This is clearly another case where deviance pays in a special way and thus discriminates against self-identified adulterers and moral straights. But it is not just poor African-American children who are buying rap. Rap's biggest star to date is an angry white male, Marshal Mathers, who goes by the name of Eminem. His raps about murdering his wife and raping his mother take the form to new lows of depravity. Chinese newspapers have reported a crackdown on unauthorized worship in the coastal city of Wenzhou, an area isolated from government control.
China says it allows religious freedom, but it restricts religious practice.
Congregations must be sanctioned by the government, and those that are not, are often accused of defrauding or abusing followers. Several unapproved sects, cults, and underground religious groups have prospered as Communist ideology loses its appeal. Lieberman praised inclusive civil religion at Notre Dame, Oct. 24, and quoted from the Koran, Torah, and New Testament. Some in the Gordon family welcomed her inclusion, others were outraged, per the pro-homosexual Evangelicals Concerned Fall 2000 Record . The administration apologized.