Arranged marriages are a tradition in Muslim cultures. Now some girls in America are being forced into arranged marriages by their families? I have no doubt that many Muslim families in America are continuing the arranged marriage tradition in some form or another. But what if the young woman doesn’t want to comply? What if [...]

In a dispute between Muslim parties a Florida Circuit Court judge has ruled that the case can proceed under provisions of Islamic Sharia law. This is one of the first cases where Islamic law has been recognized in an American court and deferred to:   Response: Note from the document that if the two parties [...]

  (Image by BlatantNews.com via Flickr)   For over 3 weeks President Obama has condemned the Libyan dictator with nothing more than strong rhetoric but was incredibly indecisive when it came to any kind of real action. He dithered away the time on the golf course and working on his ‘Final Four’ basketball picks while [...]

                                               (Image via Wikipedia) On Wednesday a bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (Doma) was introduced by Democrats in the Senate and in the Congress. The bill would result in federal recognition for same–sex marriage by default. Last month President Obama instructed the Justice Department to cease defending DOMA in several lawsuits presently [...]

A new ‘Covenant‘ for choir members at the Crystal Cathedral requires them to actually be Christians and acknowledge their denomination’s stand on traditional marriage. Some long-time members are upset with the new declaration. The part of the covenant that is controversial to some states: “I understand that in an era where images of family relationship [...]

                                              (Image via Wikipedia) Does church attendance make for a better marriage? Maybe. At least those who go to church regularly have a lower divorce rate than other Christians and the rest of the population in America. For years I have heard people say that Christians have the same divorce rate as everyone else. In [...]

(Image by Sharon Graphics via Flickr) According to Bill Maher over the weekend radical Muslims are the greatest terrorist threat that America faces and the Quran is a: "hate-filled holy book." Bill Maher has done it again but this time his controversial statement never received the coverage that it normally would have probably due to [...]