First Lady Obama Rallies Women Voters for 2012

President Obama’s campaign is rounding up an army of female activists to rekindle the enthusiasm among women that helped propel Obama to victory in 2008 and may be even more vital to his re-election in 2012.

First lady Michelle Obama meets military families at a hiring fair sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for service men and women, veterans and military families at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Proposition 8 Case Likely Headed to Supreme Court

Proponents and opponents of California’s Proposition 8, the amendment that essentially bans gay marriage in the state, are in a fierce legal battle. But one thing they can agree on is that the case will likely head to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Protesters stand outside the James R. Browning U.S. Courthouse in San Francisco where the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on Proposition 8, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010.

United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Granted Stay of Execution Until December

In the staring contest between the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), the Senate blinked first.

Commissioner Leonard Leo of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom speaks at the press conference for the release of the 2009 Annual Report in Washington, D.C. on Friday, May 1, 2009.

Pakistani Evangelist Shot Dead

An evangelist was shot dead here on Wednesday (Nov. 16) by an unidentified gunman in what his family believes was a radical Muslim group’s targeting of a Christian.