Minority children in foster care are being ill-served by a federal law that plays down race and culture in adoptions, a report released on Tuesday said. The report, based on an examination of the law’s impact over a decade, said that minority children adopted into white households face special challenges and that white parents need preparation and training for what might lie ahead. NY Times

Latest Narnia movie tops $90-million in two weeks. Behind Indiana Jones ( Boxofficemojo ) The movie got a decent review from industry magazine Daily Variety. ( Daily Variety ) From Hollywood.com: If this sequel proves anything, it’s that the magic, fun, unforgettable people and creatures are the reasons we will keep coming back to Narnia. ( Hollywood ) The Rolling Stone complained “this sequel could have used more hellfire.” ( Rolling Stone ) At Boxofficemojo, a reviewer who called the first Narnia film “a boring slice of propaganda” of course didn’t have much good to say about this one. ( Boxofficemojo )

College students influenced by reality TV. And here’s how: The study found that the biggest reality TV fans are most likely to share the greatest amount of personal information with the widest circle of acquaintances on Facebook and other social-networking sites. Some users collect hundreds of friends, many of whom they’ve never met in real life, a practice the researchers call “promiscuous friending.” Buffalo News

Guadalupe Benitez claims that after being treated with fertility drugs for nearly a year, her Christian doctors refused to inseminate her because she is a lesbian. She sued and a San Diego County trial judge sided with her. But an appeals court reversed the ruling, and her lawsuit is scheduled to be heard by the California Supreme Court this week. CNS Network

Of all the proposals made by the government of California to help close the state’s $17 billion budget gap, only one drew a bevy of exotic dancers from San Francisco to speak against it. A Southern California assemblyman has proposed a 25 percent tax on the gross revenues of all producers and distributors of adult entertainment, enraging an unlikely alliance of pornographic film producers, the state Chamber of Commerce and cable television operators. The bill would cover every end of distribution, from movie makers to cable stations to stores that sell pornographic magazines, and would include strip clubs. NY Times

Senator John McCain on Thursday rejected the endorsements of two prominent evangelical ministers whose backing he had sought to shore up his credentials with religious conservatives. Mr. McCain repudiated the Rev. John C. Hagee, a televangelist, after a watchdog group released a recording of a sermon in which Mr. Hagee said Hitler and the Holocaust had been part of God’s plan to chase the Jews from Europe and drive them to Palestine . Later in the day, he also rejected the endorsement of the Rev. Rod Parsley of the World Harvest Church of Columbus, Ohio, whose anti-Muslim sermons were broadcast on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Thursday. NY Times

I am struck by Paul's three categories of sinners in Romans 1 and 2. He begins by listing flagrant violators: depraved perverts, murderers, God-haters (though, curiously, he also mentions such "everyday" sins as greed, envy, gossip, and disobeying parents). Just as his good-citizen readers nod knowingly, smug in their moral superiority to such miscreants, Paul turns the tables in chapter 2: "You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things." Christianity Today

“Is the difference simply a matter of preference or taste, or is there something more profound that makes one entirely different from the other?” To begin to answer this highly contested issue, Baklinski reflects on the sexual confusion that exists in society as a result of the fall involving Adam and Eve. “In our own age, we have an intuition that our nakedness and our sexuality are very good, yet we struggle to reconcile this intuition with the earthly desires and movements of the flesh that are experienced almost as part of the human condition.” Baklinski also points to the problem that exists in viewing art and pornography in the same light. Life Site News

Workers with Mission Aviation Fellowship are still involved in rescue operations throughout Kenya, as the violence continues in the aftermath of December's contested presidential elections. Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) workers have evacuated people on all sides of the conflict, which has claimed the lives of hundreds of people. Fran Derocher, director of operations in Africa for MAF, describes the situation as tense -- as negotiations continue in an effort to end the unrest. One News Now

Field Poll: Majority of Californians now support gay marriage - Signaling a generational shift in attitudes, a new Field Poll on Tuesday said California voters now support legal marriage between same-sex couples and oppose a state constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. By 51 to 42 percent, state voters believe gay couples have the right to marry, according to a May 17-26 poll of 1,052 registered voters. Peter Hecht in the Sacramento Bee Bill Ainsworth in the San Diego Union-Trib Edwin Garcia in the Oakland Tribune .

