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Yet, Jews overwhelmingly believed that the ultimate goal of Arabs is not the return of the West Bank and Gaza to the Palestinians but the destruction of Israel, the survey found.
Nearly two-thirds of the respondents disapproved of how the United States has been fighting terrorism, and nearly two-thirds thought the United States should have stayed out of Iraq.
Asked to identify their political affiliation, 15 percent said they're Republican; 54 percent, Democrat; 29 percent, independent; and 3 percent, unsure.
-- Associated Press
Virginia Parish Breaks From Episcopal Church
A congregation in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia has broken away from the denomination and started a parish aligned with the Anglican Church in Uganda.
Christ Our Lord Church, a mission church that has operated since the early 1990s, voted to dissolve as an Episcopal parish and return its Lake Ridge building to the diocese.
The vicar of the church, the Rev. George Beaven, said in a news release that his parishioners made the move because the U.S. denomination has shown "profound disrespect for Scripture and biblical teachings."
Bishop Peter James Lee of the Diocese of Virginia said in a statement that he is "saddened by this departure and by the mission's apparent failure to thrive."
In 2003, Episcopalians consecrated their first openly gay bishop, V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, causing an uproar among Anglicans worldwide over the Bible and sexuality. The Episcopal Church is the U.S. branch of the 77 million-member Anglican Communion.
Conservatives, a minority within the Episcopal Church, have been challenging the denomination's national leaders. Some Episcopal parishes have split from the American church, and 10 conservative U.S. dioceses have formed a network that is considering breaking away.
