Democrats, unhappy with Dr. James Holsinger’s past statements about homosexuals, successfully prevented him from becoming surgeon general during the final year-and-a-half of the Bush administration.

However, President Bush gave the Kentucky doctor a consolation prize shortly before leaving office, the Washington Post reports.

h/t: Jose Lazano

Holsinger will serve on the president’s council on physical fitness.

Technically, the title is Special Counsel to the Presiding Bishop For Property Litigation and Discipline
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The complete list of Grammy winners has been posted.

The gospel music winners are: (more…)

Technically, the Grammy category is Best Spoken Word Album (D-Hollywood).

Al Gore took home the trophy last night. Here’s who else has won in recent years:

2007: Barack Obama
2006: Jimmy Carter
2005: Barack Obama
2004: Bill Clinton
2003: Al Franken

Hillary Clinton won the 1996 award…

Incumbent U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minnesota), fighting in court to keep his congressional seat, tells a radio interviewer that “God wants me to serve.”

Unfortunately for Coleman, God isn’t a Minnesota voter. Three months after Election Day, Coleman trails Democrat Al Franken, but just barely. The courts are still trying to determine who won the race.

AP/Miami Herald report that Texas evangelicals paid $185,000 in an attempt to block the “Troopergate” investigation against Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

Clickhere for the details.

At the National Prayer Breakfast, Barack Obama gave this speech. One line in particular jumped out at me:

The Torah commands, “That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow.”

This line isn’t found anywhere in the written Torah — the first five books of Moses — Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. It is attributed to Rabbi Hillel the Elder, and is recorded in the Talmud. However, this saying is part of the oral Torah. [Torah means "law" in Hebrew.] So, technically, the claim is correct.

Click here for more on Torah.

Julia Duin of the Washington Times has more on this topic.

The Aiken, S.C. newspaper is offering “I Believe” newspaper boxes for $13. South Carolina originally planned to offer “I Believe” license plates, but a lawsuit derailed them. Click here for more from Editor and Publisher.

Former Los Angeles Times reporter William Lobdell has an interesting post concerning a lawsuit against the Trinity Broadcasting Network.

An ex-employee is alleging he was fired because of his sexual orientation.

Lobdell has also written about a $425,000 settlement that was paid to another male ex-employee who accused TBN founder Paul Crouch of homosexual conduct.

By RACHEL ZOLL
AP Religion Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Anglican leaders urged their churches Thursday to maintain a 5-year-old moratorium on consecrating another openly gay bishop and developing prayers for same-sex unions, as they try to restore unity in their fractured fellowship.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Millard Fuller, the millionaire entrepreneur who gave it all away to help found the Christian house-building charity Habitat for Humanity, has died. He was 74.
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
Associated Press Writer
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Wednesday demanded that a prelate who denied the Holocaust recant his positions before being fully admitted as a bishop into the Roman Catholic Church.
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NPR today [February 2, 2009] is airing a disturbing story about alleged child sex abuse among New York’s Hasidic Jewish community.

A written story has been posted online. Audio will be posted later this evening.