Ben Carson backpedals from gay remarks

Ben Carson backpedals from gay remarks

One day after neurosurgeon Ben Carson announced an exploratory run for the U.S. presidency, he told a reporter homosexuality is a choice; hours later he apologized, but without backing down from his belief.

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Nebraska marriage laws latest casualty of federal judge activism

A federal judge Monday, March 2, overturned a Nebraska state constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2000.U.S. District Judge Joseph Bataillon decided Nebraska\'s law is an \"unabashedly gender-specific infringement of the equal rights of its citizens,\" according to a CNN report.

Alabama Supreme Court hears state Baptists, halts gay marriages

The Alabama Supreme Court has halted the issuance of licenses to same-sex couples, ruling in favor of an emergency petition filed by the Baptist-run Alabama Citizens Action Program and joined by the Alabama Policy Institute as well as John E. Enslen, in his official capacity as Judge of Probate for ...

Netanyahu: U.S. & Iran nuke deal paves way for Israel's destruction

On the eve of Purim—the Jewish holiday commemorating the biblical story of Esther and the foiling of a Persian plot to exterminate the Jewish people—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told members of Congress his nation\'s survival is in jeopardy should a nuclear agreement allowing Iran to ...

Liberals join conservatives to defeat Charlotte's transgender bill

Two liberals who could not accept a compromise amendment and four Christians who requested more expert opinion—beyond the singular input of homosexual activists who spearheaded the controversial ordinance—combined to defeat the proposed Sexual Orientation Gender Identity bill by a vote of 6-5.

Netanyahu: U.S. must not let Iran 'annihilate Israel'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a supportive crowd Monday his visit to the United States was not to disrespect President Obama, who refuses to meet with him, but a mission of \"a moral obligation\" to protect Israel from real dangers \"while there is time to avert them,\" referring ...

Islamic rule of law in Texas

An Islamic Tribunal which enforces sharia, Islamic law, has been given \"official\" status by a group of Muslims in North Texas. It is believed to be the first of its kind in the United States, though there similar courts in Great Britain and Europe.

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