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A French National Front (FN) Assemblée Nationale member has made it clear that she believes Europe is at war with Islamists, warning that the time is coming for people to choose a side. Her comments come just days after 84

In a Washington prayer breakfast Tuesday, a high-ranking Vatican cardinal denounced same-sex marriage, transgender bathroom laws, and attacks on the family as “demonic.”

(AFP) – Italy is set to legalise gay civil unions with a confidence vote in parliament Wednesday on a bill hailed as a historic turning point but criticised as a missed opportunity for greater change. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi called

A Christian group has warned that people opposing gay marriage could be criminalised as the government moves to redefine “non-violent Extremism” in a forthcoming bill. The new counter extremism bill, to be presented in the Queens speech on May 18th, is said

Professor John McAdams of Marquette University appeared on Breitbart News Daily Friday morning to discuss his defense of traditional marriage, and how politically-correct enforcers are threatening his position at the university.

Because of Puerto Rico’s ambiguous political status vis-à-vis the United States, a federal judge in Puerto Rico ruled Tuesday that the Supreme Court’s decision to impose gay marriage doesn’t apply on the island, which is a commonwealth with a unique

A bakery owned by a Christian family in Longview, Texas is being deluged with threats and hate mail after the owners declined to bake a wedding cake for a gay marriage.

An outspoken Baptist minister has come down hard against Christian churches that don’t accept gay marriage or question global warming, declaring that “Muslims and Christians worship the same God” but that Muslims are sometimes closer to the teaching of Jesus

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died today of apparent natural causes, according to officials, after attending a private party at the Cibolo Creek Ranch in Texas. In memory of his long career of constitutional originalism on the Supreme Court and his characteristic wit and good humor, here is a list of some of his greatest quotes:

Caravans of coach buses carrying families from all over Italy streamed into Rome Saturday, meeting in the enormous Circus Maximus. It was a gathering in support of the traditional family, in opposition to a new bill aimed at giving legal recognition to homosexual unions and adoption by same-sex couples.

From The Guardian: Attitudes to same-sex marriage within the pews of the Church of England are sharply at odds with the stance of its leadership, as for the first time more Anglicans are in favour of gay and lesbian couples

Actress Susan Sarandon tore into Hillary Clinton after appearing at a rally for the Democrat presidential front-runner’s chief rival Bernie Sanders in Iowa on Wednesday night, saying in an interview that Clinton’s support for the Iraq War in 2002 precludes her from becoming president.

(AFP) – Italy’s battle over legalising same-sex civil unions is about to get heated, with supporters and opponents ready to take to the streets as lawmakers address the deeply divisive issue. Italy is the only major Western European country not

Today the UK’s High Court will hear a challenge against the ban on members of the opposite sex entering into civil partnerships from a heterosexual couple who describe themselves as feminists that reject traditional, “patriarchal” marriage. The couple in question, London-based academics Charles Keidan

The Anglican Communion has banned the Episcopal Church of America from representing Anglicanism on interfaith and ecumenical bodies, from taking part in internal committees, and from having decision-making powers on policy and doctrine for a period of three years. The

The Archbishop of Canterbury has told his fellow church leaders within the Anglican Communion that they need to be Disciples of Christ if they want the Church to project a positive image in the world. His words were delivered at a

The Anglican Communion stands on the brink of a worldwide schism over the question of homosexuality, with liberals decrying the “vilification” of gay Christians and conservatives threatening to walk out on an international Anglican summit unless “godly order” is restored.

The Archbishop of Canterbury is facing the biggest challenge to his authority to date from within the Anglican Church, in a row on homosexuality which threatens to split the church. In a week’s time Anglican leaders from across the world

The Rev. Mpho Tutu, daughter of Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican archbishop of Capetown, married her longtime lesbian lover Marceline van Furth in a small private ceremony last Wednesday. Tutu, who was previously married to Joseph Burris and

A Conservative Party Member of Parliament has called for gender information to be stripped from legal documents including driving licenses and passports, claiming the category to be “not relevant”. As chair of the British Parliament’s Transgender Equalities Inquiry, Maria Miller is

Socially conservative GOP presidential candidates, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, are responding to a recent report about fellow GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) alleged “double-speak” on protecting traditional marriage.

Military chapels could be forced to conduct gay weddings, thanks to a Conservative minister who has demanded to know when churches using the chapels will allow the ceremonies to take place there. Gay marriage was legalised in England and Wales

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece late on Tuesday enacted a human-rights’ bill which allows civil partnership agreements between same-sex couples despite protests and opposition from political parties and the powerful Orthodox Church. A growing number of European countries have established legislation

Tyson Fury has been a personal hero of mine ever since he told an interviewer that “a woman’s best place is in the kitchen and on her back….making me a good cup of tea.” I also was also quite entertained by

KOPER (SLOVENIA) (AFP) – Slovenia on Sunday began voting in a referendum on whether to allow the largely-Catholic EU member state to become Europe’s first ex-communist country to allow same-sex marriage. Polling stations opened promptly at 7:00am (0600 GMT), although hardly

Pope Francis has urged Slovenians to “uphold family values” as the country votes in a referendum on gay marriage. The vote could see Slovenia becoming the first Eastern European country to legalise gay marriage, in what is considered a strongly

The Church of Scotland has moved one step closer to the ordination of ministers in gay marriages after a vote allowing congregations to appoint ministers already in gay marriages was passed. The vote will have to be ratified at next

Over the past year, the number of children adopted by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) couples and individuals reached a record high, comprising more than one in 12 of adoptions in the UK. This year marks the 10th anniversary

President Obama’s favorite moment of 2015? Sitting in the rainbow lit White House while a crowd of people gathered outside to celebrate the legalization of gay marriage.

The Hillary Clinton campaign is out with an ad highlighting her record as an advocate for LGBT rights. The spot includes images of gay couples kissing each other.

Ireland has stripped away laws which protected the rights of people to freedom of religion when in conflict with gay rights. The move comes just weeks after the first Irish gay weddings went ahead, following a referendum to allow gay

Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Marco Rubio is dealing with skepticism from Iowa religious voters regarding his position on gay marriage.

President Obama is warning opponents of gay marriage to follow the law as interpreted by the Supreme Court, which has declared that gay marriage was legal.

The FAIR Education Act, which forces California public schools to include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) contributions to children’s history classes, has left schools struggling to figure out how to implement the mandate with little guidance from the state, according to

Norway’s bishops have given the go-ahead to gay church weddings after a poll described by campaigners as an “historic breakthrough”. The vote will need to be ratified by the church synod next spring, but paves the way for the first gay weddings to

The highest administrative court in Italy has upheld the government position on gay marriage, ensuring the country is the last major western European nation to not recognise the redefinition. Although gay marriage and same sex civil unions are illegal in Italy,