Canadian Politician's Talking to Evangelicals Gets Him in Trouble

No commentary today, just oodles of article links. The full version of Weblog will return Monday.

Canadian politics:

Harper, Day battle on religion | 'Quite hypocritical': Vitriol spews over place of evangelicals (National Post)
Day slips into Bible college for rally | Stop absent from his itinerary (National Post)
Pro-life lobby repeals call for Canadian Alliance membership donations | Jim Hughes, national president of the Campaign Life Coalition, said his group had no idea the party's rules governing memberships had changed. (Canadian Press)
Day accused of courting evangelicals | Harper camp concerned: Recruitment of former pastor raises suspicions (National Post)
Day accuses Harper, Hill of building firewalls against religious minorities | Day supporters say opponents are just up to same old tricks (Canadian Press)
Abortion issue reappears in fight for Canadian Alliance leadership | Harper said the Canadian Alliance does not have a particular policy on the abortion issue, but Stockwell Day is trying to make it appear that there is one. (Canadian Press)

Church and state:

Lawmakers, don't stifle religious freedom | New York bill maintains that government shall decide what constitutes religion and what does not, what is Catholic and what is not (William Murphy, Newsday)
Religious signs lose to deed restrictions | Homeowners ordered to pay fees (Houston Chronicle)

Faith-based initiative:

How new faith-based bill would affect local churches | Senate bill allows charitable deductions for religious groups but no direct federal aid. (The Christian Science Monitor)
New point man for charities | Politics-savvy Towey picked by Bush to lead faith-based initiatives (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Bush and funding of faith | The Senate bill is a useful first step toward Congress fine-tuning the constitutional boundary between church and state. (Editorial, The Christian Science Monitor)