Posts Tagged ‘Amendment’
Featured
Missouri to vote on prayer amendment as critics warn of legal nightmares
Missourians will vote on Tuesday (Aug. 7) on a proposed amendment to the state constitution that supporters say would protect residents' right to pray in public, and if a recent poll is any indication, it could pass by a mammot...
Kuwaitis face death for insulting Islam under new law
Kuwait's parliament approved the death sentence for Muslims who insult Allah, the Qu’ran, Muslim prophets, or Muhammad’s wives on Thursday. Christians and other non-Muslim minorities will be given a minimum prison sentence of t...
News
Both sides gear up in N.C. gay marriage fight
As the only Southern state without a constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage, North Carolina is the next battleground, with religious groups on both sides bracing for a high-stakes fight on May 8. Against a recent st...
Arts & Culture
70 Methodist ministers sign statement pledging to wed same-sex couples
Some 70 clergy members of a mainstream Christian denomination said recently in a statement at the church’s annual convention in Minnesota that they are ready to marry same-sex couples, despite the fact that it is illegal in the...
Commentary and News
National Day of prayer observed nationwide despite ruling, controversy
Despite a judge’s ruling that declared the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional, special observations were held across the nation and in several places in the capital city including the Pentagon, the Cannon House Office Buil...
Commentary and News
Mississippi is fourteenth state to forge “Personhood Amendment”
Personhood amendments, aiming to guarantee human rights to the unborn, are moving forward in fourteen states.