Updated: January 13, 2004


Court to Hear Pledge Case on March 24

The Supreme Court most-watched case of the year will be argued March 24, when a
California father tries to convince the justices that the regular morning public
school salute to the American flag is unconstitutional because of the reference
to God ... 

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Low Supplies Spur Blood Banks Appeal

U.S. blood banks appealed Monday for immediate donations as supplies dwindled
throughout the country and some hospitals canceled non-emergency surgeries ... 

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Bishop Shuts Down Anglican Mission Church for Remaining
True to Scripture

An Anglican priest from British Columbia is speaking out after his conservative
mission church was shut down by its local diocese. Bishop Michael Ingham of the
Anglican Diocese of New Westminster recently closed Church of the Holy Cross
because of its opposition to homosexuality. Holy Cross rector James Wagner says
a decision by the diocese to create a rite to bless same-sex marriages was
"divisive" and a departure from scriptural truth. That is why his church refused
to perform same-sex "blessing" ceremonies ... 

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New Jersey Law: Sending in the Clones

The New Jersey state legislature recently passed a "clone and kill" bill that
allows the creation of cloned human embryos that can be implanted into a womans
womb and then destroyed at any point during their development for use in
scientific research ... 

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