Three gay men from Thailand have tied the knot in what is thought to be the world’s first three-way same-sex marriage.
Happy newlyweds Joke, 29, Bell, 21 and Art, 26, took the plunge on Valentine’s Day after exchanging their vows in a fairy-tale ceremony at their home in Uthai Thani Province, Thailand. MORE – VIDEO
11:19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a violent hailstorm. 12:1 A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
Animal rights groups are more concerned for animals than Abortion of humans.
The Greatest Show on Earth is retiring the 13 Asian elephants currently traveling with the show, Ringling Bros. parent companyFeld Entertainment announced in a press release today. The change, which the company calls “unprecedented”, comes after a barrage of protests by animal rights activists who claim the circus abuses their elephants. Ringling Bros. refutes these claims, but is discontinuing the elephant acts to align their shows with consumer preferences, according to the press statement. By 2018, the elephants will join a herd of more than 40 elephants at the company’s Center for Elephant Conservation in Florida. MORE
I can’t say that I believe these polls but, like abortion, most have given up the fight because of the courts who keep overturning our ballot victories.
Suicide rates among middle-aged Americans have risen sharply in the past decade, prompting concern that a generation of baby boomers who have faced years of economic worry and easy access to prescription painkillers may be particularly vulnerable to self-inflicted harm. MORE
Pope Francis met Friday with the bishop running a Chilean diocese where there has been unprecedented opposition to the nomination of his successor, accused of covering up for Chile’s most notorious pedophile.
Is this a debate?It’s hard to convince people gripped by today’s mood of secular gloom that The Sound of Music is a work of abiding artistic genius. The cynic will recall a saccharine musical stretched over almost three hours, involving singing nuns, an impromptu pyjama party, puppet shows and the mawkish strains of Edelweiss. All this soppy madness culminates in a family of nine fleeing from a pack of Nazis, but not before pausing to sing at a music festival. Why would anyone take it seriously? MORE
I just sent him a letter last month. A follow up from the one I wrote two years ago. I hope he makes it through the current peace negotiations.
Arabic media outlets reported Wednesday that Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was hospitalized in critical condition, days after a different report indicated doctors had given the ayatollah only two years to live. MORE
A treacherous winter storm reaching from Texas to New England closed schools, canceled more than 4,000 flights and stranded hundreds of drivers overnight in Kentucky, where as much as 23 inches of snow fell.
The snow caused traffic to come to a standstill, with a huge section of the freeway between Elizabethtown and Louisville becoming a virtual parking lot – leaving cars and trucks littered across the roads since 9pm Wednesday night. MORE
At a covert training camp just north of Mosul, ten miles from the front lines with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the first wave of Assyrian Christian volunteers for the Nineveh Protection Unit (NPU) have just completed boot camp. Funded in part by an Assyrian-American telethon campaign and trained by a handful of freelance U.S. military veterans, around 500 men are set to deploy next week as part of an unorthodox — and unproven — project. MORE
“Absolutely,” Carson said when asked whether he thought homosexuality was a choice. “Because a lot of people who go into prison, go into prison straight straight. And when they come out, they’re gay. So did something happen while they were in there? Ask yourself that question.” MORE
The Villarrica volcano erupted around 3 a.m. local time, according to the National Emergency Office, which issued a red alert and ordered evacuations. Local media showed images of the volcano bursting at the top, glowing in the dark amid heavy smoke and rivers of lava. Authorities worried that mudslides caused by melting snow could endanger nearby communities. MORE – VIDEO
The religious sacrament of confessing your sins is about to enter the digital age… Well, sort of.
A press release sent to Fox San Antonio last week claims an ordained priest in the San Antonio area will be the first to begin accepting confessions over the social media app ‘Snapchat.’
The release states the confessions will be accepted by @priestDavid from March 2nd through March 16th. MORE