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March 18, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Clinton’s embrace of gay marriage joins other Dems for 2016, but issue remains divisive in GOP
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s embrace of gay marriage Monday signals she may be seriously weighing a 2016 presidential run and trying to avoid the type of late-to-the-party caution that hurt her first bid.
March 16, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Striking divide between Democrats and Republicans in gay marriage cases at Supreme Court
No Democratic attorney general in a state that prohibits same-sex couples from marrying has signed onto a legal filing asking the Supreme Court to uphold California’s constitutional ban on gay marriage.
March 15, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Maryland poised to become 18th state to ban death penalty; would be victory for Gov. O'Malley
It's been eight years since Maryland executed a convicted killer, but that could be the last time if the General Assembly, as expected, gives final passage this week to a bill to abolish capital punishment.
March 15, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Md. Assembly votes to repeal death penalty
The Maryland legislature voted Friday to abolish the death penalty, which would make the state the sixth in as many years to end capital punishment and add to a canon of liberal policies recently embraced by state leaders.
March 14, 2013 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: For Roberts, gay rights a defining moment
Chief Justice John Roberts preserved one of President Barack Obama's main legacies—and helped forge his own—by largely upholding the president's health-care law last year. Now, the two leaders' places in history are entwined again, as the Supreme Court prepares to hear two gay-marriage cases later this month.
March 13, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Obama appoints church-state law expert to head faith-based office
As the world watched the Vatican for an announcement of a new leader for the Roman Catholic faithful, the White House quietly made a leadership appointment of its own on Wednesday, to the office responsible for outreach to religious organizations: Melissa Rogers will be the new director of the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
March 11, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: R.I. gay marriage bill may hinge on religious clause
Maria Valente and Andrea Bond were married in Massachusetts four years ago by a justice of the peace. The East Providence women insist they are just like any other couple raising three children. But a few years ago, when Bond had surgery in Rhode Island, they found out not everyone agrees
March 11, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Arkansas's abortion ban and one man's strong will
The adoption by Arkansas last week of the country’s strictest abortion ban — at 12 weeks of pregnancy, when a fetal heartbeat is typically detected — gave a new jolt of energy to a loose band of abortion foes who are pushing similar measures in several states.
March 07, 2013 - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Ark. Democrat-Gazette: 12-week limit for abortions now state law
Arkansas now has what’s been called the strictest abortion law in the country after the House voted Wednesday to overturn the governor’s veto of a bill to ban most abortions after 12 weeks of gestation.
March 06, 2013 - The Lexington Herald-Leader
Lex. Herald-Leader: Religious-freedom bill advances in Kentucky legislature
A bill intended to clarify religious freedom in Kentucky advanced in the legislature Wednesday over the objections of groups who fear that the measure could be used to trample civil rights.
March 06, 2013 - The Seattle Times
Seattle Times: Gay-rights movement’s new focus: immigration
With important victories on same-sex marriage, the gay-rights movement here in Washington and across the country is bringing new energy and momentum to another thorny social issue: immigration.
March 06, 2013 - The Baltimore Sun
Balt. Sun: Md. Senate votes to repeal death penalty

The Maryland Senate voted Wednesday to make Maryland the 18th state to abolish the death penalty, putting Gov. Martin O'Malley one step closer to a significant legislative victory.

March 04, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Ark. Gov. Beebe vetoes 12-week abortion ban
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe on Monday vetoed what would have been the most restrictive abortion ban in the nation, telling lawmakers that outlawing the procedure as early as 12 weeks into a pregnancy would be unconstitutional.
March 04, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Virginia’s Liberty transforms into evangelical mega-university
The small Baptist college that television preacher Jerry Falwell founded here in 1971 has capitalized on the online education boom to become an evangelical mega-university with global reach.
March 03, 2013 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Post-Dispatch: Illinois gay marriage debate is splitting parties, churches
As Illinois edges toward legalizing same-sex marriage, the debate is dividing partisan, religious and even racial allies.
March 01, 2013 - The Miami Herald
Miami Herald: Pastors across county unite to fight black-on-black crime
Before families in Miami’s black communities bury loved ones killed by violent shootings, they call a pastor.
February 28, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Thailand, Muslim militants agree to peace talks
Thailand's government signed a breakthrough deal with Muslim insurgents for the first time ever Thursday, agreeing to hold talks to ease nearly a decade of violence in the country's southern provinces that has killed more than 5,000 people.
February 28, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Obama urges Supreme Court to overturn California same-sex marriage ban
The Obama administration told the Supreme Court on Thursday that California’s ban on same-sex marriage violates the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection, a position that could also cast doubt on prohibitions in other states.
February 27, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Danish opponent of Islam is attacked, and Muslims defend his right to speak
When a would-be assassin disguised as a postman shot at — and just missed — the head of Lars Hedegaard, an anti-Islam polemicist and former newspaper editor, this month, a cloud of suspicion immediately fell on Denmark’s Muslim minority.
February 27, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Interest rises in Islamic bonds
Islamic bonds, or sukuk, have long been popular with investors in the Middle East. Now they are being discovered in Europe and the United States.
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