
No same-sex weddings for North Carolina magistrates
North Carolina\'s \"Magistrates Recusal of Civil Ceremonies\" bill would provide religious protections to certain public officials with religious objections to performing same-sex weddings.

North Carolina\'s \"Magistrates Recusal of Civil Ceremonies\" bill would provide religious protections to certain public officials with religious objections to performing same-sex weddings.

Michigan will recognize about 300 same-sex marriages that were performed last year in the short window between when a federal judge struck down the state\'s ban on gay marriage and when a U.S. appeals court put the decision on hold, Governor Rick Snyder said on Wednesday.

he Christian owners of a family owned bakery in Oregon who declined to sell a wedding cake to a lesbian couple in 2013 were found guilty of unlawful discrimination by the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries January 29.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who is expected to run for president again in 2016, defended his position on homosexuality, calling it a biblical issue, not a political one. Huckabee appeared on CNN\'s \"State of the Union\" seeking to distance himself from the softer tones of more moderate ...

A huge winter storm hit the northeastern United States on Monday, the region\'s second snowy blast in less than a week, after leaving more than a foot (30 cm) of snow in the Chicago area.

\"NBC News once again demonstrated their journalistic prowess by snagging a pre-Super Bowl interview with President Obama\" according to Fox News commentator Todd Starnes.Televised from the White House kitchen, reporter Savannah Guthrie questioned the president about \"beer and guac.\"\"Islamic ...

The girlfriend of an unarmed black man shot dead by a police officer in a housing project\'s dark stairwell notified New York City on Thursday that she plans to file a $50 million lawsuit over his death.

Concerned black citizens of St. Louis and surrounding suburbs like Ferguson, Mo. came to a scuffle with police Wednesday night while discussing police policy changes in the wake of unarmed teen Michael Brown\'s death. Brown was shot and killed in August by Officer Darren Wilson, who was not ...

Ocean Street in the waterfront Massachusettstown of Marshfield was littered with lobster traps, downed wires and chunks of houses on Wednesday, after a massive blizzard hammered New England.

Ohio Right to Life leaders announced Tuesday, Jan. 27, that legislation banning abortions after 20 weeks is to be introduced \"soon\" to lawmakers. This move follows a dropped effort to ban abortions after six weeks\' gestation, a plan advocates moved away from in caution about difficulties in ...

With a drought of historic proportions plaguing the West this decade, Colorado, which controls water usage for the Colorado River, is was moving forward on a new water plan, essentially opting to retain more of its \"excess\" water at the expense of six states with which it has shared this resource ...

A change in the landscape of women at work over the years, shows women are equipped and ready for leadership roles according to a new PEW survey conducted November 12-21, 2014 on women and leadership. But the limited number of actual women in leadership poses the question, are Americans ready for ...