In spite of last-minute efforts by President Barack Obama to get support for same-sex marriage, lawmakers in his home state of Illinois failed to garner enough support to bring the matter to a vote during this session.
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A new Pew report has found that a record number of American women are now the sole or primary breadwinner in their families.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSNew York City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has launched a new app for teens that will direct them to clinics where they can get help with "sexual health" issues ranging from contraception and abortion services to dealing with same-sex attraction.
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Bishop Robert Guglielmone of Charleston, the episcopal liaison of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to the National Catholic Committee on Scouting, says the Church must remain involved with the Boy Scouts to see how the new policy plays out and be willing to take further steps if Church teaching is violated.
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A Milwaukee elementary school is under fire for hosting a cross-dressing day on which students were encouraged to come to school dressed as the opposite sex.
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A new Gallup survey has found that a majority of Americans believe that the country is heading in the wrong direction when it comes to moral values.
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After the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) voted last week to lift the ban on allowing openly homosexual boys to join the Scouts, plans are already underway to create a separate scouting organization based on traditional values.
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The National Council of the Boy Scouts of America caved to pressure from homosexual activist groups yesterday by voting 61-38 to allow "open and avowed" homosexuals to join its programs but will continue to exclude adult leaders who are openly homosexual.
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A new study has found that females are up to 40 percent more likely than men to develop certain types of mental illnesses.
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The world watched in horror as a blood-splattered Muslim confessed to killing a British soldier in broad daylight "in the name of Allah" yesterday at the same time that Pope Francis was telling a congregation that killing in the name of God is blasphemy.
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