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Farewell 'Oom Bey' | Today we mourn the passing of another great South African, Beyers "Oom Bey" Naude, who did his share of the spadework that prepared the ground for our democracy to take root and flourish (Editorial, Cape Argus, Cape Town, South Africa)
Beyers Naude, who fought apartheid, dies at 89 | Beyers Naude was an Afrikaner cleric who renounced apartheid, defied his church and became his nation's leading exponent of white resistance to racism (The New York Times)
C.F. Beyers Naude dies; cleric opposed apartheid regime | C.F. Beyers Naude, 89, a ranking Afrikaner cleric who spent decades spouting biblical justifications for the South African apartheid regime and later was branded an ethnic traitor after he dissented with the government's racist policies, died Sept. 7 at a retirement home in Johannesburg (The Washington Post)
Baser Passions | Mel Gibson sanctifies his perverse obsessions (Chris Orr, The New Republic)
Jesus is the new neighborhood watch on Western Blvd. | A 13-foot tall wooden sculpture of Jesus bearing a cross looms over Western Boulevard in front of Triangle Vineyard Christian Fellowship. Details of the statue's appearance are murky (The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.)
Each day, utopian dreams fade away | Reality setting in for those longing for return of Heritage USA days (The Charlotte Observer, N.C.)
Sunday-shopping opponents ready for plebiscite | Churches and some secular groups say year-round Sunday shopping would only benefit big box stores at the expense of small business and retail employees (MITV, Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Americans are a generous lot | But Ted Turner wants people to give to world's needy, not to church (David Yount, Scripps Howard News Service)
Christian Coalition gambled, and lost | It turns out the Christian Coalition, long the leader of the fight against gambling in Alabama, has been fueled in part by money from out-of-state Indian casinos. Not directly, of course (The Birmingham News, Ala.)
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