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Weblog got caught up in the intricacies of the tax code this morning. Commentary will return tomorrow.

Roy Moore speaks to Senate:

• Bill on judges gets a hearing | Roy Moore took his cause to Congress Tuesday, telling a Senate panel that questions about when the government can properly recognize God should be off-limits to federal judges (The Birmingham News, Ala.)
• Moore tells Senate he's right | Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore told Senate lawmakers Tuesday that he did not break the law by refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the Alabama Judicial Building (Montgomery Advertiser, Ala.)
• Moore asks Senate to limit courts' authority on religion | Roy Moore, the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice who lost his job for defying a federal court order to remove a Ten Commandments monument from his courthouse, told a Senate panel yesterday that judges are squelching religious freedom and should be stopped (The Washington Times)

Billy Graham Center catches fire:

• Graham Center roof burns | Torches used to fix the roof of Wheaton College's landmark Billy Graham Center may have sparked a blaze that endangered lives and priceless artifacts on Tuesday (Daily Herald, Chicago suburbs)
• Fire erupts at Billy Graham Center | 200 evacuated, 1 hurt in blaze at Wheaton College (Chicago Tribune)
• Fire damages auditorium at Billy Graham Center | The Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College suffered substantial water and smoke damage from a Tuesday evening fire that lit the skies over the Christian evangelical institution (Chicago Sun-Times)
• Also: Graham Center a key part of landscape (Daily Herald, Chicago suburbs)

Grahams:

• Billy Graham released from N.C. hospital | Evangelist Billy Graham was released from a hospital Monday following surgery for a broken pelvis he suffered in a fall, officials said (Associated Press)
• Q & A with Anne Graham Lotz | "I have one particular unanswered prayer." (The Dallas Morning News)

Bishops bet on NBA finals:

• Catholic archbishops make 'friendly wager' on NBA finals | The cardinal-archbishops of Los Angeles and Detroit have put a little something on the NBA Finals between the Lakers and the Pistons (Press release)
• Cardinals of Los Angeles, Detroit dioceses bet on NBA Finals | Following the governors and senators of their respective states, the cardinals of Detroit's and Los Angeles' Roman Catholic archdioceses bet each other Friday that their team would win the NBA Finals (Associated Press)

Religion & politics:

• Democrats strike back on faith issue | Group launches initiative to stress religious roots of policies as polls show party faces a 'church gap' (The Christian Science Monitor)
• The sacred and the profane | Such eagerness to politicize religion (Ann McFeatters, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• Crusade | The Bush campaign is assembling a mighty army of religious warriors (Michelle Cottle, The New Republic, alt. site)
• U.S. considers forgiving poor nations' debts | The Bush administration is considering throwing its weight behind a British-backed plan that would eliminate the debt owed by some of the world's poorest countries to international lending institutions, according to people familiar with the matter (The Washington Post)
• Black Baptists to seek unified voice in Nashville | The four major black Baptist organizations want to send a unified message to politicians: There are Christian viewpoints other than the evangelical, conservative perspective reflected recently in presidential policy (The Tennessean, Nashville)

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