So up comes the case of Paige Sultzbach, 15, who plays second base for Mesa Prep and is a female person among male teammates. They "won" a state baseball tournament after the conservative Our Lady of Sorrows forfeited the championship game rather than face a girl in the name of respecting "proper boundaries." A blast at the "theological dust" thrown up by those who would use "faith as an excuse (to) treat other members of the human race as inferior." And a bit of advice: "Find another excuse. The Gospels are not your alibi."

Kudos to Josef Miles, a nine-year-old kid in Kansas who saw the sick creeps of Westboro Baptist Church picketing, asked his mom for a piece of paper, and mounted his own soulful protest. He wrote: "God Hates No One."

Finding that criminals should answer for their crimes, a federal court has ruled that two military contractors linked to prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib cannot claim immunity, and lawsuits against them can proceed. But for Eric Fair, another former contractor and interrogator, legal issues pale before moral and spiritual ones.