Saturday religious news link farm

• Tampa Bay Online: Thousands of Churches celebrate this 'International Day of Climate Action':

  Saturday is International Day of Climate Action. [The Rev. Sue] Sherwood's church [Good Samaritan Church in Pinellas Park, Fla.] is among thousands of religious congregations and other groups worldwide that will take part in the 350.org initiative to draw attention to climate change.

• Christian Science Monitor: Where is the dog in the Obama family portrait?

  This image [Made by Annie Leibovitz] provided by the White House shows President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their daughters, Malia, second from left, and Sasha, sitting for a family portrait in the Green Room of the White House, on Sept. 1, 2009.

• Orange County Register: When did USSR-born former swimsuit model Orly Taitz become a citizen? No lawsuit filed.
• Baptist Press: Gay hate-crimes bill could punish Christians, foes say : This story is not quite a Family Research Council news release. Using an inflammatory headline and once more surveying Christian Right opponents, BP ultimately provides a relatively balanced story, correctly concluding:

  According to the hate-crimes language in the bill, it "applies to violent acts motivated by actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of a victim."

  Christian Post gives almost the same survey of opponents a slightly different twist.

• USAToday: Celibacy a deal-breaker for some Anglicans: "I find the lack of a permanent provision for a married priesthood to be a serious obstacle to unity," said Anglican Bishop Jack Iker of Fort Worth, who has considered joining the Catholic church in the past.
• Christian Science Monitor: University blasts in Pakistan and the future of Islam:

  Lund, Sweden - When the Taliban attacked the International Islamic University in Pakistan this week, many were shocked that militants were targeting an Islamic school. In fact, the double suicide bombers were going after a university that is at the forefront of changing the way Islamic and Western knowledge are brought together in the Muslim world.

• Associated Baptist Press: Next two CBF assemblies to celebrate 20 years of 'Fellowship movement'