Only three conservative justices dissented. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 28 to add new limits on pro-lifers who protest abortion. Protesters are not allowed to step inside that bubble to hand out literature or to otherwise persuade women. The Court decided by a 6-3 majority that such bubble zones do not violate free speech. The Senate, which passed a less stringent bill last December, must approve the latest changes.
Christians are concerned about the bill s potential.
The Colorado Council of Churches has become the fourth state council to vote admission of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches, a denomination for homosexuals. None of the other eleven denominations in the council was willing to tell reporters what its own vote was. The general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation hopes that his church s agreement with the Roman Catholic Church will extend to other Protestant denominations. Southern Baptists see their authority in the Bible. An Anglican bishop gave his blessing June 19 to a vicar who is to have a sex change.