Spending on gay marriage initiative likely to top $30 million - California likely will play host this fall to an unprecedented political battle over gay marriage, as a looming ballot-initiative contest appears likely to force more than $30 million in total spending from the rival factions. Malcolm Maclachlan in Capitol Weekly .

Walters: Fall vote on same-sex marriage looks too close to call - The California Supreme Court's historic declaration that same-sex couples can marry will be tested in November when voters face a measure that would enact a constitutional ban on such marriages – and two new polls indicate that it will be a close one. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee .

San Francisco schools take on racism, classism - San Francisco Superintendent Carlos Garcia took a first stab at putting his mark on city schools Tuesday with a plan that pushes the district to face racism and classism head on. Jill Tucker in the San Francisco Chronicle .

Food price inflation is just the beginning - Soaring food prices are very likely to become even more unstable because of global warming's effect on farming, federal officials said yesterday. Mike Lee in the San Diego Union-Trib .

Could $10 DMV fee pay for state parks? - Free admission to every one of California's state parks and beaches all year long? It might happen, if an influential state lawmaker gets his way. But the catch is, it will cost you $10 more to register your car - even if you never venture to the great outdoors. Paul Rogers in the San Jose Mercury .

Bill would let pharmacies sell medical records - Pharmacies in California would be allowed to sell confidential patient prescription information to third-party marketing firms working for drug companies under a bill expected to be voted on Thursday by the state Senate. Elizabeth Fernandez in the San Francisco Chronicle .

In Book, Ex-Spokesman Has Harsh Words for Bush - President Bush “convinces himself to believe what suits his needs at the moment,” and has engaged in “self-deception” to justify his political ends, Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary, writes in a critical new memoir about his years in the West Wing. ELISABETH BUMILLER in the New York Times .

House GOP: back off, governor - Thirteen House Republicans have fired off a letter urging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to rethink his aggressive push to cut vehicle tailpipe emissions. Congressmen Darrell Issa of Vista and Duncan Hunter of Alpine joined in defending President Bush in the high-stakes battle over mandatory curbs on greenhouse gas emissions to slow global warming. Michael Gardner San Diego Union-Trib weblog .

Justices Favor Workers in Cases of Bias Retaliation - The Supreme Court on Tuesday adopted a broad reading of two federal civil rights laws to protect employees from retaliation when they complain about discrimination in the workplace. LINDA GREENHOUSE in the New York Times .

Kennedy has major cancer bill in Senate - Sen. Edward Kennedy's battle with a malignant brain tumor is likely to put a dramatic personal stamp on a health care cause he first championed nearly 40 years ago: The nation's war on cancer. ANDREW MIGA AP .

Could she be the next Republican governor of California? Whitman's debut weekend? -- With her presence this weekend at the VIP John McCain veepfest in Sedona, Arizona, Meg Whitman, the former CEO of eBay, confirmed she's not only seriously exploring a new career in politics -- but she's also part of the GOP presumed presidential nominee's trusted inner circle. With her choice spot as the only high-profile woman on board, Whitman may have had something of a political coming out party this weekend. Carla Marinucci Chronicle Politics Weblog .

June 14 could see first gay weddings - Same-sex couples in some counties will be able to marry as soon as June 14, the president of the California's county clerks association said Monday. Lisa Leff AP .

Women's combat roles are likely to be on next president's agenda - John McCain, after his release as a POW, said only men belong in battle. He stands by his record. Ralph Vartabedian in the Los Angeles Times .