Conservative groups in Texas are pushing hard for state regulations to blunt the expected decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that states have to recognize "same-sex marriage." One of the measures being pushed would allegedly protect pastors and churches that don't want to participate in "same-sex weddings."
Senator Paul Gazelka has introduced a 'freedom of conscience' bill to the Minnesota legislature that would allow businesses employing 20 or fewer people to refuse to participate in "same-sex weddings" under most circumstances.
A recent survey conducted by the Wall Street Journal and NBC News has found that more Americans would be comfortable with a gay or lesbian president (about 61 percent of respondents) than they would with an evangelical Christian president (only 52 percent).
Jim Obergefell, the primary plaintiff behind the "same-sex marriage" case recently argued before the U.S. Supreme Court (known as Obergefell v. Hodges), will speak at the University of Guam's spring commencement ceremony on May 25.
Crowdfunding company Continue to Give has been drawn into the debate over "gay marriage" by hosting a fundraising effort in support of a cake shop that refused to make a "gay wedding" cake in the state of Oregon. Last week, GoFundMe shut down their own campaign for Sweet Cakes due to public criticism.
The Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote next week on a religious freedom bill that was passed by the House last month. The bill is supposed to bring clarity to current law and give judges the right to refuse to issue a marriage license to any couple based on religious freedom.
Hours after Rick Santorum said that Bruce Jenner "is a woman," he began walking back his statements. "My comment affirmed Jenner as a person, made by God in His likeness as we all are," Santorum wrote on his Facebook page. "It was meant to express empathy not a change in public policy."
The United States Supreme Court has declined to hear appeal from a male convicted murderer who is seeking a "sex change" operation behind bars and to be transferred to a women’s prison facility.
Influential conservative Christian writer and radio personality Dr. James Dobson has declared that if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down "gay marriage" laws, it will have created a new Roe v. Wade, and the decision "will be one of the most momentous rulings in U.S. history."
"Gay rights" activists in Cuba will hold a symbolic "mass gay wedding" this weekend, in a country where "gay marriage" is still not recognized. The activists will be led by the daughter of President Raul Castro, Mariela, who is a leading "gay and transgender rights" campaigner.
"Transgender" inmates in Delaware prisons will soon be allowed to seek name changes based on their gender identity under new legislation backed by Delaware Gov. Jack Markell. This comes two years after gender identity was added to Delaware's anti-discrimination list.
A recent poll found that 58% of Americans would like to see the Supreme Court rule in favor of the 16 sodomite couples challenging "same-sex marriage bans" in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee; compared with 37% who don't want the court to undo those state laws.
Bob Wickers, the veteran GOP pollster and strategist and the top consultant to Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaign, has stepped back from an outspoken role in support of "same-sex marriage" as he prepares to lead the evangelical icon’s campaign.
The popular crowdfunding site GoFundMe has changed its policy to ban fundraising for those merely accused of engaging in “discriminatory acts” just days after it shut down two fundraising campaigns for persecuted Christian businesses.
Officials in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County are allowing "transgender people" to use the bathrooms of their "gender identity" in city and county-owned facilities. The move comes after the Charlotte City Council refused to adopt a policy earlier this year that would have required such an approach by private businesses.
Auto shop owner Brian Klawiter received death threats and had his shop vandalized after he announced last month that he wouldn't provide service for sodomites. "Under the Christian sexual ethic, it is immoral, and harms the individuals engaging in it, and the society that tolerates it," he said about homosexuality.
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum recently expressed his support for Bruce Jenner, a male who came out as a "transgender woman." "If he says he's a woman, then he's a woman," Santorum said. "My responsibility as a human being is to love and accept everybody. Not to criticize people for who they are."
Southern Baptist seminary leaders are among those expressing concern at the U.S. solicitor general's admission that nationwide legalization of gay marriage could lead to the removal of tax-exempt status from religious institutions that stand for traditional marriage.
Texas Rep. Bill Flores said this week that ongoing unrest in Baltimore could be related to the legalization of "same-sex marriage" in the U.S. and "the breakdown of the family.” Flores also said that traditional marriage is better for children "not only socially but psychologically, economically, from a health perspective.”
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick asked Sen. Craig Estes on Tuesday to introduce a bill to the Texas Senate saying clergy, churches and religious organizations don’t have to be involved in "gay weddings" if they don’t want to be. The bill will be considered by the State Affairs Committee on Monday.
A Senate committee in Alabama approved a bill Wednesday that would get rid of the license requirement for couples seeking to marry. "People go to get married and they can't get a license in some cases," said Sen. Greg Albritton, the bill's sponsor. "I'm trying to resolve it in the easiest and simplest way."
The Decision by the Supreme Court on whether states can ban "gay marriage" is expected to be made public near the end of June. This infographic provides a visual explanation of who the conservatives, liberals and swing-voters are in this decision.
The attorney representing the Obama administration admitted before the Supreme Court on Tuesday that if the court were to rule in favor of making "same-sex marriage" a constitutional right, it would create a tax exemption "issue" for faith-based schools and institutions.
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided Wednesday to postpone a May 12 hearing scheduled to consider the constitutionality of Nebraska's and three other states' "gay-marriage" bans. The court said it was "deferring" the cases in anticipation of a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Yesterday, the board of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Counsel unanimously voted to sign the Marriage Pledge. This organization represents 40,118 Evangelical Hispanic churches in America and about 500,000 in Latin America and Spain.