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...months, the 171 presbyteries of the 2.7 million-member church battled over these lines, one by one voting for or against them in a process tallied on the Internet, with the amendment sometimes winning or losing by just a single vote. What was at stake was not mere chastity but the ordination of a people once shunned by the church. By last week, however, the amendment won its 86th presbytery--a simple majority--and sexually active gays and lesbians were forbidden to serve as clergy, elders and deacons...
...that science could ever clone would be Einstein's hardware body, not his software soul. A clone of his mere body would be delightful to photographers and such, but the genius of his soul would shine in any body. DAVID MILLER Nevada City, California...
...Force wants 438 F-22 fighters at $160 million apiece. The Navy plans to buy 1,000 advanced F-18Es. The Army is counting on 1,292 Comanche helicopters. And the services together want 2,978 more Joint Strike Fighters. That's 5,708 planes; this mere slice of Pentagon spending will cost as much as all federal environmental programs for the next 17 years...
...even a conservative one, where I could get run out for saying the language about pearly gates and golden streets is symbolic. But the love of God after death is nonnegotiable. I would get run out of all churches if I were to say physical dust is the end, mere dust, annihilation...
...Last week the fbi attempted to question the couple, but their attorney, William Codinha, said they were "out of town." He contends that Arnold made the contributions without Ansara's knowledge because she had recently inherited money--and that the proximity of the contributions to the Teamster payments is mere "serendipity...