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So evangelicals are upset with the Supreme Court why now? Because it threw out antisodomy laws? That's the Supreme Court decision that religious conservative leaders seem to be most upset about over the last four years (along with, perhaps, the Court's tossing of the Child Online Protection Act).

Conservative evangelicals might like legislatures more than courts now because they think they have enough political clout to control the legislative process. But that wouldn't necessarily correspond to such a dramatic drop in their opinion of the Supreme Court. So let the word go out: If you're a government official who wants evangelicals to like you, it doesn't matter what you do on religious freedom, just what you do about those pesky gays.

Is there another reason why, since 2001, evangelical respect for the Supreme Court has dropped?

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Billy Graham in NYC:

• Graham says NYC revival probably his last | "In my mind, it is," he said. "I wouldn't like to say 'never.' Never is a bad word." (Associated Press)
• Billy Graham biography | Vital facts (Associated Press)

Missions & ministry:

• The dynamic bit of British Christianity | Nigerian Christianity on the rise in the U.K. (The Economist, sub. req'd.)
• YMCA CEO quits post in dispute | Board opposed efforts to tout Christianity, man says (The Bakersfield Californian)

Church life:

• The Protestant Church's impact The growing popularity of the Protestant Church in Latin America and its potential impact on the Catholic Church (The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, PBS)
• Ultimate battle | Local church uses "War of the Worlds" movie to lead people back to God (South Bend Tribune, Ind.)
• Plan realigns Anglican church | Proposal would set up conservative subgroup (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• Church is monument to activism | Calls to action by Cesar Chavez and others once echoed in the structure, which is now designated a Los Angeles landmark (Los Angeles Times)
• Lavish 'creation' | As the debate over our origin continues, the Crystal Cathedral stages an elaborate show merging religion and science (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Driven by purpose | As powerful as The Purpose-Driven Life has been for individual lives and churches, I think even more long-lasting change will come from congregations inculcating the principles taught in "The Purpose-Driven Church," Warren's 1995 guide to church leaders looking for new direction for the 21st Century (Dennis Logie, San Mateo County Times, Ca.)

Archbishop of Canterbury attacks 'lethal' media:

• Archbishop hits out at web-based media 'nonsense' | The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has criticised the new web-based media for "paranoid fantasy, self-indulgent nonsense and dangerous bigotry". He described the atmosphere on the world wide web as a free-for-all that was "close to that of unpoliced conversation" (The Times, London)
• Archbishop attacks 'lethal' media | The Archbishop of Canterbury last night launched a wide-ranging attack on the media, accusing journalists of distorting debate, contributing to a climate of national cynicism, and unjustly attacking institutions over their secretiveness (The Guardian, London)
• Good news | In his lecture last night, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, set out not just to observe our faults, but to understand them: to see where they come from and how they might be righted (Editorial, The Guardian, London)
• Apophatic or what? | The Archbishop of Canterbury last night attacked the media for practices that are "lethally damaging to it". He was right to do so, just as he was right to reject attempts to make the media a "scapegoat" for society's ills (Editorial, The Telegraph, London)

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