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• Inspiration for doubters of Darwin | Bush appears to give moral support to the 'intelligent design' camp by again backing public schools' teaching of an alternative to evolution (Los Angeles Times)
• Bush adds to evolution buzz | The Dover school board has 'powerful friends in Washington,' its attorney joked (York Daily Record, Pa.)
• Leave no God behind | Bush comes out for "intelligent design." (Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation)
• Also: Dear old golden rule days in Texas | As President Bush arrives home for vacation, he may want to sample a school struggle about science versus scripture that's brewing in West Texas (Editorial, The New York Times)

Church & state:

• Utah commandments case sent back to lower court | Federal judge had dismissed lawsuit, but 10th Circuit panel says court should reconsider case based on recent Supreme Court rulings (Associated Press)
• Sect sues, asks equal space for 'Aphorisms' | Followers of the Summum faith say Moses made two trips down from the mountain (The Salt Lake Tribune)
• Academy General off promotions list | The Senate has put off an Air Force proposal to promote the No. 2 officer at the Air Force Academy, a born-again Christian who has been criticized for proselytizing in memos and speeches (Associated Press)
• Navajo leader signs peyote bill into law | Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. has signed a law that makes it legal for Navajos to transport and possess peyote for ceremonial purposes on Navajo Nation land (Associated Press)
• Weird science | Learning evolution no threat to kids' faith (Editorial, Daily Camera, Boulder, Co.)

Religion & politics:

• Shaping politics from the pulpits | Ohio race shows how Christian right is changing the GOP (USA Today)
• A religious test? Let's not | The Democrats risk offending not only Catholics but also millions of conservative Christians, Orthodox Jews and Muslims who have deeply held religious views opposing abortion. To suggest that their views should rule them out for judicial office would turn them all into second-class citizens. (James P. Gannon, USA Today)

Justice Sunday II:

• DeLay to be on Christian telecast on courts | DeLay's planned appearance adds the imprimatur of a top Republican elected official to the event, which seeks to call attention to what its organizers say is the Supreme Court's hostility to Christianity and traditional families (The New York Times)
• Frist not invited to evangelical rally | Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist spoke by video to the first "Justice Sunday" evangelical rally in April, but he wasn't invited to address "Justice Sunday II," even though it's in his home state of Tennessee (Associated Press)

Frist & stem cells:

• Bush reiterates stem cell study position | "I am confident I have achieved the right balance between science and ethics," Bush said during a White House interview with reporters from eight newspapers (Associated Press)
• New Jersey prepares for stem cell research | Trying to jump-start New Jersey's lagging bid to build a major stem cell research center, Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey said on Tuesday that he would spend $10.5 million already budgeted to recruit a staff for the institute and finance initial research grants (The New York Times)

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