The Michigan General Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the state’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages also blocks Michigan governments and state universities from offering “domestic partnership” benefits for homosexual couples.The Marriage Protection Amendment was approved by nearly sixty percent of voters in 2004. Considered the broadest of the 11 state marriage amendments barring same-sex […]
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Lawyers for Guantánamo Inmates Accuse U.S. of Eavesdropping
By WILLIAM GLABERSON
Published: May 7, 2008
One lawyer for Guantánamo detainees said he replaced his office telephone in Washington because of sounds that convinced him it had been bugged. Another lawyer who represents detainees said he sometimes had other lawyers call his corporate clients to foil any government eavesdroppers.
In […]
We are being invaded and not doing a thing about it.
Allah or The Lord Jesus Christ?
By Rick Mathes
This is very interesting and just a bit scary … But is it scary enough to generate
something besides talk? I’m afraid far too many Catholics, Protestants, and
Jews will wait until it hits them upside the head on a […]
“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13
One detail that is never mentioned is that in Washington , D.C., there can never be a building of greater height than the Washington Monument .
With […]
38 militants killed in fierce fighting in Baghdad
By SELCAN HACAOGLU, Associated Press Writer Mon Apr 28, 9:55 AM ET
BAGHDAD - Shiite extremists lobbed more rockets or mortar shells at the U.S. protected Green Zone on Monday as American and Iraqi troops engaged militants in the most violent clashes in weeks in Baghdad.
[…]
Bin Laden former driver
refuses to participate in trial
By MICHAEL MELIA, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Osama bin Laden’s former driver has joined other Guantanamo detainees in refusing to participate in his war-crimes trial, declaring Monday he felt no hope for justice after more than six years in […]
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, Joe Arpaio, Sheriff, News Brief
April 24, 2008
Illegals Ask Sheriff’s Office For A Ride Home to Mexico
(Phoenix, AZ) In a strange turn of events, four illegal aliens seeking but not finding employment in Maricopa County, approached a Sheriff’s deputy and asked to be returned
home to Mexico. The illegals admitted to the deputy […]
Ohio Students
Bring Bibles to Class to
Support Teacher
Saturday, April 19, 2008
MouNT VERNON, Ohio — A school superintendent says some students at the district’s middle school brought Bibles to classes to show support for a teacher who refuses to remove his Bible from the view of students.
Mount Vernon Superintendent Stephen Short says Friday’s action hasn’t caused any major […]
New Roadblocks Delay Tribunals at Guantánamo
By WILLIAM GALBERSON
Published: April 10, 2008
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — When military officials announced war crimes charges against six detainees for the Sept. 11 attacks two months ago, the move was part of an effort to accelerate the Bush administration’s sluggish military commission system, which has yet to hold a single […]
‘Jamiel’s Law’ Targets
Illegal Immigrant Gang Members
In Wake of
Los Angeles H.S. Football Star’s Death
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
AP
The family of a Los Angeles high school football star allegedly killed by a gang member in the country illegally is getting behind a proposed city ordinance intended to crack down on illegal immigrant gangs in the city.
The proposal, dubbed […]
