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• Gard's cuts: Scrooge or Jesus? | Democratic Rep. Marlin Schneider was not pleased to have recently received an e-mail titled "Time for God" from his Republican colleague, Rep. Alvin Ott (Doug Moe, The Capital Times, Madison, Wi.)
  
  
• Newsview: Poll wording debate continues | It was a simple, multiple choice question. The reaction to the answers has been anything but (Associated Press)
  
  
• Jesus wore Birks | Pro-life, pro-Federal Marriage Amendment—and pro-Kyoto (Alexander Zaitchik, New York Press)
  
  
• The culture wars still rage | Moral issues will prove to be dicey territory for Republicans as well as Democrats (Albert R. Hunt, The Wall Street Journal)
  
  
• A priest, a rabbi and an imam … | For too long, political correctness has been blind in one eye (Peter Mullen, The Wall Street Journal Europe)
  
  
• A hot line to heaven | Is George Bush too religious? Here is a closer look at what a much-misquoted president actually says and how it compares with his predecessors (The Economist, U.K.)
  
  
• A bully pulpit indeed | White House scribe Michael Gerson's telephone rang with a vengeance after the 2003 State of the Union address and its claim that there is "power, wonder-working power, in the goodness and idealism and faith of the American people." (Terry Mattingly, Scripps Howard News Service)
  
  
• What they believe | The religious dimensions to Ukraine's protests and passions (Adrian Karatnycky, The Wall Street Journal)
  
  
• Christmas in Cuba | It is one thing to respect atheists and to protect their rights, as America's Constitution and tradition do. It is another to found one's ideology in opposition to the idea of God, as communism does (Editorial, New York Sun)
  
  
• Polish minister slammed for church remarks | The PAP news agency said Gender Equality Minister Magdalena Sroda had been reprimanded by Prime Minister Marek Belka for suggesting the patriarchal teachings of the Catholic Church were part of the problem of domestic violence against women in Poland (UPI)
  
  

Religious freedom & free speech:

• I may be in bad company, but this law will not work | The religious hatred bill will inflame rather than calm religious passions (Polly Toynbee, The Guardian)
  
  
• Freedom of speech means being free to give offence | Muslims have every reason to feel offended by some of Nick Griffin's remarks. We have grave doubts, however, about the extent to which offensive speeches on any subject should be matters for the law. (Editorial, The Telegraph, London)
  
  
• Barred from faith | Inmates in Colorado prisons face an uphill battle when it comes to practicing their religion (Colorado Springs Independent)
  
  
• Religious understanding comes from hard questions | There is sufficient tolerance now to learn about other religions by not backing away from the hard questions (Gerald L. Zelizer, USA Today)
  
  
• Is TV cult hit poster 'shameless'? | A poster which appears to depict a drunk Frank Gallagher - from the TV hit Shameless - as Jesus Christ has sparked fury (Manchester Online)
  
  
• Religious tension rises after years of calm | Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt burst onto the public stage last week after allegations by Coptic Christians of forced conversion to Islam triggered demonstrations in Cairo (Inter Press Service, South Africa)
  
  
• Don't gag comedians … get a sense of humour | If the British government outlaws jokes that make fun of religion, it will put some of the best stand-ups at risk of prosecution and change comedy for ever (Pat Stacey, The Belfast Telegraph)
  
  

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December (Web-only) 2004, Vol. 48