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Compiled By Jack Nichols Good News for Homebodies
Volunteers, aged 20 to 35, were put through strict "mental gymnastics" tests. After a few weeks, they showed up to a 13.5 per cent increase in strength, maintained for three months after their training. The Australian-"Think Strong, It Works"-November 23 Southern Baptists Uber Alles Despite the trauma of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Southern Baptists won't be flocking to interfaith services designed to bring the nation together. Alone among America's major religious groups, the nation's largest Protestant denomination holds fast to its long-standing policy of not praying with others. For the 15.7 million members of the Southern Baptist Convention, this means not only Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus, but also Christian denominations they do not consider legitimate, including Roman Catholics, Mormons, Seventh-day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses. "We believe that Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven," said the Rev. Dwayne Mercer, pastor of First Baptist Church of Oviedo, explaining why he would not participate in interfaith gatherings… Mark I. Pinsky-"Southern Baptists Shun Common Prayer"-Orlando Sentinel, November 24 Papal Paranoia
Ananova.com-- "Pope is Bin Laden's Christmas target - ex-CIA chief"- November 22 Enlarged Penis Diminished A man suing his plastic surgeon after a penis enlargement operation left him diminished in size and constantly erect was never guaranteed the operation would work, a Sydney court was told yesterday. ..Wayne Collings, 53, is suing Peter Haertsch for allegedly failing to warn him of the risks involved in the procedure, done in March 1997. Lisa Davis--"Penis 'deformed' by Surgery"-The Age newspaper, Melbourne, Australia, November 23 
The Bush Military Tribunal Order
Military Justice Is to Justice as Military Music Is to Music
Alan M. Dershowitz-"Assault on Liberty"-- The Village Voice, November 21-17 Ding Dong, the Wicked Witch is Dead In the same year, she instigated the first British blasphemy trial in 52 years: Gay News was successfully prosecuted for publishing a poem by James Kirkup about Christ, and the Editor, Denis Lemon, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. Obituary-"Mary Whitehouse"-Times of London, November 24 Ashcroft: A Prissy Religious Crank
Chris Floyd-" Global Eye -- A Thirsty Evil"-Moscow Times, November 23 When Mom & Dad are Biased "It's even worse because a lot of times we are discriminated against because we are Latino or whatever and that's fine. You can go home to your parents who feel the same way, and that's fine," a Latina in Oakland under age 45 said. "I have friends who are Latino and they're gay and their parents discriminate against them, and that's just the worst when you look around and don't have anyone." Rhonda Smith-"Choosing Fairness"-Washington Blade, November 23 So Many Christians, So Few Lions 
The Christian Institute is trying to ensure that discrimination against gays at work will continue, despite new protection laws…The Newcastle-based religious pressure group has issued advice to Christian groups about how to get round the proposed new laws that will ban discrimination against gay people at work…In its latest "Update", the CI says that when the new legislation comes into effect it will "forbid any discrimination on the grounds of religion or sexual orientation...the directive may result in Churches and Christian organisations being forced to employ atheists or practising homosexuals."
Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association-"Christians Back Discrimination Against Gays"-Press Release, November 23 www.galha.org Body Dysmorphic Disorder? Men are catching up with women in being discontented with their appearance, says a Melbourne mental health expert…Speaking yesterday about a condition known as body dysmorphic disorder, David Castle, an expert on the disorder at Melbourne's Mental Health Research Institute, said that men, like women, were concerned at the appearance of their skin, hair, nose, eyes and genitals…He said a form of the disorder that occurred almost exclusively in men called muscle dysmorphia had recently been identified. Penny Fannin-"More Men Obsessed with How They Look"- The Age newspaper, Melbourne, Australia, November 22 |
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The Vatican's security advisor believes the Pope is the prime target of
Osama bin Laden…Vince Cannistraro says bin Laden sees His Holiness as a symbolic head of the crusaders.
In this case, the Imperial Executive has delegated power to his most
faithful minion: Attorney General John Ashcroft. It is Ashcroft -- the only
senator in U.S. history to be rejected by voters in favor of a dead man --
who will now define the limits of freedom in America. And Ashcroft -- a
prissy religious crank like his boss -- has gone about his task with
Christian zeal. (After all, your true believers know there is a higher law
than that secular humanist rag, the constitution)
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