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• Promise, peril and progress | The president may still want to rethink his guidelines for federal practice, or at least reinvigorate the stem-cell debate. Doing so will not nullify his commitment to human life. It may open the door to greater moral and medical progress (Editorial, The Washington Times)
  
  

Education:

• Again, teach the best science | Scientists' warnings that including a critical analysis of evolution will make Ohio the nation's laughingstock seem far-fetched (Editorial, The Cincinnati Enquirer)
  
  
• Bills would make Michigan schools push abstinence | Those that don't beef up message would lose funding (The Detroit News)
  
  
• A suggestion to help the Manatee School Board keep on praying | Ask Manatee Religious Services group to invite a rabbi or imam to give the invocation roughly in equivalence to the number of synagogues or mosques in Manatee County, compared to Christian churches (Rod Thomson, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Fla.)
  
  
• Home school limits upheld | Court says public schools may exclude students from sports (The Ann Arbor News, Mi.)
  
  
• Also: Ruling gives public schools sports authority | Home-schoolers don't have right to join their teams, appeals court says (Associated Press)
  
  

Law:

• Boy Scouts' case backed by Justice Department | Group fighting to keep Fiesta Island site lease (San Diego Union Tribune)
  
  
• Also: Justice intervenes in Boy Scouts case | The government intervened Thursday on behalf of the Boy Scouts of America in a federal lawsuit over whether the Scouts should be evicted from a San Diego park because they discriminate against atheists and gays (Associated Press)
  
  
• Two Christian advocacy groups put faith in courts | Supporters and critics say the organizations are a force to be reckoned with in battles on rights (Los Angeles Times)
  
  

Locke v Davey :

• Why can't a public scholarship fund a theology education? | Last week's ruling in Locke vs. Davey, while it may seem limited just to the facts of a difficult case, could lead to substantial discrimination against religion (Terry Eastland, The Dallas Morning News)
  
  
• Religious studies | Court correctly leaves scholarship ban up to states (Editorial, Detroit Free Press)
  
  
• Holy discrimination! | The Supreme Court approves religious discrimination (Douglas W. Kmiec, National Review Online)
  
  
• Government scholarships for preachers? | Does the U.S. Supreme Court, in fact, believe the study of theology entails only preaching, prayers and pastoral visits? (David Hall, Chicago Tribune)
  
  

California's Catholic Charities case:

• Handicapping religion | If the free exercise clause means anything, it means preventing government from handicapping citizens in public life because of their faith (Bruce Fein, The Washington Times)
  
  
• Bitter pill | California joins the post-Christian world by running roughshod on religious freedom (Shawn Macomber, The American Spectator)
  
  

Religion and politics:

• The Reagan Catholics | Who they are. Where they come from. How they think. How to reach them (Michael Novak, National Review Online)
  
  
• Bush praises faith-based groups' work | President Bush yesterday said it was "essential" that the government reinforce the "vital work that faith-based organizations can do," but tried to quell fears of liberals and civil libertarians that church and state would get too cozy (The Washington Times)
  
  
• Bush mends fences with voter base | From gun control to judicial appointments to supporting a constitutional marriage amendment, Mr. Bush's election-year moves in the past few weeks have done much to mend fences with disgruntled grass-roots Republicans (The Washington Times)
  
  

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