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In particular, the Holy See deplores the attack on Lebanon, a free and sovereign nation, and gives assurances of its closeness to those people who have suffered so much in the defense of their own independence.

4. Provincetown, capital of hate?
Police say they're getting several complaints of "slurs and bigoted behavior," The Boston Globe. And they're getting them in Provincetown, America's gayest municipality. "Police say they logged numerous complaints of straight people being called 'breeders' by gays over the July Fourth holiday weekend," Adrienne P. Samuels, reports. "And a woman was verbally accosted after signing a petition that opposed same-sex marriage." Others who signed the petition—local gay activists have publicized the names and addresses of residents who did so—reported had manure spread on their properties.

Samuels continues:

The town, which prizes its reputation for openness and tolerance, is taking the concerns seriously, though police say they do not consider the incidents hate crimes.

"Hate language is usually the early-warning signal that could lead to hate-motivated violence" Town Manager Keith Bergman said. "And before that happens, we try to nip it in the bud."

5. Lauren Winner on clergy wives
Winner's Wall Street Journalarticle, taking off of The Rabbi's Wife by Shuly Rubin Schwartz, is a very good and perhaps too-short piece not just for pastors' wives, but for all churchgoers. Read it through to the end.

Church and state | Valedictorian sues over cut speech | Education | Life ethics | Homosexuality | Church life | Catholicism | Missions and ministry | People | Film and theater | Music | Money and business | Other stories of interest

Church and state :

1. Youth rock at church hits sour note | Albany's Trinity Methodist operating an illegal nightclub, police say (Times Union, Albany, N.Y.)
   
   
2. Beware the vicar | It's all legal but it's the insurers, lawyers and search companies that will profit from an ancient tithe (The Times, London)
   
   
3. Taliban thinking in San Diego | Lawsuit against cross monument simply religious intolerance (Susan McQueen, The Orange County Register)
   
   

Valedictorian sues over cut speech :

1. Group files lawsuit, alleges school officials violated teen's rights | Lawsuit alleges school officials' decision to pull the plug on McComb's speech infringed on her freedoms of speech and equal protection (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
   
   
2. Religious valedictorian sues Nevada school | A high school valedictorian who had the plug pulled on her microphone as she gave an address referring to Jesus Christ has filed a lawsuit against school officials, claiming her rights to religious freedom and free speech were trampled (Associated Press)
   
   
3. Brittany's broken promise | Valedictorian's speech cut short because she strayed from approved text (Karen Vaughan, Las Vegas Review-Journal)
   
   
4. Earlier: District pulls plug on speech | Foothill valedictorian criticizes decision to censor her proclamation of faith (Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jun. 17)
   
   

Education :

1. Vicar told to quit over kiss on cheek | A vicar has had to stand down as a school governor after innocently kissing a primary school pupil on the cheek to congratulate her—only to find himself accused of common assault (The Telegraph, London)
   
   
2. Also: Vicar loses school post over kiss for maths girl | A kiss is just a kiss. But not if you are a vicar helping a class of ten-year-old children with their long division (The Times, London)
   
   

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