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May 1, 2008 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
Huckabee: Evangelicals up for grabs
Tom Lutey/Billings Gazette (05/01/2008)
It's going to take more than pledges against gay marriage and abortion to woo evangelical voters
this election year, former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Wednesday.
Between the Pulpit and Pews, a Gulf on Obama’s Ex-Pastor
Campbell Robertson/New York Times (05/01/2008)
LUMBERTON, N.C. — The Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., under fire for statements that have
embarrassed Senator Barack Obama’s campaign, has found staunch support in the pulpits of black
churches around North Carolina. The people in the pews, however, are far less accepting.
IMMIGRATION
Thousands marching across US for immigration reform
AFP (05/01/2008: afp.google.com)
LOS ANGELES — Thousands of immigrants and rights groups marched peacefully across the United
States on Thursday, renewing calls for reform to help bring 12 million illegal workers out of the
shadows.
Business joins May Day cry for immigration reform in L.A.
L.A. Times (05/01/2008)
Immigrant workers are marching in downtown Los Angeles today, backed by powerful allies including
the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and local political figures. They are all calling for an
end to raids on work sites where illegal immigrants are employed.
Immigrants Challenge U.S. System of Detention
Nina Bernstein/New York Times (05/01/2008)
Immigrants who spent time in detention while fighting deportation filed a federal suit on
Wednesday against Michael Chertoff, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, demanding
that the agency issue legally enforceable regulations for its detention centers. No enforceable
standards now exist for the immigrant detention system, a rapidly growing conglomeration of
county jails, federal centers and privately run prisons across the country.
DOCTRINE AND PRACTICE
Saving 'God's creation' unites scientist, evangelical leader
Billy Baker/Boston Globe (05/01/2008)
A Nobel laureate scientist and a leader of the evangelical Christian movement walk into a
restaurant. It sounds like the setup for a joke, a scenario that is screaming for a punch line
that plays off the seemingly endless disagreements between faith and science. But this is a true
story, and Dr. Eric Chivian and the Rev. Richard Cizik have come up with a zinger no one could
expect. They went to lunch together to agree on something - the need to curb negative human
impact on the Earth.
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