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...SURPRISE NON--STICKING POINT? Though the very idea of a court controlling church finances seems to raise church-state issues, the judge will strive to avoid disrupting the diocese's worship life. If schools or parishes are sold to meet creditors' demands, it will be by Vlazny's choice, not hers. Since bankruptcy is voluntary, many experts feel an archbishop entering it can hardly complain of government intrusion...
...that my love for the Yankees will ever disappear entirely. I’ll still feel a rush when I walk into Yankee Stadium to see a game. But this summer I’ve reconciled myself to the fact I will probably never worship the Yankees the way I once did. And I’ve almost put to rest my old dream job of one day becoming the first female general manager of the Yankees. Almost, but not quite...
Bush has said as much himself. "My job is to make sure that, as President, people understand that in this country you can worship any way you choose," he told the religion writers. "And I'll take that a step further. You can be a patriot if you don't believe in the Almighty. You can honor your country and be as patriotic as your neighbor." But Bush also sees a change in how people respond to him since he was last on the campaign trail--although that may say more about the times we are living in than anything...
...battle is not so much between faiths as within them. The more traditionally religious that people say they are, the more often they pray and attend worship services, the more likely they are to vote for Bush, says Professor John Green of the University of Akron in Ohio. "Where we used to have antagonism between religious traditions, Catholics versus Protestants versus Jews," he says, "now what we have is liberal Protestants linking up with liberal Catholics and liberal Jews against an alliance of conservative Protestants, conservative Catholics and conservative Jews...
...first time Bush had trod carefully to avoid a tone of Christian triumphalism. He has consistently referred to Islam as a religion of peace "hijacked" by the terrorists, has been host to Ramadan dinners at the White House and has annoyed Evangelicals by declaring that Muslims and Christians worship the same God. The morning Saddam was captured Bush skipped church out of concern that his presence might be seen as gloating. In general, he avoids using words like Lord, preferring Almighty and Providence...