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Gay marriage and politics:

• When left is right and right is wrong | The newspapers that portrayed Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore as a villain are portraying San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom for doing essentially the same thing (Howard Kurtz, The Washington Post)
  
  
• Bush stance on gays rallies religious right | The importance of social issues, especially gay marriage, in the minds of 19 million evangelical Christians in the United States, is key for the Bush administration's efforts to stay in the White House for four more years (The Denver Post)
  
  
• Sex warfare breaks out in US election | As the race hots up, gay weddings have triggered a bitter battle between liberals and the powerful morality lobby (The Observer, London)
  
  
• Blacks angered by gays' metaphors | In the battle for same-sex "marriage," homosexual rights activists have been using civil rights metaphors to advance their cause (The Washington Times)
  
  

Evangelism:

• UK Methodists seek youth through pubs | The church, which does not even allow wine at communion services, has had 250,000 drink mats printed for distribution in watering holes across Britain (Associated Press)
  
  
• And the 11th Commandment is . . . thou shalt not resort to cheap gimmicks | The Methodist Church is launching a nationwide competition to find the 11th Commandment in an effort to attract more young people (The Daily Telegraph, London)
  
  
• The adventures of Mizuki | Mizuki Tanabe's Japanese-born parents weren't particularly religious, but in seventh grade Mizuki went on a Christian youth group retreat and came back a convert (The Washington Post)
  
  
• For churches, 'Passion' is more than a movie | An opportunity, but also a concern (The Washington Post)
  
  

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