Americans’ views toward a number of moral issues have shifted significantly since 2001. But their acceptance of gay and lesbian relations has increased the most, up 19 percentage points in the past 12 years. Read more at http://www.gallup.com/poll/162689/record-high-say-gay-lesbian-relations-morally.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines%20-%20Politics.
The IRS “released nine pending confidential applications of conservative groups to ProPublica late last year,” the organization reported. The leak is a possible violation of the IRS manual, which states that “returns and return information are confidential and may not be accessed or disclosed except as authorized by Internal Revenue Code (IRC) §6103.” Read more [...]
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that challenges offering a prayer at governmental meetings. Susan Galloway and Linda Stephens brought this lawsuit against the Town of Greece, which is located in upstate New York, just outside of Rochester. Since 1999, Greece has begun its town meetings with a short prayer. Galloway and [...]
By JONATHAN WOLFMAN I’ve shared here how some historians articulate three historical stages of European antisemitism, covering the past 1700 years from the time christianity became antagonistic and then lethal to Jews; that is, from the point when Rome adopted christianity. In brief: Stage One I called religious antisemitism. Jews were told: you may not [...]
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The Justice Department obtained a portfolio of information about a Fox News correspondent’s conversations and visits as part of an investigation into a possible leak, The Washington Post reported Monday - in the latest example of the government seizing records of journalists. This follows the charge that the department secretly obtained two months of phone records from [...]
A Florida high school student was expelled and arrested after she continued to carry on a same-sex relationship with a minor student after she turned 18. Kaitlyn Hunt was arrested at the behest of her 15-year-old girlfriend’s parents and charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious battery of a child 12 to 16 [...]
No one should die from a heat wave. But every year, extreme temperatures kills an average of 675 people in the United States more than hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, earthquakes, and floods combined. Extreme heat affects everyone, but children, the elderly, the poor or homeless, people who work or exercise outdoors, and those with chronic medical [...]
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One of the stated goals of communism is to “Present homosexuality, degeneracy, and promiscuity as ‘normal, natural, and healthy.” It comes as no surprise that, during a CBS interview in February, President Obama supported having the Boy Scouts of America open its membership to gays and, presumably, those who lead scout troops as well. “My attitude, the president said, “is that [...]
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Rep. Christopher Van Hollen of Maryland, ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee, is warning of what he calls the “unintended consequences” of US military intervention in Syria, including providing arms to rebel forces. In an nterview with Al-Monitor, Van Hollen praisesthe current initiative by US Secretary of State John Kerry to organize an international conference [...]
Today, the Global Freedom Center is launching what it calls the 5/20 Campaign - training 5 million by 2020 to identify and prevent human trafficking. Word wide, 27 million people are enslaved but less than 1% were identified last year according to the U.S. Department of State. These are men, women and children in neighborhoods nationwide and around [...]
