y ROSE FRENCH
Associated Press Writer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Southern Baptists, who have long been among the most vocal Christian groups supporting the Bush administration, have given the president an award for advocating religious freedom.
"I can't think of another president in my lifetime who has done more to promote religious liberty specifically as a fundamental human right around the world than Bush," Land told the Baptist Press.
The award called the president a "faithful witness to his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ to both his countrymen and the world's leaders" and cited him as an advocate for people to practice their faith without fear.
In Other news.......
"UPDATE -- Aug. 20: From Reuters: U.S. concedes ground to Islamists on Iraqi law
U.S. diplomats have conceded ground to Islamists on the role of religion in Iraq, negotiators said on Saturday as they raced to meet a 48-hour deadline to draft a constitution under intense U.S. pressure.
Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish negotiators all said there was accord on a bigger role for Islamic law than Iraq had before.
But a secular Kurdish politician said Kurds opposed making Islam "the," not "a," main source of law
"We understand the Americans have sided with the Shi'ites," he said. "It's shocking. It doesn't fit American values. They have spent so much blood and money here, only to back the creation of an Islamist state ... I can't believe that's what the Americans really want or what the American people want."
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