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Church & state:

• Vicar cross at China church | The vicar of a Clifton church today criticised plans to use it as inspiration for a religious building at the centre of a new English-style town in China (Evening Post, Bristol, England)
• At a crossroads for diversity, ACLU helps officials take right path | No one's religious symbol belongs on a public garbage truck or firefighter's uniform (Marjie Lundstrom, Sacramento Bee, Ca.)
• Etched in stone | The value of the Ten Commandments is religious. To say otherwise is not only a disservice to the millions of humans who have held them holy over the centuries, but also a clear case of functional illiteracy (Editorial, The Salt Lake Tribune, Ut.)
• David Dockery: Bush's faith-based program faces many obstacles | Since he attended the first White House briefing on President George W. Bush's Faith-Based and Community Initiatives in 2001, Union University President David Dockery has noticed a lot of changes in the program (Religion News Service)
• Trespassers in the name of heritage | Politicians are wrong to claim Australia is a Christian country, when it is secular (Helen Irving, The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Judge refers priest to Bible | A preacher accused of murdering his own son 17 years ago was referred to the bible for guidance on Wednesday by the judge in his Johannesburg High Court trial (SAPA, South Africa)

Religion & politics:

• Churchgoing closely tied to voting patterns | Forget the gender gap. The "religion gap" is bigger, more powerful and growing (USA Today)
• Conservative opposition leaves U.N. accord in dry dock | The Eagle Forum and others are against such multinational treaties. Their all-out effort has stalled its ratification in the Senate this year (Los Angeles Times)
• Christian group protesting Dems also coming to NYC's GOP convention | The Christian Defense Coalition said it will apply this week for a permit to surround Madison Square Garden with a prayer vigil on Aug. 28, two days before the GOP gathering begins there (Associated Press)

Judge Roy Moore:

• United or divided? GOP's Moore effect | Some state Republican Party activists have worried that former Chief Justice Roy Moore and his Ten Commandments cause could seriously split the GOP. Others say Moore's partial success in Tuesday's GOP primary, when just one of four major candidates he backed won outright, leaves room for party unity (The Birmingham News, Ala.)
• Roy Moore's clout swings high court race | Though outspent 6-to-1 by his opponent, Tom Parker defeated Brown on the religious coattails of ousted Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore and through some clever ads, political observers said (Birmingham Post-Herald, second item)
• Moore's slate makes its mark | To hear Roy Moore's supporters tell it, the primary victory by former aide Tom Parker over an Alabama Supreme Court justice shows Moore can have any statewide office he wants -- from the governor's mansion to his old job as chief justice (Associated Press)

Church allowed to baptize in park:

• Parks will not block baptism | Church will be allowed to baptize member at Falmouth Waterfront Park on Sunday (The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.)
• Baptism brouhaha soaks park | The scenario outlined in the story that has appeared in newspapers all over the country isn't what happened at all, according to park manager Brian Robinson (Editorial, The News Leader, Staunton, Virginia)

Bush speech edits out 'crusade' in speech:

• Bush edits out 'crusade' in quoting Eisenhower | President Bush on Wednesday quoted the famous D-Day words of Gen. Dwight Eisenhower -- all but one of them, "crusade" (Reuters)

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