By Mark Mix
Home day care providers would be forced into unions
Traffic snaked into the Giant Center here, an arena usually accustomed to hosting Hershey Bears hockey games, on the last Friday evening in May, with lines of vehicles packed tighter than the Beltway at rush hour.

Supporters of same-sex marriage are taking their fight to new venues daily — first to the courts, then to state legislatures, and now to bakeries.

Although Illinois lawmakers failed Friday night to approve a bill to make it the 13th state to perform gay marriages, legislative leaders pledged to bring it back for passage with some holding out hope that it could before the end of the summer.

After its historic vote to grant membership to openly gay youth, leaders of Boy Scouts of America are anxious to "move forward" as a unified Scouting family, even as an unknown number of chartering organizations, councils, troops and members reassess their participation in the iconic institution.

Who knew that I would be a victim of the oppressive attacks of the IRS on people of conservative values and Christian faith. But I have, and it is a personal stinging reminder of how terribly close we are to losing all of our freedoms.
The wife of the president of the Mormon church has died.

Eric Metaxas' project here, in limning the notable lives of seven Christian men, is to hold up all seven as models of right behavior and commitment. He senses — well, I mean, how could he not? — that "young men especially need role models.

Proclaiming the first saints of his pontificate, Pope Francis on Sunday canonized 813 Italians who were slain by Turkish soldiers in a 15th-century siege.
A man accused of trying to assassinate President Obama in 2011 was angry about the federal government's policy on the criminalization of marijuana, according to new court documents.

Soldiers who promote their faith can be prosecuted under military law, the Pentagon said in a brief statement released to the media.

A man accused of trying to assassinate President Obama in 2011 was angry about the federal government's policy on the criminalization of marijuana, according to new court documents.

Pope Francis is set to canonize an estimated 800 Italians, who were forced to choose between Islam or death during a 15-century siege by Ottoman soldiers.

Let's get a couple of things straight about three culture-related stories that broke this week, datelined Washington, D.C.

Boys Scouts of America leaders recently received a boost for its proposed policy on gays from a powerful stakeholder — the Mormon church.

The U.S. Army has ordered soldiers to scratch off a Bible verse that was inscribed by the vendor in the middle of serial numbers on weapon scopes.
According to the Catholic Herald, many were ordered to convert to Islam or die, but a tailor named Antonio Primaldo spoke on the prisoners' behalf: "We believe in Jesus Christ, Son of God, and for Jesus Christ we are ready to die," he said, according to Pope John Paul II.
According to the Catholic Herald, many were ordered to convert to Islam or die, but a tailor named Antonio Primaldo spoke on the prisoners' behalf: "We believe in Jesus Christ, Son of God, and for Jesus Christ we are ready to die," he said, according to John Paul II.
Pope Francis to canonize 800 Italians slain by Ottoman soldiers →