Defrocked gay minister to appeal conviction by peers | A Methodist minister who was defrocked last month for declaring herself a lesbian said yesterday that she will appeal the decision through church courts. (Washington Post)
Patriarch visits Astoria | His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I visited the community of St. Demetrios Cathedral in Astoria last Friday. (Western Queens Gazette, Queens, NY)
Survey: one-third of Kentuckians 'unchurched' | A new survey commissioned by the Kentucky Baptist Convention shows that about one in three Kentucky adults are ''unchurched,'' meaning nearly 1 million residents have no meaningful connection to any of the thousands of churches in this Bible Belt state. (Associated Press)
Two arrested in protest at Mass. church | Police arrested two parishioners who attempted a vigil to keep the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston from closing their 114-year-old parish, one of 83 churches slated to be shut down or consolidated by year's end. (Associated Press)
Dobson warns Senate on judicial nominees:
Evangelical leader threatens to use his political muscle against some Democrats | James C. Dobson, the nation's most influential evangelical leader, is threatening to put six potentially vulnerable Democratic senators "in the 'bull's-eye' " if they block conservative appointments to the Supreme Court. (New York Times)
Conservative warns senate on nominees | James Dobson, the conservative leader who used his radio program to call on millions of Christians to vote in the November election, warned in a letter that some senators "will be in the 'bull's-eye'" if they block President Bush's judicial nominees. (Associated Press)
James Dobson threatens six senators | Evangelical leader James C. Dobson is threatening six Democratic senators if they block conservative appointees to the U.S. Supreme Court. (UPI)
Conservative Warns Senate on Nominees | James Dobson, the conservative leader who used his radio program to call on millions of Christians to vote in the November election, warned in a letter that some senators "will be in the 'bull's-eye'" if they block President Bush's judicial nominees. (ABC News)
Religion & politics:
Hoosier is Bush's lifeline to evangelicals | In his first visit to the White House after President Bush's re-election, the head of the National Association of Evangelicals congratulated Hoosier Tim Goeglein. (The Indianapolis Star)
Marriage and homosexuality | Christians rallied to defend marriage, and members of Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka came to Newton in protest of a comment made by First Baptist Pastor Timothy Conner. (The Newton Kansan, Kansas)
GOP's soft sell swayed the Amish | Unlikely voters cast lot with Bush (Washington Post)
Pipeline to the President for GOP conservatives | Give and take flows through public liaison aide (Washington Post)
Religion & pop culture:
Congregation of church in state | Religion takes to the streets, big screen and voting booths (Religion News Service)
U.S. pop culture seen as plague | If there is one proposition on which Western European elites and radical Islamists, American social conservatives and snobby latte town aesthetes all seem to agree, it is this: American popular culture is a subversive thing. (Washington Times)
The year in movies | The two most controversial movies of 2004—and to many the most important—were Mel Gibson's ''The Passion of the Christ" and Michael Moore's ''Fahrenheit 9/11." (Ty Burr, Boston Globe)
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