(CNN) — Eighteen-year-old Kaitlyn Hunt, charged with a crime for having sex with a 14-year-old girl, rejected a deal Friday that would have required her to plead guilty to child abuse, according to Hunt’s attorney. Hunt was charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious battery after the parents of the 14-year-old went to…
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A top Senate Democrat has offered a pair of amendments to an immigration reform bill bolstering rights for same-sex couples, a politically risky move that threatens to shatter Republican support for the sweeping legislation. Vermont Sen. Patrick’s Leahy’s amendments would recognize same-sex marriages in which one spouse is an American, and also…
The Oscar winning British actor, Jeremy Irons, tells the BBC’s Stephen Sackur that his words are often taken out of context and that his strong opinions often get him into trouble. Hr told Sackur that he didn’t have any problem with gay marriage, despite controversial comments he made while speaking with HuffPost Live host Josh…
(CNN) — A conservative group is planning a television and online ad campaign urging senators to vote against former Sen. Chuck Hagel at his confirmation hearings to be secretary of defense. The American Future Fund plans to run television ads in Washington and in certain states against Obama’s nominee, the group said, as well as…
WASHINGTON (CNN) — If he becomes defense secretary, former Sen. Chuck Hagel will bring Vietnam battlefield experience, criticism of U.S. policy in Afghanistan and tensions with his own Republican Party to the Pentagon. President Barack Obama’s announcement of Hagel’s nomination to the defense post will occur around 1 p.m. Monday, along with the nomination of…
The University of Texas has concluded that no formal investigation of the study methodology used by associate professor of sociology, Mark Regnerus, is warranted in regard to a controversial study he published in the journal, Social Science Research. The study indicates that children raised by gay parents experienced worse childhoods on average than children of married…
In the mid 1990s Eve Ensler wrote the first draft of a series of monologues based on interviews she conducted with 200 women about their views on sex, relationships and violence against women. Those stories came to be known as The Vagina Monologues. This instant (and sometimes controversial) hit has since been staged nationally, internationally…
ROME – Amid mixed reactions, Italian fashion brand Benetton has released its new advertising campaign. The Washington Post reported the campaign, which depicts images of various world leaders kissing each other, from President Barack Obama kissing China’s Hu Jintao to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kissing Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, was unveiled last week on…
