http://www.mail.com/people/1282066-tony-perkins.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/1282066-tony-perkins.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2031250-boy-scouts-propose-to-lift-gay-ban-youth.html NEW YORK (AP) — Searching for compromise on a divisive issue, the Boy Scouts of America is proposing to partially lift its long-standing exclusion of gays — allowing them as youth members but continuing to bar them as adult leaders. The proposal, unveiled Friday after weeks of private leadership deliberations, will be submitted to the roughly 1,400 voting... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:17:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2031250-boy-scouts-propose-to-lift-gay-ban-youth.html 2013-04-19T22:17:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1976746-rove-sees-potential-support-gay-marriage.html WASHINGTON (AP) — GOP strategist Karl Rove says he can imagine a Republican candidate in the next presidential campaign supporting gay marriage. The statement from the former adviser to President George W. Bush appears to acknowledge that opposition to gay marriage has waned in some conservative circles. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, announced last week that ... Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:26:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1976746-rove-sees-potential-support-gay-marriage.html 2013-03-24T19:26:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1871640-boy-scouts-delay-decision-policy-excluding-gays.html IRVING, Texas (AP) — Caught in an ideological crossfire, the Boy Scouts of America is putting off until May a decision on whether to ease its policy of excluding gays. Whatever the organization eventually does, it's likely to anger major constituencies and worsen schisms within Scouting. The delay, which the Scouts attributed to "the complexity of this is... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1871640-boy-scouts-delay-decision-policy-excluding-gays.html 2013-02-07T01:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1872482-man-guilty-family-council-shooting.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A Virginia man pleaded guilty Wednesday to wounding a security guard at the Washington headquarters of a conservative Christian lobbying group, a shooting that made headlines in part because the man was carrying 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches. Floyd Corkins II, 28, acknowledged in a plea agreement that he intended to kill as many people as po... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1872482-man-guilty-family-council-shooting.html 2013-02-06T21:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1860372-furor-proposed-shift-scouts-no-gays-policy.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America faces intensifying criticism from the left and right over a proposal to move away from a mandatory no-gays membership policy and allow troop sponsors to decide the matter for themselves. The Human Rights Campaign, a major gay-rights group that initially welcomed the BSA's possible shift, said Thursday that it was ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1860372-furor-proposed-shift-scouts-no-gays-policy.html 2013-01-31T21:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1851576-scouts-considering-retreat-no-gays-policy.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America may soon give sponsors of troops the authority to decide whether to accept gays as scouts and leaders - a potentially dramatic retreat from a nationwide no-gays policy that has provoked relentless protests. Under the change now being discussed, the different religious and civic groups that sponsor Scout units woul... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1851576-scouts-considering-retreat-no-gays-policy.html 2013-01-29T01:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1754056-hope-fear-gay-marriage-cases-high-court.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Gay marriage supporters see 41 reasons to fret over the Supreme Court's decision to take up the case of California's ban on same-sex unions. While nine states allow same-sex partners to marry, or will soon, 41 states do not. Of those, 30 have written gay marriage bans into their state constitutions. That fact is worrisome to those who fi... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1754056-hope-fear-gay-marriage-cases-high-court.html 2012-12-10T02:10:00Z