US District Court Judge Ted Stewart Wednesday refused to strike down Utah's ban on polygamy, turning back a suit brought by a Utah man who wanted to add another wife to his marriage. Stewart said the state has an...
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British legal experts on the BBC news program Panorama have warned that a civil marriage between Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles might not be allowed under existing legislation. The 1836 Marriage Act, which permitted marriages outside the church,...
It was announced Thursday in London that Prince Charles , heir to the British throne and former husband of the late Princess Diana , will marry longtime love Camilla Parker-Bowles . The private nuptials slated...
Pentagon report says female soldiers used sexual tactics against Gitmo detainees
The Washington Post reported Thursday that allegations by Guantanamo Bay detainees that female soldiers at the military base used sexually suggestive tactics during interrogations of detainees have been confirmed by a Pentagon investigation. The women allegedly...
BREAKING NEWS ~ Defrocked Boston priest convicted of child sex abuse
AP is reporting that after a week-long trial a jury in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has found defrocked Roman Catholic priest Paul Shanley guilty of repeatedly molesting a boy at his church during the...
BREAKING NEWS ~ Supreme Court rejects Newdow inaugural prayer challenge
FOX News is reporting that the US Supreme Court has rejected Michael Newdow's bid for an injunction banning prayer at the Presidential inaugural ceremonies January 20th. Newdow asked the Court to intervene after US District Judge John...
Trial begins for defrocked Boston priest at center of abuse scandal
The trial against defrocked priest Paul Shanley began Tuesday, with Shanley facing rape and assault and battery charges. The prosecution formally dropped another accuser from the case, however, leaving only one accuser as the trial proceeds....
Athiest asks Supreme Court to ban prayer at Bush inauguration
Michael Newdow , the Sacramento man who challenged the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, has appealed to the Supreme Court for an injunction against the recitation of planned prayers at the Bush inauguration, saying that...
Speaking to congregants at a church near civil rights leader Martin Luther King Junior's hometown of Atlanta on the eve of the national holiday celebrating his birth, the Reverend Jesse Jackson said Sunday that war,...
Federal judge rules evolution disclaimer in textbook unconstitutional
US District Court Judge Clarence Cooper has ruled that the Cobb County School District in Atlanta must remove an evolution disclaimer inside textbooks. The stickers inside the science books stated "Evolution is a theory not a fact."...