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Court's Eye for the married guy

Cover Story | Should a man be allowed to marry another man and a woman another woman? Activist courts say yes, most Americans say no, and politicians will have a tough time satisfying voters with a maybe. The battle lines are still being drawn, but"gay marriage" is likely to be a defining issue for the 2004 political campaign

In this issue: "Gay marriage backlash," Dec. 6, 2003

Features

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'We're playing hardball'

National |  ABORTION: A contractors' boycott stopped the construction of a local Planned Parenthood abortion facility; pro-life leaders want to export the tactic…

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Slaying the giant

National |  Stop Planned Parenthood (STOPP), a division of the Virginia-based American Life League, focuses its pro-life fight on the nation's leading abortionist.

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Home-field advantage

National |  EDUCATION: Should homeschool kids be able to participate in public-school activities? The issue divides even homeschoolers

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Sports

National |  sports

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Education

National |  education

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Religion

National |  religion

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"A very grateful man"

International |  In recent months it has become even more difficult for Iranian Christians, and other persecuted believers, to win refuge in the West.

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Refuge refused

International |  IMMIGRATION: Efforts to keep foreign terrorists out of the United States are also closing the door to persecuted refugees

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Iraq around the clock

International |  WAR ON TERROR: The quickening pace of military operations in postwar Iraq is being determined in part by the political calendar, in part by Iraqi distaste for…

Dispatches

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Quick Takes

Buckeye justice The annual football game between Ohio State and Michigan is one of the fiercest rivalries in all of sports, and this year it even found its…

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Quotables

The total lack of remorse seemed to cap it for us. Virginia Beach, Va., juror Dennis Bowman on last week's jury recommendation of the death penalty for John…

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Blogwatch

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Unbelieving 'born-agains'

Culture |  Research continues to reveal a steady theological collapse among professing Christians in America

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Stray Cat

Culture |  In addition to Disney's dismal Brother Bear, three "family" movies are currently clamoring for your children's attention in theaters.

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Slightly off Toons

Culture |  Compared to The Cat in the Hat, Looney Toons: Back in Action is merely mediocre.

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Elfin magic

Culture |  The pleasant surprise of the holiday season so far is Elf.

Voices

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Postal Notes

An outpouring of reader response has helped us monitor, and improve, the delivery of WORLD

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'Tis the season

We're probably stuck with the excesses of Christmas, but we can still turn holiday tradition to the advantage of the kingdom of God

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Mailbag

The problem with Gen. Boykin is not Gen. Boykin at all but journalists like Mr. Arkin who promote their own brand of religious fanaticism. Is this a surprise…

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Pluralism by providence

Christians should strive to be faithful in the time and situation in which God has placed us

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