Jesse Jackson: I am Father to a Daughter who Was Born Outside of my Marriage.

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Jesse Jackson admits fathering child out of wedlock:

• Jesse Jackson has love child | Took pregnant lover to meet Bill Clinton (New York Daily News)
• Jesse Jackson's statement (Rainbow/PUSH press release)
• Scholar's dalliance stuns her admirers (New York Daily News)
• Life in spotlight | Misstep isn't expected to harm Jackson (New York Daily News)
• Politics & strange bedfellows (New York Daily News)
• How Jesse invented himself in Memphis (Michael Kramer, New York Daily News)
• Rev. is in a 'sorry' state (New York Post)
• Jesse Jackson admits fathering child out of wedlock (Chicago Tribune/Associated Press)
• The pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson (Frontline, Apr. 30, 1996)

Uh-Oh, Canada:

1. Message to gay couples not political: Clarkson | Governor-General says she wishes to avoid sensitive issues (National Post)
2. Bishops blast Clarkson for message to gay couple (The [Toronto] Globe and Mail)
3. Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day reeling after settling defamation suit (Associated Press)
4. Earlier: Bigotry Up North | An evangelical's faith generated shrill criticism in a nation known for its tolerance. (Editorial, Christianity Today)

New York's Roman Catholic Archbishop:

1. Egan speaks softly, but carries a big staff (Rod Dreher, New York Post)
2. Archbishop Egan: Ashcroft's abortion views aren't the only issue (New York Post)

John Ashcroft:

• Ashcroft says he would not challenge Roe ruling (The New York Times)
• Ashcroft on track for confirmation (Associated Press
• Conservatives Round Up Ashcroft Support (The Washington Post)

George W. Bush:

• Eugene Rivers decries 'warfare' against Bush by black leaders (The Boston Globe)
• Earlier: The Word on the Street | Eugene Rivers on faith-based urban ministry, the black church, and the "sexual holocaust" in Africa. (Books & Culture, May/June 2000)
• Where will he stand? | Bush faces difficult issues on gay rights (ABCNews.com)

Mythology myths:

• Stephen Hawking debunks astrology (Associated Press/Salon.com)
• The scholars and the goddess | Historically speaking, the "ancient" rituals of the Goddess movement are almost certainly bunk (The Atlantic Monthly)

Other stories of interest:

• New book tallies religions | Christianity still number one (Associated Press)
• Hungary to register churches | Will "clamp down" on " interest groups or pseudo-churches" (The Budapest Sun)
• New effort in assisting jailed missionary (The Norway Post)
• Actor dies recreating missionary murder | Indian burned to death while playing commemorative role of Graham Staines (BBC)

• Human trade ring smashed (The Nation, Nairobi)
• Report says violent media harm kids | Surgeon general finds repeated early childhood exposure to entertainment violence causes aggressive behavior. (Los Angles Times)
• Missionaries flock to Britain to revive passion for Church (The Daily Telegraph, London)
• MP accuses Tories of 'sinister' drive for religious votes (The Guardian, London)
• Rare relics | Treasures from first Christian state (Armenia) on show for first time (The Guardian, London)
• Confessions of a lonely atheist | At a time when religion pervades every aspect of public life, there's something to be said for a revival of pagan peevishness. (The New York TimesMagazine)
• Was Christian Science healer really just a heel? (The Boston Globe)
• And God said, Let there be Net | More on FellowshipChurch.com (Wired News)

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