Today's Cultural Warfare Update

Christian school in [EDIT: Correction] California expels student for having lesbian parents;

FDA chair resigns after extending the Plan B schedule yet again - this after promises in confirmation hearings that he wouldn't do so and would have a decision by September 1st. Christian Medical Association calls him "a victim of the culture wars" - includes ACTION ITEM to appoint an anti-abortion replacement;

Scalia delights fundamentalists with statements supporting Congressional content-controls over NEA grants;

FotF pushes ACTION ITEM to ban stem-cell research via the "Human Cloning Prohibition Act," S. 658, alleging "fetal farms" growing babies only to kill them;

To his credit, Focus on the Family's Stuart Shepard criticises claims that Katrina and Rita were some form of specific divine wrath;

Creationism trial gets underway over mandatory instruction of "intelligent design" in Dover, PA;

Massachusetts: Catholic church pulls priests from Mass for refusing to support anti-marriage amendment;

Massachusetts: anti-marriage signature gatherers being bussed in, paid $1/signature;

Focus on the Family's interpretation of what the Air Force itself called a serious problem with evangelical pressure on non-Christians at the Air Force Academy: it's all "a smear";

Focus on the Family expects a "different" ruling on the so-called "partial birth abortion" ban, with Roberts as Chief Justice and - they hope - a replacement for O'Connor;

Focus on the Family: The ACLU is a communist front, built from the beginning to destroy America;

FotF: Gonzalez to continue pushing anti-obscenity laws;

FotF attacks doctor for providing free abortion services for Katrina victims;

CWA issues congratulations to John Roberts on his confirmation as Chief Justice;

CWA attacks pervious filibuster compromise again, calling its signatories "pudding heads," expecting it to come up in the new O'Connor replacement;

CWA attacks adding sexual orientation to existing Federal hate crimes legislation, calling it a "threat to religious freedom";

Agape Press: "Predatory Female Teachers Seen as Symptom of Cultural Selfishness";

Family Research Council: "The Homosexual Agenda is Winning in the House" - ACTION ITEM against adding sexual orientation to hate crimes law, claims it will lead to outlawing "teaching against homosexual conduct";

Alabama state senator blames "sinful behaviour" for hurricanes Katrina and Rita;

Michigan gets judicial decision OKing same-sex DP benefits for state employees despite anti-marriage amendment; appeal against the ruling expected.

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