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Quote of the day. "This has happened before, and it'll happen again as long as SeaWorld keeps an angry, frustrated orca in captivity. There's no way you can safely have contact with a killer whale. They are predators." Debbie Leahy, director of captive animals for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), after Tilikum, a 12,000-pound killer whale, attacked and drowned one of its primary handlers. (USA Today)

FAITH IN THE NEWS

Chaplains Keep Wary Eye On Don't Ask/Don't Tell Repeal 'As Congress and the Pentagon grapple with a proposal to allow gays to serve openly in the military, some chaplains -- especially evangelicals -- worry the change will infringe on their religious beliefs."

Lutheran Church seeing fallout over gay clergy issue "