A district court judge ruled that North Carolina's attempt to offer "Choose Life" plates is unconstitutional because it is "viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment."
In the wake of historic victories for gay rights supporters in last month's elections, a pair of USA Today/Gallup Polls find growing acceptance among Americans toward gay men and lesbians -- and soaring optimism among gay Americans that issues involving homosexuality will one day no longer divide the nation.
The Supreme Court will hear a case on California's Proposition 8 and a New York case on the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
We say: The Catholic church teaches that the economy is made for the people, not the other way around. The government would be wise to follow that idea.
A federal court in Indiana has rejected atheists' requests to preside at wedding ceremonies, saying only clergy or public officials are licensed to solemnize marriages.
The poll showed that almost two-thirds of Americans believe businesses should be required to provide the coverage for free, even if contraception conflicts with the owner's religious ethics.
The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for a federal appeals court to take up a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, reopening one lawsuit filed by groups opposing elements of the law.
Column: Do those who grieve for and those celebrate the election results have anything in common? Are we headed for the next civil war?
New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the head of the U.S. bishops’ conference, has insinuated that Catholics who voted for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney are more adherent to their faith than those who voted for President Barack Obama, a Democrat.
Dolan, who is seen by many as the de facto leader of the country’s some 77 million Catholics, makes the connection between faith and politics in a Nov. 15 column in his archdiocesan newspaper, Catholic New York, titled “Looking Back at Election Day.”
According to exit polls, Obama won the Catholic vote, 50 percent to 48 percent. But a closer look shows Obama's support among Latinos went up 74 percent this year.
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