With “No” to bin Laden Photos, Speculation Continues
Days after telling the American people that a team of U.S. Navy SEALs had killed Osama bin Laden in a daring raid on a fortress where he was holed...
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Marriage Amendment Moves Ahead in Minnesota Legislature
The Minnesota legislature appears to be closer than ever to passing a state constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman. On April 29, barely a...
Army Corps of Engineers Blows Mississippi River Levee
The Army Corps of Engineers blew open two miles of levee along the Mississippi River in Missouri May 2, an effort that may have saved the community of Cairo,...
Federal Court Rules in Favor of Embryonic Stem Cell Research
In what is being heralded as a victory for the Obama Administration, a three-member panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. ruled on April 29 that...
President Obama Proclaims National Day of Prayer
On April 29, two weeks after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the National Day of Prayer, President Obama proclaimed May 5 as the date...
Florida Bill Would Repeal Ban on Funding for Religious Groups
A ban on public funding for religious organizations, written into Florida’s constitution in the 1880s, would be repealed under a bill now before the state’s legislature. The Associated Press...
Man Arrested for Reading Bible in Public
A church in Riverside County, California, is suing the state’s highway patrol after some of its members were arrested during a public Bible reading incident at the entrance to...
U.S. Women Outpacing Men in Earning Bachelor’s, Advanced College Degrees
Women in the United States have outpaced men in earning both bachelor’s and advanced college degrees. According to the Associated Press, the most recent census figures “highlight the latest...
Proposed Tennessee Law Would Ban Teaching Homosexuality in Schools
A Tennessee State Senate committee has approved a bill that would prohibit elementary and middle school teachers from discussing homosexuality in their classrooms. Time magazine reported that the legislation,...
Teen Challenge Founder David Wilkerson Dies
David Wilkerson, who pastored the 5,000-strong Times Square Church (left) in one of New York City’s seedier red light districts, and who founded the highly successful faith-based Teen Challenge...
Prop. 8 Defenders Ask Court to Vacate Ruling of Homosexual Judge
Proponents of California’s Proposition 8, the state constitutional amendment passed by voters in 2008 that defines marriage as between a man and a woman, are asking a U.S. district...
Law Firm Bails on House Republicans DOMA Defense
A prestigious Atlanta law firm hired by Republicans in the House of Representatives to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in federal court has withdrawn from the case...
New York Public Library Policy Allows Patrons to View Porn
Officials of the New York Public Library (which has branches in the boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island) say that it’s all right for patrons to view porn on the library’s computers....
Montana Judge Rules Against Homosexual Couples Seeking Marriage Rights
A judge in Montana has rejected a lawsuit on behalf of homosexual couples seeking the same legal rights and protections afforded married couples, explaining that a state constitutional amendment...
Company Purchasing 1-800 Telephone Numbers for Unsavory Venture
With the dramatic increase in cell phone use over the past several years, the once-common 1-800 toll-free business number has gone largely by the wayside. But one savvy company...