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A woman smokes a joint at 420 Marijuana Day in 2013. Last year, the debate over pot legalization was reignited. - Image courtesy of GoToVan (http://bit.ly/1jByeVZ)
 
by Jonathan Merritt
When President Obama insinuated to David Remnick of "The New Yorker" last week thatmarijuana is less dangerous than alcohol, it was more than a buzzkill to anti-pot advocates. It was an affront to many evangelicals who have opposed legalizing weed since at least the Reagan administration.
The war on drugs, a
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A few years ago, I couldn't imagine a network disregarding GLAAD's recommendations
Phil v. The Gays. With which will we side? Or rather, against which will we side? This is the question that society demands we answer. Are we anti-Phil or anti-gay or anti-GLAAD or anti-A&E or anti- ... ?
Perhaps no other word sums up the Duck Dynasty fiasco as aptly as the word "anti."
Whenever I hear that someone is anti-this or that, I immediately think of the old quip about MADD - are there any mothers for dr
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''Duck Dynasty'' patriarch Phil Robertson will return to work on A&E's reality show despite his comments about gay immorality, the channel said Friday, reversing its decision to suspend him after facing a boycott backlash.
In a statement Friday, A&E said it was bringing Robertson back after discussions with his Louisiana family featured in the hit reality series and ''numerous advocacy groups.''
Last week, the channel had put Robertson on what it called an indefinite ''hiatus'' because of hi
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The first black president of the Southern Baptist Convention supports Phil Robertson's biblical views on homosexuality but disputes the "Duck Dynasty" patriarch's memory of race relations before the Civil Rights movement.
 
This 2012 photo released by A&E shows, from left, Phil Robertson, Jase Robertson, Si Robertson and Willie Robertson from the A&E series, "Duck Dynasty." (AP Photo/A&E, Zach Dilgard)

 
In a GQ magazine interview, Robertson said that in his Louisiana youth he picked cotton wit
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Isaac Troyo (L) and his partner Jed Mecham get married at the Salt Lake County Government Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, December 23, 2013. (REUTERS/JIM URQUHART)
Utah's attorney general instructed county clerks on Tuesday to issue marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples requesting them, as ordered by the federal judge who overturned a state ban on same-sex weddings, or risk being held in contempt of court.
The admonishment from Attorney General Sean Reyes' office came shortly befor
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Target Sued for Data Breach

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Attorneys and attorneys general want to know what Target knew and when.
A shopping cart is seen in a Target store on December 19, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)



Consumer frustration and outrage over the Target credit card breach is moving from Facebook and Twitter to the courts and state governments even as the stolen accounts are flooding the black market.
Three class-action lawsuits have been filed in the wake of the theft of data on about 40 million credit and d
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article-2528043-1A425F9700000578-41_634x563.jpgPhil Robertson has spoken out for the first time since his comments in a magazine interview went public and refused to go back on his controversial remarks, saying: 'I will not give or back off from my path.'
United: Phil Robertson (center), patriarch of the Duck Dynasty family, leaves church in Louisiana with his family today
The Duck Dynasty patriarch led a small Bible study group in his home town church in West Monroe, Louisiana on Sunday, granting MailOnline exclusive access.
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article-2528043-1A425F9700000578-41_634x563.jpgPhil Robertson has spoken out for the first time since his comments in a magazine interview went public and refused to go back on his controversial remarks, saying: 'I will not give or back off from my path.'
United: Phil Robertson (center), patriarch of the Duck Dynasty family, leaves church in Louisiana with his family today
The Duck Dynasty patriarch led a small Bible study group in his home town church in West Monroe, Louisiana on Sunday, granting MailOnline exclusive access.
And the dee
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Duck Dynasty sarticle-0-1A360C7000000578-40_634x772.jpg?width=300tar Phil Robertson and his family believe they have been 'hung out to dry' by TV network A&E after he wassuspended for homophobic comments made in a magazine interview, MailOnline can reveal.
Sources within the close-knit Louisiana clan say they are convinced A&E are manipulating the controversial situation to bring them - and particularly Robertson - back into line after Television executives grew tired of the family pushing their deeply-held, Christian beliefs.
They also think
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The HBO drama "True Blood" remains cable's most inclusive series, featuring six LGBT characters.
The number of "gay" and bisexual characters on scripted broadcast network TV is at its highest-ever level in the season ahead, according to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. The total on cable television is also going up.
The 17th-annual "Where We Are on TV" report released Friday by GLAAD found that 4.4 percent of actors appearing regularly on prime-time network drama and comedy s
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Gail Stockman, 60 (left), and Beth Black, 58, of Albuquerque, N.M., prepare to marry at a massive wedding in August, along with other same-sex couples. (Russell Contreras/AP)
 
County commissioners confirmed it was in protest of Thursday's Supreme Court ruling that says it's unconstitutional to bar same-sex couples from getting marriage licenses. Clerk Donna Carpenter and Deputy Clerk Janet Collins made it clear they would resign 'rather than be associated with that.'
A rural eastern New Mexi
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phil-robertson-closeup-ae.jpg?width=360A newly surfaced video of "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson preaching against homosexuality arrives at a very inconvenient time for A&E.
Video of a 2010 sermon in which he grouped gays with people full of "murder, envy, strife, hatred" circulated online Friday. A&E suspended Robertson Wednesday from cable's top-rated reality show after he made anti-gay comments in an interview with GQ. On Thursday, his family said they "cannot imagine" continuing the show without their patriarch.
The 2010 vid
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michael-bryant-arrested.jpg?width=356A Memphis, Tenn., pastor is being held on a $1 million bond for allegedly sexually molesting a young family member for years. When the 16-year-old reported the alleged abuse to her mother early on, the woman chose to pray for God to end the abuse instead of reporting the alleged crime to earthly authorities.
 
(Photo: Shelby County Sheriff's Office/WMC-TV) Michael Bryant, pastor of House of Restoration Church of God in Memphis, Tenn., was arrested Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013, for alleged sexual ba
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liberty-counsel-logo-87880.jpg?width=305West Monroe, LA--Liberty Counsel stands behind Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson. "To fire someone because of his religious beliefs is outrageous and anti-American," says Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel. "A&E has pandered to the wrong group. The television network should apologize for censoring Phil Robertson. I am sure other cable networks would love to carry Duck Dynasty," Staver says.
Phil Robertson was indefinitely suspended from A&E's Duck Dynasty after he told GQ maga
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Duck season may soon be over for A&E.
The Robertson family released a statement late Thursday that raises doubts about the future of one of the most popular shows on cable television.
While some of Phil's unfiltered comments to the reporter were coarse, his beliefs are grounded in the teachings of the Bible. Phil is a Godly man who follows what the Bible says are the greatest commandments: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart" and "Love your neighbor as yourself." Phil would never incite
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Elaine Huguenin, co-owner of Elane Photography in Albuquerque, N.M., is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear her compelled speech case.
Prominent libertarian supporters of redefining marriage are among the parties that filed briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court Friday in support of a New Mexico photographer who declined to use her artistic expression to communicate the story of a same-sex ceremony. Also supporting the photographer in the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) case are 18 other prof
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