three Christian church mother-bodies yesterday made a clarion call to all patriotic Zambians to join the fight against corruption (The Post, Zambia)
  
  
• Also: Churches call for govt | The three church mother bodies have called on Government to seriously consider a Government of national unity if the current political tension in the nation is to be eased (The Times of Zambia)
  
  
• President Museveni tells church to keep out of politics | Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox bishops have called for opposition to third term (The Monitor, Kampala, Uganda)
  
  
• Canada's high court debates criminalizing spanking | A Toronto-based foundation is challenging the law that allows parents and teachers to exercise "reasonable" force to correct a child (Reuters)
  
  

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June (Web-only) 2003, Vol. 47