Throughout his administration he has acted like a supporter of same-sex marriage, but he has spoken like a man who didn’t have the nerve to own up to his true opinion. It must feel good to be saying what he really thinks. I know I feel better. We can have a fair contest now, in which everyone’s cards are on the table.

They are aware that Hispanic votes in general and in the swing states in particular could change the course of this election. In 1996, Bill Clinton won 66 percent of the Hispanic evangelical vote and 73 percent of the Hispanic vote overall. In 2004, the single factor that gave George W. Bush unprecedented levels of Hispanic support came from Hispanic Protestants, who voted 56 percent in favor of his candidacy compared to 44 percent in his 2000 run. In 2008, Barack Obama took the win with 67 percent of the Hispanic vote and a majority of the Hispanic evangelical vote. Hispanic evangelical voters fit the mood of the majority electorate when it comes to presidential politics. If this remains, Romney and Republicans face a tough scenario for winning this year.

Congressional scholars Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein’s new book, “It’s Even Worse Than it Looks,” states:

Being an ally on full LGBT equality has been, and continues to be, an important part of my faith journey as a Christian. Welcome, President Obama. Ally to ally, let me tell you, it is an enormous spiritual gift to be a part of this struggle.

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“They can do good and they can do bad – but they’re just Muslims. They are not Islam.”

And with that, the man summed up his talk about the different Islamist movements in Egypt. His talk had been intense – perhaps better described as virulent. Such sentiments distinguishing Islamism from Islam is hardly unique – liberal and non-religious forces within predominantly religious conservative societies in the Muslim world have been making that argument for a while now.

“We’re not a team, we’re a time bomb,” says thoughtful Dr. Bruce Banner, whose rage sometimes unfortunately turns him into a green, killing monster called the Hulk. Marvel’s ‘The Avengers,’ based on the comic books, is breaking box office records across the country. It is great escapism.

First, the notion that the Vatican is only investigating the women within its ranks is incorrect. In fact, nuns are rather late in a string of investigations and internal changes the Vatican has been making in America over the past few years. In 2005 and 2006, the Vatican completed an apostolic visitation, or an investigation and evaluation, of American seminaries.