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Commentary returns tomorrow.

Attacks on Christians in Iraq :

• Church leaders condemn `religious killing' of Kim Sun-il | Religious leaders on Thursday condemned the Iraq insurgent group responsible for the beheading of Kim Sun-il after it said Kim was murdered because he was Christian (The Korea Times)
• Kim Sun-Il killing linked to religious activities? | The Tawhid wa al-Jihad (Unification and Holy War), an Iraqi insurgent group that kidnapped and murdered Kim Sun-il last month, posted a message on its web site indicating that the killing was linked to religious activities of Gana Trading Co., the company the late Kim worked for (The Chonsun Ilbo, South Korea)
• Five liquor shops blown up | Attackers blew up five alcohol shops along a street in a Christian district of Baghdad overnight, the latest in a series of such strikes by suspected Muslim radicals (The Australian)

Federal Marriage Amendment (news):

• Senators block initiative to ban same-sex unions | The Senate easily blocked an initiative that has been endorsed by President Bush and was a top priority of many of his socially conservative supporters (The New York Times)
• Senate says no to marriage amendment | The measure, drafted to ban same-sex unions, fails in a procedural vote. The rebuff to Bush could have a bearing on the fall elections (Los Angeles Times)
• Gay-marriage ban fails | Procedural vote scraps measure (The Denver Post)
• Marriage amendment stopped | But homosexual "marriage" likely will continue to be a leading issue this election season (The Washington Times)
• Over for now | Gay marriage sadly politicized (Editorial, Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
• Judges vs. marriage | Here's how things get done in modern America: You get the media and the judiciary on your side; they do the rest (William Murchison, The Washington Times)

Conservative reaction:

• Christian groups say they won't give up | Amendment's religious supporters see long-term fight, plan to focus energy on state-level votes (The Washington Post)
• Dobson disappointed about FMA Vote, but determined to fight on | Focus founder says defeat of marriage amendment just an 'opening salvo in a long battle' (Press release, Focus on the Family)
• New GOP gay-ban tactics | Court powers could be taken away, says majority leader (The Hill, D.C.)
• Gay marriage opponents pin hopes on House | Unable to ban gay marriage, congressional Republicans are working to contain it, advancing legislation in the House to make sure federal courts don't order states to recognize same-sex unions sanctioned outside their borders (Associated Press)
• Conservatives mobilize forces | Despite a political loss Wednesday in the U.S. Senate, conservative Christian groups opposed to gay marriage will seek a strategic victory by using the vote to motivate grassroots activists and voters this fall, pundits say (The Denver Post)
• On the record | Amendment backers failed to muster the votes even to have a vote (World)

FMA and the election:

• Ban on gay marriage fails | Senate vote on amendment is a defeat for Bush (The Washington Post)
• Bush vows to pursue gay union ban | US President George W Bush says he will carry on trying to make homosexual marriages illegal in the United States (BBC, video)
• Bush refines his position on a measure banning gay marriage | By hedging his position, President Bush may have insulated himself from the sting of the defeat of the proposed amendment (The New York Times)
• Voters: What gay marriage issue? | Candidates across the Carolinas are using ads and stump speeches to debate same-sex marriage, but political experts say a majority of voters are more concerned about a candidate's stance on the economy than whether gays and lesbians should marry (The Charlotte Observer, N.C.)

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