President Barack Obama nominated an Inspector General for the Defense Department after 18 months of the agency not having an IG. Jon Rymer was nominated for the position of IG last Friday at the Department of Defense. According to the Project on
Proponents of gay marriage often make light of the slippery-slope argument that same-sex marriage will lead to legalized polygamy. I can see why they want to dismiss that argument, but they’re being silly. Of course same-sex marriage will lead to
(AP) Crowds march in Egypt, pushing for Morsi removalBy MAGGIE MICHAEL, SARAH EL DEEB and HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated PressCAIROHundreds of thousands of opponents of Egypt’s Islamist president poured onto the streets in Cairo and across much of the nation Sunday, launching
Singer Lady Gaga used this week’s Supreme Court decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act as an excuse to tweak The Star-Spangled Banner. The pop star was on hand to kick off a gay pride celebration at New
Science is always pushing the envelope to see what it can create, but babies with three parents? That is what a recent report out of Britain claims. Soon babies with the DNA of one man and the donor eggs of
In the last week of June, the Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) handed down two important decisions, one striking down part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and one striking down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), leading to
The Brooklyn Nets are interested in signing Jason Collins, who came out of the closet more than two months ago. If the Nets sign Collins, he would be celebrated as the first openly-gay player–who came out to the media and
The cover for the July issue of The New Yorker celebrates the end of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and the nullification of California’s one-man-one-woman marriage amendment. It is a portrait of Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie in
(AP) Judge weighs key evidence in WikiLeaks caseBy DAVID DISHNEAUAssociated PressFORT MEADE, Md.A military judge is weighing the admissibility of three pieces of evidence suggesting that an Army private took his cues from WikiLeaks in disclosing classified information. Col. Denise
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the accused Boston Marathon bomber, was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on 30 counts, 17 of which call for the death penalty. Four people died as a result of Tsarnaev’s alleged actions: three who were killed
In a fundraising pitch to Democrat supporters, House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi called Americans bigots if they supported DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act. Pelosi wrote: This is so inspiring! The Supreme Court just ruled that the discriminatory Defense of
Philippe Karsenty, the French media activist who has battled France 2 for several years over accusations that the infamous tape of the “death” of Muhammad Al-Dura is a hoax, says he will not find an appeals court ruling June 26
Just months after gay activists initiated a nationwide boycott against Chick-Fil-A over CEO Dan Cathy’s support for traditional marriage, Cathy has spoken out again in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision striking down the Defense of Marriage Act. “Sad
The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act this week may be sparking a fictional marriage next year. ABC’s sitcom Modern Family, which features a sweet-natured gay couple, is considering writing a same-sex marriage storyline for
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Thousands of people were partying in the streets of San Francisco and other communities throughout the Bay Area Wednesday evening to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings which struck down California’s Proposition 8 and the
White House Down lets director Roland Emmerich indulge in his favorite stunt–dumping ideological sludge atop his already bloated disaster films. Emmerich, who previously prayed at the altar of Al Gore with the global warming fright flick The Day After Tomorrow, outdoes
Glenn Greenwald, who was the first to break the Edward Snowden/NSA Scandal, has written today in the Guardian about his persecution by the media for covering the story. Greenwald says he has been “fully expecting those kinds of attacks since
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) scandal heated up Wednesday when Greg Roseman, Washington D.C. Metro Area Contracting Officer and Deputy Director of the IRS, invoked his constitutional Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to avoid answering questions in front of the
Following Wednesday’s Supreme Court decisions concerning the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Prop 8, President Obama said in a statement: On an issue as sensitive as this, knowing that Americans hold a wide range of views based on deeply
Catholic leaders and writers across the country are reacting to the Supreme Court’s decisions on Wednesday that affect same-sex marriage. The high court ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, and the federal government must recognize “gay marriages”
The Justices may have wished to avoid the problems that still plague Roe v. Wade forty years later, but it is clear the Supreme Court’s rulings on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8 will further polarize our politics.
Based on Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling, in which the Court majority determined that the Defense of Marriage Act’s federal definition of marriage had to incorporate state-based same-sex marriages, Internal Revenue Service regulations could be modified to remove non-profit status for
(AP) By LOLITA C. BALDOR – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the Pentagon will begin the process to extend health care, housing and other federal benefits to the same-sex spouses of military members as soon as possible. Wednesday’s Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s rulings Wednesday on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Proposition 8 are being viewed as a limited victory for advocates of same-sex marriage–and also for federalism. The Court’s decision to strike down DOMA means that a
Justice Anthony Kennedy provided the swing vote in a narrow 5-4 Supreme Court decision Wednesday striking down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which had defined marriage as between a man and a woman for federal purposes, and had allowed
