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• Report cites 'degrading' Guantanamo treatment | Guantanamo Bay interrogators degraded and abused a key prisoner but did not torture him when they told him he was gay, forced him to dance with another man and made him wear a bra and perform dog tricks, military investigators said on Wednesday (Reuters)

Iraq:

• Iraq faith minorities fear being left out under law | A panel representing Chaldo/Assyrian Catholics, Turkmen Muslims, and Mandaeans called on the United States to ensure the constitution benefits them as well as the Shi'ites, Sunnis and Kurds (The Washington Times)
• As many as 80,000 Assyrian Christians have fled Iraq | Representatives of Iraq's minority Assyrian Christian community are charging that their numbers in the country are sharply and rapidly dwindling as many flee to border states to escape persecution (The New York Sun)

Religion & politics:

• Conservative Caucus's choice for top court is cast in stone | Constitution Party founder Howard Phillips's latest group says only one man, really, is qualified for the job: Roy Moore (The Washington Post)
• Senators who averted showdown face new test in court fight | The Gang of 14 is trying to chart a course that would keep them unified in the event of a divisive Supreme Court battle (The New York Times)
• Mr. Bush, pick a genius | Ideas drive history, so President Bush's Supreme Court pick should be the person with the biggest brain. Mike McConnell is a perfect example (David Brooks, The New York Times)
• Clinton, Santorum swap child-rearing views | It may take a village to raise a child. Or it may take a family. But it definitely takes two senators to argue the merits of either (Associated Press)
• People of faith help put budget focus on the needy | If the budget outcome was a little better this session, it's because people of faith got involved (Deborah Locke, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.)

Canadian same-sex marriage:

• Same-sex foes risk charges, Cardinal fears | Canada's top Roman Catholic cardinal says vocal opponents of same-sex marriage will risk criminal charges if the institution is legally extended to include gay and lesbian couples (The Globe and Mail, Toronto)
• Also: Religious freedom threatened, top cardinal says | Canada's most prominent Roman Catholic clergyman says same-sex marriage threatens religious freedom in this country (Canadian Press)
• Cardinal backs MP sanctions | Canada's top Catholic cleric says MPs who support same-sex marriage should be stripped of their parish leadership roles, but not excommunicated (London Free Press, Ont.)
• Also: Top cardinal backs action against MP | One of Canada's leading Roman Catholic cardinals yesterday endorsed an Ontario bishop's decision to bar NDP MP Joe Comartin from taking part in church marital classes and other duties because he supported same-sex marriage legislation (CanWest)

Episcopal priest, opposed to gay bishops, is removed in Connecticut:

• Episcopal priest stripped of duties | Episcopal Bishop Andrew D. Smith stripped the priest of St. John's Church in Bristol of his duties Wednesday morning, citing concerns about the church's financial condition and the priest's decision to take an unauthorized sabbatical for several months (Hartford Courant, Ct.)

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