(AP) Marijuana’s march toward mainstream confounds fedsBy NANCY BENAC and ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated PressWASHINGTONIt took 50 years for American attitudes about marijuana to zigzag from the paranoia of “Reefer Madness” to the excesses of Woodstock back to the hard line
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Hobby Lobby, and its sister company, Mardel bookstores should be allowed to seek exception from the part of the ObamaCare mandate that violates their religious beliefs. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver
On Friday, CNN celebrated the Supreme Court’s lawless decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act by asking whether opinion-writing Justice Anthony Kennedy was “the first gay justice.” In a puff piece designed to designate Kennedy one of America’s
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
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) attacked Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Wednesday over Thomas’ vote in favor of striking Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, stating that Thomas’ offense against the country was worse than NSA leaker Edward Snowden’s.
On Thursday, President Barack Obama suffered a diplomatic slip in a joint press conference with President Macky Sall of Senegal when he urged African nations to accept gay marriage. Sall countered that his country was tolerant but would not decriminalize
Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) recently informed the nation that July Fourth isn’t just for fireworks and independence any more. It is also the day we should “celebrate” Obamacare. Sure July Fourth is traditionally celebrated as the day we declared independence
Election integrity advocates must always remember that even progressive contingency plans have contingency plans. President Obama’s reported statement in Senegal regarding the Supreme Court decision to strike down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act as outdated and unconstitutional was
Fox’s Megyn Kelly and Breitbart’s Ben Shapiro discuss Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
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
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
(AP) By NEDRA PICKLER – President Barack Obama on Thursday praised the Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage as a “victory for American democracy” but clashed with his African host over gay rights in a sign of how far the
Splash News: Ben Affleck, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Kristen Bell are just a few of the celebrities who took to Twitter to celebrate a historic Supreme Court decision.
Mollie Hemingway of Patheos makes a point also made by Stephen Hayes on Fox News Special Report on Wednesday about Wendy Davis’s filibuster of a new abortion law in Texas: that the journalists reporting and tweeting breathlessly about her stand also failed
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”
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the Faith & Freedom Coalition released a statement pledging its renewed effort to attempt to get Congress to address the issue on a federal
News reports that California’s Prop 8 has been struck down as unconstitutional are completely false. Proposition 8 is the amendment to the California Constitution that defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman. A federal trial judge–Vaughn
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.
At a Capitol Hill press conference directly after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) had a two-word response to Congresswoman Michele Bachmann’s (R-MN) statement released following the decision
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 ERICA WERNER – The Senate pushed landmark immigration legislation past final hurdles Wednesday, pointing to near-certain passage soon of a measure that would open the door to U.S. citizenship for millions of people. The bill sidestepped several procedural
Polygamists are happy with today’s Supreme Court rulings on same sex marriage, and have every right to be. The only intellectual argument against polygamy used to be that marriage is THIS. But with same-sex marriage sweeping the land, that argument
