CNSNews.com – Patrick Goodenough The Obama administration “strongly objects” to provisions in a House defense authorization bill that would prohibit the use of military property for same-sex “marriage or marriage-like” ceremonies, and protect military chaplains from negative repercussions for refusing to perform ceremonies that conflict with their beliefs, according to the Office of Management and [...]

Baptist Press – Michael Foust Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney acknowledged to a crowd at Liberty University’s commencement that Mormonism and evangelicalism are different faiths, but he said people in both camps can work together on issues of “shared moral convictions.” Romney’s invitation to speak at the evangelical university was controversial in some circles, mainly [...]

IRNUSA News – Sean Scott Ferguson Egypt’s presidential elections are later this month. There has been infighting and violence, but above all fear in the run up to the election of Egypt’s first post-Mubarak leader. The fear? That Egypt’s status of a moderate Arab country will turn to that of a radical Islamic state. The [...]

The Telegraph Gulf leaders gathered in Riyadh on Monday to discuss developing their six-nation council into a union, a Saudi proposal likely to start with the kingdom and unrest-hit Bahrain. But the proposed union between the regional kingpin Saudi Arabia and the fellow Sunni-ruled kingdom of Bahrain has been slammed by legislators in Shiite Iran. [...]

BBC Ceremonies in Sarajevo are marking 20 years since the start of the war in Bosnia-Hercegovina, a conflict that saw the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II. The conflict began in April 1992 as part of the break-up of Yugoslavia. About 100,000 people were killed and nearly half the population forced from their [...]

Jonathan Moormann – Christian Post A lawsuit between Jet Propulsion Labs and a NASA mission specialist who claims he was demoted for his beliefs begins Wednesday, the latest in a series of court cases featuring intelligent design proponents suing former employers. David Coppedge was employed at the JPL for 14 years and served as an [...]