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Politics:

1. Religion in public life: Americans yearn for a middle way | Concerned about the moral state of their country, many Americans have long said they desire more religious influence in public life. They still feel that way, but they're also growing wary about the forms it is taking (The Christian Science Monitor)
   
   
2. Holy Land churches attack Christian Zionism | The Vatican's envoy in the Holy Land and bishops from three other churches have launched a rare joint attack on the Christian Zionist movement, accusing it of promoting "racial exclusivity and perpetual war" (Reuters)
   
   
3. Also: Religious leaders' statement on Christian Zionism | "We Stand for Justice. We Can Do No Other" (Zenit)
   
   
4. In latest push, Bush cites risk in quitting Iraq | President Bush cast the struggle against Islamic extremists as the successor to the battles against Nazism and Communism (The New York Times)
   
   
5. Not God's party | A new poll shows Democrats are losing (more) religious voters (Amy Sullivan, Slate)
   
   
6. Republicans target 'Islamic fascism' | Fascism seems to be the new buzz word for Republicans in an election season dominated by an unpopular war in Iraq (Associated Press)
   
   
7. Churches reach out to mayoral candidates | Faith groups seek to regain clout (The Washington Post)
   
   
8. Poll: Crist, Gallagher splitting 'born-again' vote | Tom Gallagher had been counting on support from conservative Christians (The Orlando Sentinel)
   
   
9. State race turns nasty in final lap | Sen. Jim King and challenger Randall Terry both file complaints (The Orlando Sentinel)
   
   
10. Religious voters could doom the Democrats | The good folks who make up the religious right may not love the Republican party, but they know a threat when they see one. The modern Democratic party is hostile to their very existence (Patrick Hynes and Jeremy Lott, Financial Times)
    
    
11. Bush names new faith-based czar | Experienced think-tanker Jay Hein will also be deputy assistant to the president (Bill Berkowitz, WorkingForChange)
    
    
12. America the Brutal | A peace activist nun declares that America lost its soul after 9/11. Bill Moyers would concur (Mark Tooley, The AmericanSpectator)
    
    
13. God's other party | Do Democrats have a prayer of converting Christian voters? (Patrick Hynes, The American Spectator)
    
    
14. The End Times hits primetime | Karl Rove and Co. may be flirting with selling the public the same thing cult leaders throughout history have sold their followers: the afterlife (Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com, via Alternet)
    
    

Katherine Harris:

1. Rep. Harris goes from GOP darling to liability | Polls say she's no longer a shoo-in against her rivals in the U.S. Senate primary in Florida (Los Angeles Times)
   
   
2. Makeup call | Katherine Harris, still crazy (Jonathan Chait, The New Republic)
   
   
3. Harris' antics | For the sake of Republicans, Jeb Bush should endorse Will McBride (Editorial, The Orlando Sentinel)
   
   
4. Church, state, and politics | Katherine Harris's comments remind us that, in every election cycle, it is important to determine which candidates maintain a commitment to the ideals of the founders and which would try to turn the country toward theocracy (Editorial, The Capital Times, Madison, Wi.)
   
   

Abortion:

1. Colombian rift over abortion widens | A news report that a cardinal threatened doctors who performed an abortion with excommunication sparked controversy Wednesday and a denial from the prelate (Associated Press)
   
   

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