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• Abortion protest draws thousands | Marchers brave cold to speak out against 1973 Roe v. Wade decision (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Roe marches on | Thousands of pro-life advocates demonstrated on downtown streets yesterday, marking the 31st anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion on demand (The Washington Times)
  
  
• Sets of marchers disagree on abortion | Large group protests at The Square; supporters circle quietly at park (The Charlotte Observer)
  
  
• Activists gear up for another round | The latest battle lines in the Minnesota abortion war were drawn in frozen breath, early-morning prayer and exhortations to action Thursday, the 31st anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion (Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.)
  
  

2004 presidential campaign:

• Born again | The ranks of Christian conservatives aren't dwindling (Mark Stricherz, The Weekly Standard, subscription required)
  
  
• The path of righteousness | Can a Democrat win the hearts of black voters? Yes, here's how (Steven Waldman, Slate)
  
  
• Wesley Clark speaks out | The general explains why the president isn't a patriot and only Democrats are devout (Hugh Hewitt, The Weekly Standard)
  
  
• Groups debate religion on campaign trail | While presidential candidates have been lining up in recent weeks to prove their religiosity on the campaign trail, groups like the Anti-Defamation League are becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the rhetoric and are asking them to tone it down (Fox News)
  
  
• Preaching in politics | Left should reclaim a share of the moral rhetoric (Ellen Goodman, The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Bush's talk on values, and the eye he keeps on November | President Bush seemed to cast himself as America's moral leader in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night when he called upon "all of us" to protect the nation's children from "the negative influence of the culture." (The New York Times)
  
  

War:

• Chaplain puts green beret past to use with troops | Exploits inspire 'awe factor' in Iraqi thicket (The Washington Post)
  
  
• How Satan is propping up Bush's war on terror | An obsession with the devil, born out of personal experience, explains why so many fundamentalist Christians believe that Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden were working together (Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com)
  
  

Churches protest Nairobi constitution:

• Church threatens protest over draft | The Presbyterian Church of East Africa will call countrywide demonstrations if the Ufungamano draft constitution is rejected at Bomas (The East African Standard, Nairobi)
  
  
• Bishops pour cold water on faiths effort | Anglican clergymen claimed a section of the delegates, including some of their colleagues, wanted to derail the reform process for selfish interests (The East African Standard, Nairobi)
  
  
• Now Catholics back Bomas III | The Catholic Church and opposition parties yesterday threw their weight behind the draft constitution under discussion at Bomas of Kenya (The East African Standard, Nairobi)
  
  

Same-sex marriage and homosexuality:

• Ohio set to enact same-sex marriage ban | The Ohio Senate has approved one of the most far-reaching gay marriage bans in the nation despite charges from some lawmakers that the legislation was mean-spirited and discriminatory (Associated Press)
  
  
• Ohio set to forbid same-sex marriage | Sweeping measure also refuses benefits (USA Today)
  
  

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January (Web-only) 2004, Vol. 48