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Homosexuality and marriage:

1. Religion in the news: How far does Catholic gay ban extend? | While Vatican teachings also instruct that gays and lesbians should be treated with compassion, church employees—not just priests—are expected to live in accordance with Catholic doctrine (Associated Press)
   
   
2. Minnesota Methodists endorse gay marriages | The approval of gay-rights petitions are recommendations to the national church (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
   
   
3. Also: State Methodists approve ordaining gay clergy, marriage | A statewide convention of the United Methodist Church approved today ordaining gay clergy and gay marriage. (St. Cloud Times, Minn.)
   
   
4. Eyman to file signatures to repeal gay rights law | Tim Eyman was mum Thursday about whether he has enough signatures to get the measure to repeal the state's new gay civil-rights law on the ballot (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
   
   
5. 'A coming storm' | A federal constitutional amendment may be the only way to head off a church-state clash over same-sex marriage (World)
   
   
6. Bush backs amendment banning gay marriage | President Bush will promote a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on Monday, the eve of a scheduled Senate vote on the cause that is dear to his conservative backers (Associated Press)
   
   
7. Hypocrisy of Focus ad all too clear | If the U.S. Senate wants to save the American family, it should muster the political will to help all parents (Jim Spencer, The Denver Post)
   
   
8. Smoking gun | The Netherlands shows the effect of same-sex marriage (Stanley Kurtz, National Review Online)
   
   
9. No excuses | Top three bad reasons for opposing a federal marriage amendment (Walter M. Weber, National Review Online)
   
   

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Life ethics:

1. Oglala Sioux Tribe Council bans abortions, suspends president | Cecelia Fire Thunder allegedly used her office to solicit money and other support for a proposed reservation abortion clinic (Rapid City Journal, S.C.)
   
   
2. Judging whether a killer is sane enough to die | The next question in death penalty law may be defining which inmates are too mentally ill to be executed (The New York Times)
   
   
3. BMV approves 'Choose Life' plates | The anti-abortion debate is coming to Indiana's cars, as Bureau of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Joel Silverman has approved a "Choose Life" license plate (The Indianapolis Star)
   
   
4. Woman, couple settle over abortion pic | A couple who photographed a woman bleeding after a botched abortion agreed to stop discussing her case to settle a lawsuit over a picture posted on the Internet with her medical records (Associated Press)
   
   

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Pharmacist freedom:

1. Judge dismisses lawsuit against Wal-Mart | A federal judge dismissed a Roman Catholic pharmacist's claim that he was fired by Wal-Mart Stores for refusing to fill birth control prescriptions and that the dismissal violated his religious freedom (Associated Press)
   
   
2. A step closer to letting pharmacists refuse to give morning-after pill | The state Board of Pharmacy on Thursday took a step toward allowing pharmacists to refuse to dispense emergency contraceptives or other medication on moral grounds, provided they don't "obstruct" patients from getting that medication (The Seattle Times)
   
   
3. Also: Board says drugstores can refuse to sell 'morning-after' pill (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
   
   

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Politics:

1. Where religious left meets right | Biblical common ground (David Klinghoffer, National Review Online)
   
   
2. Missing ingredient | A new House report says Israeli-Palestinian leaders are ignoring the core of a peace settlement: their Christian population (World)
   
   

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