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Paterson Expected to Propose Gay Marriage Bill
New York legislative officials say Gov. David Paterson is expected to introduce legislation to legalize gay marriage. Two officials say he will introduce the legislation Thursday. They spoke on condition of anonymity because there's been no formal announcement. The proposal would revive a bill that died in 2007 and still faces strong opposition despite a new Democratic ... »
ACLU tries to ban Easter cross in PA
Reading, Pennsylvania, is ruffling some feathers with an Easter cross shining from a city-owned tower. Mat Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel and dean of the Liberty University Law School, tells OneNewsNow they are hearing from the usual sources. "The ACLU has sent threatening letters, a humanist organization, saying that they need to not allow this cross in this tower because it... »
YouTube community tells kid to kill himself
A self-described Christian 12-year-old boy who dared post his views on same-sex marriage on the popular Internet video site, YouTube , has since been ridiculed and insulted by tens of thousands of comments that attack the boy, his sexuality and his faith. "Kill Christianity, and then kill yourself," responded a YouTube community member identified as greenacidfusion. A commenter calling... »
Vermont legalizes same-sex marriage
The Republican governor of Vermont vetoed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage passed by the state's Legislature yesterday, only to have the lawmakers at the Capitol override the veto today. The bill had passed easily through the Vermont Senate, 26-4, last month, but the House had approved it 95-52, just five votes short of the two-thirds majority needed in the 150-member body... »
Money woes slam top Christian broadcaster
Salem Communications, a Christian publishing and radio giant that owns nearly 100 radio stations nationwide and calls itself the No. 1 Internet provider of Christian content, has been branded a "bottom rung" company by Moody's Investors Service for struggling under the weight of $320 million in debt. "People tend to reach out more to God and to Christian media during these... »
eHarmony blows off customer objections to ‘gay’ site
The launch by dating service eHarmony.com of a new website for homosexuals is creating concern among customers who were attracted to the company because of its Christian foundations, but they're not getting any satisfaction. WND reported when eHarmony launched its new Compatible Partners website for homosexuals, the result of a settlement of a discrimination complaint brought in New Jersey. Compatible... »
Iowa high court legalizes gay marriage in state
DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa's Supreme Court legalized gay marriage Friday in a unanimous and emphatic decision that makes Iowa the third state — and the first in the nation's heartland — to allow same-sex couples to wed. In its decision, the high court upheld a lower court's ruling that found a state law restricting marriage to between a man and... »
eHarmony launches homosexual offering to satisfy ‘discrimination’ complaint
The Internet dating service eHarmony, which has been distancing itself from its reported Christian foundations for years, now has launched a matching service for homosexuals. Compatible Partners has been put online by eHarmony, the result of a lawsuit settlement between eHarmony and the attorney general in New Jersey. The state official pursued a complaint against the company over a 2005 statement from... »
Federal Judge Upholds Texas Pledge Containing Phrase Under God
A Dallas federal judge has ruled that the phrase “under God” in the Texas Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional. The court’s decision rejected a lawsuit filed by a Dallas couple, who unsuccessfully argued that the state pledge violated the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause. “Today’s ruling protects young Texans’ right to pledge their allegiance to ‘one state, under God’ – just as... »
Suit claims recognition of God violates law
A court should reject arguments from those who seek "relentless extirpation" of any reference to religion in public life, according to a brief submitted in opposition to a Wisconsin lawsuit that challenges the National Day of Prayer. The lawsuit was filed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, which asserted the law that sets the first Thursday in May as "National Day of Prayer"... »

