An Illinois restaurant owner who was held up at gunpoint and robbed of about 10,000 worth of jewelry said he cried out to God in his mind for help and escaped with his life
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (BP)--A landmark bill that would require public school textbooks in California to include "gay history" passed the California Senate May 11 by a mostly party-line vote of 22-15, and now heads to the Assembly.
SAN FRANCISCO (BP)--A federal appeals court panel May 5 dismissed a lawsuit against the federal Defense of Marriage Act, unanimously ruling that two homosexual men who brought the case lacked standing.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (BP)--A bill that would require California public school textbooks to include "gay history" is making its way through the state legislature, and experts warn it could have an impact nationwide.
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Virginia's legislature has officially placed a constitutional marriage amendment on the November ballot, giving voters in the state a say on the issue of "gay marriage."
BOISE, Idaho (BP)--Idaho's Senate Feb. 15 sent a state constitutional marriage amendment to voters, making it the fifth state to place such an amendment on the ballot for 2006.
TRENTON, N.J. (BP)--New Jersey's Supreme Court heard oral arguments Feb. 15 in a "gay marriage" case that could result in the Garden State following Massachusetts' lead in redefining marriage.
"The pastors have to rise to the occasion. That's the bottom line." John Sullivan, Florida Baptist ConventionTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (BP)--Barring an incredible effort by Florida churches in the final days of January, a signature drive for a constitutional marriage amendment there appears likely to fail. Needing 611,000 valid…
NEW YORK (BP)--A New York state appeals court Dec. 8 reversed a lower court ruling that would have legalized "gay marriage," and in the process delivered an opinion that has conservatives applauding.
AUSTIN, Texas (BP)--Texas voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional marriage amendment Nov. 8, but Maine citizens voted to keep a new "gay rights" law and Californians rejected a proposal requiring teens to notify a parent before getting an abortion.
BOSTON (BP)--As nature attests, it takes a mommy and daddy to make a baby. But if homosexuals activists in Massachusetts get their way, that soon may change -- at least on paper. With "gay marriage" now legalized there, homosexuals in the Bay State want birth certificates to change as well.…