July 9, 2008

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
Obama's Call For Unity Faces Abortion Test
Brian Montopoli/CBSNews.com (07/09/2008)
As He Courts Evangelicals, Some Activists Look To Label Dem Candidate "The Abortion President"

COURTS
Satanist puts faith in system
Manya Brachear/Chicago Tribune (07/09/2008)
Across the nation, child-custody disputes involving religion are on the rise as the frequency of interfaith marriages and religious conversions increases and fathers become more active in their kids’ upbringing. Judges risk crossing the line between church and state, experts say, if they try to choose the religion in which a child should be raised.

Dad charged with murder in bride's 'honor killing'
CNN (07/09/2008)
ATLANTA, Georgia -- A Pakistani man accused of killing his daughter because she wanted out of an arranged marriage told a judge Tuesday that he had done nothing wrong. Chaudhry Rashid, 54, later said he was "very disturbed" and "not in a state of mind" to talk because of the death of his daughter, Sandeela Kanwal.

POLYGAMY
Polygamist sect leader swaps jail for hospital
Associated Press (07/09/2008: msnbc.msn.com)
LAS VEGAS - Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was taken from jail in Arizona to a Las Vegas hospital for what the sheriff described as a serious medical problem. Jeffs, 52, was brought to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center on Tuesday, authorities said.