The California Supreme Court scheduled a March 4 hearing Wednesday for the long-awaited clash between gay-rights advocates, the state and religious conservatives over the constitutionality of banning same-sex marriage. The case, to be heard at the court’s chambers in San Francisco, is a consolidation of four lawsuits by same-sex couples and the city of San Francisco, challenging the marriage restriction, and two countersuits by private organizations defending the law.
Lockheed Paid Lobbyist $140,000 in 2007 - Forbes.com
Lockheed Martin Corp. paid Ervin Technical Associates $120,000 to lobby the federal government in the second half of 2007.
The firm lobbied Congress on the Defense Department's budget and other defense-related spending bills, according to a form posted online Feb. 4 by the Senate's public records office. Lockheed, the world's largest defense contractor, paid the firm $20,000 in the first six months of 2007 to lobby on the same issues.
The Dangers of Political Islam
I'm of the conviction that Islam is the solution as a creed, as a government, and as a way of life, but according to the ways of our Prophet, God's prayer and peace be upon him.
Today, I will be brave to the extent of sounding a voice of advice to my Islamist brethren in the Islamist movement. I will set courtesy aside until I finish writing this article.
Senator John McCain continued his campaign of congeniality with former Gov. Mike Huckabee today when he said that it was fine with him if Mr. Huckabee challenged the results of Saturday’s Washington State caucuses. Party officials have declared Mr. McCain the winner by several hundred votes, but the Huckabee campaign says that 1,500 votes went uncounted.
Out of Our Past | Battle Creek Enquirer - www.battlecreekenquirer.com - Battle Creek, Mich.
25 years ago today, 1983: Calhoun County dairy farmers, whose silos are contaminated with toxic PCB, report no problems with selling milk or meat, but those who still are using such silos to store feed intend to stop the practice. A new tentative state ruling orders that the silos, blamed for putting small amounts of PCB in Michigan milk, be destroyed and buried.
Flashing red left-turn lights to be phased out | Battle Creek Enquirer - www.battlecreekenquirer.com - Battle Creek, Mich.
Michigan drivers for years have been making left turns from lanes where the signal light is flashing red. We've become accustomed to the flashing red light preceding a green light. Under state law, the flashing red light means oncoming traffic and pedestrians have the right of way, but a left turn is permissible if traffic is clear.
