GREECE, NY A federal appeals court has ruled an upstate New York town unconstitutionally favored one religion over others by opening nearly every meeting over an 11 year span with prayers that stressed

A blind Chinese legal activist who escaped house arrest, endured a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle and a hurried daylong flight paused ever so briefly upon his arrival in New York City before taking up a familiar fight.

It was one thing for Barack Obama to call for the legalization of same-sex marriage -- but it was quite another to say Jesus caused him to embrace that position.

A "Vote Pro-life" campaign is under way and hopes to impact key states in the 2012 election. The project is sponsored this presidential election year by an organization called Created Equal.

A campaign has been launched to show support for a Roman Catholic bishop in Illinois who is the subject of a complaint by Americans United for Separation of Church and State.