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Gay rights advocates went to Australia's highest court on Tuesday in a bid to prevent the government from surveying the public on whether gay marriage should be legalized. The advocates want the Parliament to decide the issue without consultation with the public and are arguing in the High Court that the government does not have the constitutional power to start the postal survey next week.
Barronelle Stutzman, in red, the owner of Arlene's Flowers in Richland, talked with supporters after her case was argued before the state Supreme Court in Bellevue last year. She refused to provide flowers for a gay couple's wedding, citing her religious beliefs.
Ousted Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is trying to play usurper to deep-pocketed Republican forces after making a runoff with incumbent Sen. Luther Strange in the state's Senate primary. Getting to the runoff is a sweet win for Moore, who was twice stripped of his chief justice duties - for refusing to remove a biblical monument he installed in a state judiciary building and for resisting federal gay marriage rulings.
Alabama's famed Ten Commandments judge, Roy Moore, has forced a Senate primary runoff with president-backed incumbent Sen. Luther Strange, setting up a September showdown that could be closely watched for clues about Republicans' prospects in 2018 midterm elections. Moore, who has twice been stripped of chief justice duties for stands over the Ten Commandments and against gay marriage, rode a tide of anti-Washington sentiment and his fame as an icon of the culture wars to lead the first round of voting and secure a runoff spot.
Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who was twice removed from office, forced a primary runoff Tuesday against Trump-backed incumbent Sen. Luther Strange in a race likely to be closely watched for clues about Republicans' prospects in 2018 midterm elections. Despite being buoyed by millions of dollars in advertising by a super political action committee tied to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Strange was unable to defeat the firebrand jurist who took losing stands for the public display of the Ten Commandments and against gay marriage.
Hillary Clinton's pastor has acknowledged he plagiarized part of the prayer commentary he sent her the day after she lost the presidential election, a devotional that is at the heart of a book he published Tuesday.
Can the GOP's Shotgun Marriage Be Saved? By Patrick J. Buchanan Tuesday - August 29, 2017 Wednesday morning, Nov. 9, 2016, Republicans awoke to learn they had won the lottery. Donald Trump had won the presidency by carrying Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Wearing an NRA baseball cap and newly armed with an endorsement from President Donald Trump, Alabama Sen. Luther Strange on Saturday strolled by the sausage vendors and rodeo ticket booths at a rural county fair, rallying voters ahead of Tuesday's critical Republican primary for Attorney General Jeff Sessions' former Senate seat. "The day will turn on turnout.
Not too long ago, most people agreed on certain values when it came to free speech: "I disagree with your message but tolerate your right to say it." To be sure, that value created costs, but it seemed worthwhile to most.
Jack Phillips is the operator of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colo. The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from Phillips, who has religious objections to same-sex marriage and had lost a discrimination case for refusing to create a cake to celebrate such a union.
Regarding the recent Amarillo Globe-News editorial , I offer this quote from Thomas Paine - "Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness." AGN refers to Justice John Roberts' dissenting opinion relating to Obergefell v.
John Adams leads fellow GOP candidates Jill Vogel and Ed Gillespie into the new Henrico campaign headquarters. Adams kicked off his campaign for state attorney general on July 1 with stops up and down the I-95 corridor, greeting supporters along the way.
The Supreme Court's Trinity decision, in which it decided Trinity Lutheran Church in Missouri deserved equal treatment when it came to federal money for playground surfacing materials, was significant. For one thing, it was a 7-2 decision, giving it a heft that goes beyond the court's normal 5-4 ideological shift.
Mrs Messis at war: Soccer superstar Lionel's MOTHER is accused of trying to upstage his childhood sweetheart bride when she arrives at their wedding wearing an identical white dress More bad news for CNN as Jake Tapper airs FAKE National Enquirer cover during his segment covering claims that Trump tried to blackmail Joe Scarborough President claims that Greta Van Susteren's shock firing from MSNBC was because she refused to join in the 'Trump hate' 'What are they trying to hide?' Trump blasts more than TWENTY states for refusing to hand over voter data to commission investigating voting fraud in 2016 elections Body of missing boy, five, is found near California lake as his father stands accused of murdering him in 'ultimate act of revenge' on his estranged wife who divorced him Did Jodi Arias' prosecutor compromise murderer's trial by having 'inappropriate relationship' with TV ... (more)
Federal lawsuit says Australian Model's ex-boyfriend, Malaysian businessman Low Taek Jho, purchased valuables with funds from Malaysian government accounts. Miranda Kerr turns over $8.1 in jewels ex bought with government funds Federal lawsuit says Australian Model's ex-boyfriend, Malaysian businessman Low Taek Jho, purchased valuables with funds from Malaysian government accounts.
Happy Huma! Newly-single Abedin can barely contain her smile as she steps out for a party to honor Clinton-supporter Anna Wintour Weiner, the shamed former New York congressman, is awaiting sentencing after admitting federal obscenity for sexting a 15-year-old girl last year After a failed presidential election campaign, a brush with the FBI and the very public crumbling of her marriage to Anthony Weiner, she'd be forgiven for keeping a low profile. Not only was the outing a glamorous one , but it came as proceedings in the political staffer's divorce trudged along.
If anyone's under the influence of the media and questioning President Trump's results after six months, look no further than the U.S. Supreme Court and Justice Neil Gorsuch. This morning, after waiting through a string of Monday court announcements, Americans concerned about the relentless assault on religious freedom finally got the word they'd been waiting for -- justices have agreed to hear the case of Christian baker Jack Phillips.
The Supreme Court will soon look at gerrymandering, a bakery refusing to serve gay couples and Trump's travel ban The Supreme Court is preparing for a historic session, given the one case it's already ruled upon and several others that it has agreed to discuss. The Supreme Court will hear Trump's travel ban case but allow the new rules to go into effect except for foreigners who have a "bona fide relationship" with the United States In addition to agreeing to hear the case involving President Donald Trump's travel ban, the Supreme Court has notably ruled that it can currently be implemented for any foreigners who lack the ability to "credibly claim" a relationship with someone who lives in the United States.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether Denver's Masterpiece Cakeshop discriminated against a gay couple , Charlie Craig and David Mullins, by refusing to make them a wedding cake just over a year after the case was rejected by the Colorado Supreme Court . Attorneys for Masterpiece owner Jack Phillips argue that a Colorado Civil Rights Commission ruling in favor of Craig and Mullins violated his rights as an artist not to create works that violate his personal beliefs, and they may find a find that Neil Gorsuch , a Coloradan who ruled in favor of religious freedom in an important case prior to being appointed to the Supreme Court, has sympathy for this view.