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  • Calif. High Court to Take Up Gay Marriage Ban

    By Lisa Leff

    California's highest court agreed Wednesday to hear several legal challenges to the state's new ban on same-sex marriage but refused to allow gay couples to resume marrying before it rules.

    Nov 19, 2008 | Comments 25

  • Supreme Court Confronts Religious Monuments Dispute

    By The Associated Press

    The Supreme Court seemed reluctant to accept the arguments put forth by the religious group known as the Summum that once a government accepts any donations for display in a public park, it must accept all. "I mean, you have a Statue of Liberty; do we have to have a statue of despotism?"

    Nov 13, 2008 | Comments 6

  • Judge OKs Gay Marriage in Conn.

    By The Associated Press

    Gay marriage is legal in Connecticut now that a judge has cleared the way. New Haven Superior Court Judge Jonathan Silbert ruled at a brief hearing Wednesday morning that gay and lesbian couples now may pick up marriage license forms at town and city clerks' offices statewide.

    Nov 12, 2008 | Comments 86

  • High Court to Hear Religious Monuments Case

    By Lawrence Jones

    The nation's top court will today take up a case launched by a religious group in Utah that contends it has a right to place its "Seven Aphorisms" alongside the Ten Commandments monument in a park owned by Pleasant Grove City.

    Nov 12, 2008 | Comments 1

  • Supreme Court Takes Up Profanity TV Case

    By Lawrence Jones

    The Supreme Court is slated to hear a case Tuesday on whether the government can enforce prohibitions against indecent speech on public television. This is the first time in 30 years the Court is taking up the issue of "fleeting expletives."

    Nov 04, 2008 | Comments 1

  • Suit Against God Thrown Out Over Lack of Address

    By Associated Press Writer

    A judge has thrown out a Nebraska legislator's lawsuit against God, saying the Almighty wasn't properly served due to his unlisted home address. State Sen. Ernie Chambers filed the lawsuit last year seeking a permanent injunction against God.

    Oct 19, 2008 | Comments 0

  • Atheist Soldier Drops Lawsuit, Plans to Leave Army

    By John Milburn

    An atheist soldier who accused U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the Defense Department of violating his religious freedom dropped the lawsuit Friday, citing his plans to leave the Army next spring.

    Oct 11, 2008 | Comments 1

  • Conn. High Court Legalizes Gay 'Marriage'

    By Dave Collins

    Connecticut's Supreme Court ruled Friday that gay couples have the right to marry, making the state the third behind Massachusetts and California to legalize such unions through the courts.

    Oct 10, 2008 | Comments 228

  • Judge Allows Discharge for Christian Soldier to Save Souls

    By The Associated Press

    A federal judge has ordered the Army to grant conscientious objector status and an honorable discharge to a soldier who says he experienced a religious awakening in Iraq.

    Sep 24, 2008 | Comments 2

  • Wife of Slain Preacher Gets Custody of Daughters

    By Associated Press Writer

    A woman convicted of killing her minister husband two years ago was granted permanent custody of their three young daughters Friday and said she has resumed a cordial relationship with the grandparents who fought to take the children away from her.

    Sep 21, 2008 | Comments 0
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