Team Obama likes to cite Warren's work on AIDS in Africa to combat criticism about the controversial pastor. But how does burning condoms save li

Once hailed by Time magazine as "America's Pastor," California megachurch leader and best-selling author of The Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren now finds himself on the defensive.

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Harsh Sentences for Homosexuality in Senegal New York Times

DAKAR, Senegal — Nine men were handed unusually harsh sentences of eight years in prison after being tried on charges of conspiracy and "unnatural acts," a term used to criminalize homosexuality, according to their lawyers and gay rights groups here.

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WATCH: Anne Hathaway To Obama: Explain Rick Warren

Anne Hathaway spoke her mind about Barack Obama on the red carpet at Tuesday night's Palm Springs Film Festival.

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Driving Factors of Prop 8 Vote

Precinct-by-precinct analysis and other data shows party, ideology , church attendance and age drove vote, debunking myths about African-American voting on marriage equality.

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Sex in the Seminary: New Study Released Today Shows a Disturbing Lack of Sexuality Training in Seminary Curricula

CHICAGO, IL  - United States seminaries and rabbinical schools are failing to prepare the next generation of clergy with the training they need to address sexuality issues in ministry, according to a study released today by the Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing and Union Theological Seminary.

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Proposition 8, Same-Sex Rights Examined at 2009 AALS Annual Meeting, Leading Legal Scholars to discuss Controversial Issues

SAN DIEGO, CA - The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) 2009 Annual Meeting will feature programs devoted to the discussion of Proposition 8, as well as Same-Sex Rights.

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Two executed in Saudi Arabia for male rape

Two Saudi men were publicly beheaded on December 26th after being found guilty of rape.

The official SPA news agency said Nasser al-Harby and Majid al-Sibeiy had gone into the bedroom where the unnamed victim slept.

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Does The New York Times Think "Gay" Is A Bad Word?

Towleroad notes that when a reader text messages someone a New York Times article with the word "gay" in the title, the New York Times web service censors the word "gay," replacing it with a "beep":   Does The New York Times Think "Gay" Is A Bad Word?

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New York Appellate Court Decision Affirming Out-Of-State Marriage Recognition

'Yet another appellate court has ruled that government officials act lawfully when they respect out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples.

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Proposition 8 backers attack Brown's efforts to keep gay marriage

Proponents of a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage filed legal briefs today urging the California Supreme Court to reject the novel legal argument put forth last month by state Atty.

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