On April 24, five nuns at Marin Catholic School in Kentfield, a suburb of San Francisco, walked out of their classes after students there began handing out stickers promoting a day of silent protest for the rights of the gay, lesbian and transgender community.
Sweden took another step last month in its war on gender designations, adding a new generic personal pronoun to its official dictionary as a means to avoid references to \"him\" or \"her.\"
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has issued its annual report highlighting abuses of religious liberty in 33 countries and claiming the level of persecution against Christians in some countries has reached an all-time high.Importantly, the vice chair of the Commission, James ...
The United States and Iran edged closer to confrontation in the waters of the Persian Gulf this week after the Islamic Republic\'s navy surrounded an American freighter and fired warning shots at another vessel, capturing its crew and impounding the ship.
The Supreme Court today heard oral arguments on two questions related to gay marriage, both of which – if the high court rules in favor of gay rights advocates in June – will upend the remaining laws protecting traditional marriage in the United States.
Sources inside the Iranian government claim the writing of the nuclear deal between Iran, the United States and other countries began as the first round of negotiations between the countries ended in Vienna yesterday.
President Obama delivered brief remarks Thursday about American counterterrorism operations in January that killed two American members of al-Qaeda, but that also resulted in the deaths of two hostages – one American and one Italian.
The head of the civil rights division in the New York attorney general\'s office has issued a letter to the Boy Scouts of America asking for more information on its membership and hiring policies – a possible precursor to legal action against the organization for its ban on the hiring of ...
A US Navy task force, including the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, is headed to the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Yemen to prevent Iranian ships from delivering arms and supplies to Shiite Houthi rebels seeking to overthrow the country\'s Sunni government.
A recent poll from WIN/Gallup International claims Israel has become one of the least religious nations on earth, though the findings seem contradicted by earlier internal polls about faith in the Jewish state.