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News -01-13-05 Judge: Remove "Evolution" Stickers from Books (Bloomberg.com) "Georgia's Cobb County school system must immediately remove stickers from science textbooks that say evolution is a 'theory, not a fact,' because a federal judge ruled the disclaimers were unconstitutional." "At least five parents filed a lawsuit challenging the stickers on the grounds that they violated the U.S. Constitution and the Constitution of the state of Georgia. A section of the state's constitution says that 'no money shall ever be taken from the public treasury, directly or indirectly, in aid of any church, sect, cult, or religious denomination.' " "Cooper also placed a permanent ban on the stickers being disseminated. Cobb County is north of Atlanta." 01-05 -05-08-05 Pastor Outs Members for Political Positions (CBS News) "Calling it a 'great misunderstanding,' the pastor of a small church who led the charge to remove nine members for their political beliefs tried to welcome them back Sunday, but some insisted he must leave for the wounds to heal." "The Rev. Chan Chandler didn't directly address the controversy during the service at East Waynesville Baptist Church, but issued a statement afterward through his attorney saying the church does not care about its members' political affiliations." 5-05 -11-04-04 Election Focuses Religious Divide (ABC News) "President Bush's victory, the approval of every anti-gay marriage amendment on statewide ballots and an emphasis on "moral values" among voters showed the power of churchgoing Americans in this election and threw the nation's religious divide into stark relief." "Albert Menendez of Americans for Religious Liberty, which advocates strict church-state separation said 'Bush could not have won without the evangelical vote.' " "Another index of evangelical support: Republicans seeking open congressional seats who were endorsed by Gary Bauer's conservative Campaign for Working Families. They won all 12 contests, five in the Senate and seven in the House." "The Rev. Barry Lynn of Americans United for Separation of Church and State put it more starkly. "The culture war may go nuclear," he said, as 'millions of Americans oppose the theocratic agenda of the Religious Right.' " "The problem, said Rabbi Michael Lerner of Tikkun magazine, is that too many fellow liberals are 'trapped in a long-standing disdain for religion and tone-deaf to the spiritual needs that underlie the move to the right.' They need to shed a core belief that Bush voters 'are fundamentally stupid or evil.' " "The left, he and others argue, has to show the religious basis for its policy positions and not let the right define morality." 11-04 -11-04-04 Should Democrats Get Religion? (CBS News) "The Democratic Party's sharp defeat in the 2004 election has already produced a round of soul searching." "The GOP recaptured the White House and strengthened its hold on Congress with powerful support from churchgoers." "No section of the nation received Mr. Bush's values-laden message more enthusiastically than the Old Confederacy. The election virtually completed the ongoing transformation of the South from a Democratic bastion to a GOP stronghold. Five Southern Senate seats previously held by Democrats fell to the Republicans." 11-04 Editorial - Why Bush Won (CBS News) "When voters were asked which of several issues mattered most in deciding their vote, roughly equal numbers picked the Bush campaign’s main issues of moral values (22 percent) and terrorism (19 percent), as picked the Kerry campaign’s main issues of economy/jobs (20 percent) and Iraq (15 percent)." 11-04

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