A nearly two-decade legal fight by a convicted murderer in Massachusetts to get taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery ended in failure Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected her final appeal.
The justices did not comment in letting stand a lower-court ruling denying the surgery to Michelle Kosilek. MORE
One cannot expect the Catholic Church in Ireland to some how act as a renegade and disobey Roman Catholicism’s teaching when it comes to gay people and marriage, but while the church wrings its hands, society at large is moving on. MORE
A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday ruled that California must provide sex reassignment surgery to a transgender inmate, calling denial of the procedure a violation of constitutional rights. MORE
These guys know how to play dirty with the facts.
A seemingly groundbreaking and widely publicized study reported in Science magazine this past December may be a fake.
The study appeared to show that openly gay activists in California had persuaded conservative voters to change their minds in a lasting way by engaging the voters in “heartfelt, reciprocal and vulnerable conversations” about being gay during door-to-door advocacy campaigns. It was co-authored by Michael J. LaCour, a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Donald P. Green, a professor at Columbia University. MORE
She has more guts then many of the Fathers. A lot more money to. ha.
Anne Graham Lotz, an evangelical preacher, author, and the daughter of pastor Billy Graham, said “the day of the Lord is near,” which is a “time of judgment,” and that God is specifically “warning America.” She added that people must pray for repentance and mercy because, she believes, this is the “last” generation. MORE
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko sparked fresh Kremlin fury on Wednesday by warning that his crisis-torn country was fighting a “real war” against Russian aggressors that could escalate at any time. MORE
Wish they would become Traditional Nuns
Why on earth would any girl abandon the liberties of a modern democracy to join the dark ages of IS? Huda Jawad attempts to offer an answer.
I was born in Baghdad and grew up in the United Arab Emirates and Syria before coming to settle as a teenager in London in the late 1980s. My parents were political activists during the time of Saddam Hussein and fled Iraq after the death sentence was imposed on them in absentia. MORE
The sprinkling-style baptism of a Dayton, Ohio, infant — a scene heartwarming and commonplace for Catholics and mainline Protestants — is touching off accusations of doctrinal heresy in the evangelical world. MORE
Comment: This Catholic view has been debated and in my research if this wasn’t true, their would have been a letter (Encyclical) stating a change of Church policy in the Baptism of Infants. None can be found.
Example: According to the same work on the popes, Pope St. Linus is supposed to have issued a decree “in conformity with the ordinance of St. Peter”, that women should have their heads covered in church. Without doubt this decree is apocryphal, and copied by the author of the “Liber Pontificalis” from the first Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians (11:5) and arbitrarily attributed to the first successor of the Apostle in Rome. Joseph
More astonishing, apocalyptic images of a volcanic eruption have emerged from Chile, this time from Villarrica in the south of the country.
A band of cloud had wrapped itself around the peak as lava spewed into the air, giving the entire landscape an eerie blood-red glow.
Villarrica, located near the popular tourist resort of Pucon around 750 km (460 miles) south of the capital Santiago, is among the most active in South America. MORE
Wow, more phony, back stabbing prelates showing their true colors.
The leader of Ireland’s Catholics has warned that if the Republic endorses gay marriage in the forthcoming referendum, religious organisations could face legal action for refusing to marry same-sex couples in their churches.
Ireland is the first country in the world to hold a referendum to legalise gay marriages. The vote takes place on 22 May. MORE
Josiah Duncan, a 5-year-old boy from Prattville, Alabama, was eating with his mother at a Waffle House restaurant when he noticed a dirty-looking man holding a bag outside. He was immediately curious and concerned.
Even after his mother, Ava Faulk, explained that the man was “homeless,” the boy wanted to know more. MORE
In April 2011, the Guttmacher Institute published the results of an analysis finding that 99% of all women of reproductive age who have ever had sex—including 98% of such Catholic women—have used a method of contraception other than natural family planning. MORE
Republican Jeb Bush said in a weekend radio interview that he does not believe the Constitution grants a right to gay marriage, emphasizing his support for “traditional marriage.”
The Supreme Court is expected by the end of June to make a landmark ruling that could make gay marriage the law of the land or return the decision to individual states. MORE
A noticeable stiffening and nervous laughter swept through the ranks of postal carriers when dog trainer Allen Burnsworth unleashed a pit bull and it charged toward them Thursday morning.
“She’s ferocious,” Burnsworth said, joking, as the 3-year-old dog named Layla only wagged and begged for pats and affection outside the San Pedro post office. MORE