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I challenge the worldwide church to take on the global giants of spiritual darkness, lack of servant leaders, poverty, disease, and ignorance. It's past time for those who claim to be Christ's followers to join the struggle against the devastation that the HIV virus brings.

Kay and her husband have done much to get evangelicals to "do something" about HIV/AIDS. She also says the rest of the AIDS-fighting community needs to accept evangelical offers of support. "There are people concerned that Saddleback would want to try to convert them from gay to straight," said Alan Witchey, executive director of the Orange County AIDS Services Foundation.

"Just because they don't trust us, they're not going to put us in the game," Kay says.

It's another example of the civics lesson some gay activists need to learn. As Christianity Todaywrote in 2003, "By hijacking the AIDS agenda for their political purposes, gay activists are saying no to thousands of willing foot soldiers in the fight against AIDS. We may see more die from HIV/AIDS because gay activists are intolerant of social conservatives."

3. Harvard scientists attempt to clone humans

Weblog hopes the mainstream media will stop saying that Bush has banned stem-cell research now that a second American university is attempting to clone humans for research. The AP reports, "The privately funded work is aimed at devising treatments for such ailments as diabetes, Lou Gehrig's disease, sickle-cell anemia and leukemia. Harvard is only the second American university to announce its venture into the challenging, politically charged research field." The University of California, San Francisco recently restarted a cloning program it abandoned in 2001.

4. Archbishop reinstates "rebel" evangelical

The Anglican wars limp along in England. Richard Coekin declared himself in impaired communion with his bishop, Tom Butler, after, as The Guardian reports, "Butler, together with all the other diocesan bishops and the archbishop, agreed to a statement last July allowing gay clergy to enter civil partnerships providing they gave assurances that their relationships were chaste." Circumventing his bishop, Coekin then invited a bishop from the Church of England in South Africa (which is not in communion with the Church of England in England) to ordain three deacons. In response, Butler revoked Coekin's license to minister. The action eventually prompted the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, to order Butler to reinstate Coekin.

This could have ramifications in the U.S. as several ministers have requested alternative oversight but are still waiting for an official response. No comment yet at TitusOneNine.

5. Roy Moore loses bid for governor

Incumbent Bob Riley defeated Roy Moore in the Alabama primary race for governor. Even last night, Moore was optimistic despite low poll ratings. "We expect to win," said Moore. However, Moore gained only 33 percent of the vote, while Riley garnered 67 percent, exactly as polls predicted.

"Moore, 59, was making his first race for public office since a state judicial court ousted him as Alabama's chief justice in 2003, but his campaign failed to gain traction," the Associated Press reports.

Quote of the Day

"Oddly enough, those Americans who live in Darwin-denial, the evangelicals and the orthodox, they live as Darwin recommends: They have lots of kids, they raise them well, and when they get old, they don't mind all that much stepping aside as God or nature intends. But those Americans who do believe that Darwin teaches the truth are having fewer and fewer children, are more and more obsessed about their personal existences, and are living more as individuals. So the people who believe in Darwin are the evidence that Darwin doesn't teach the whole truth and nothing but."

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