• George Tiller Murderer Sentenced to Life, Blames Courts

  The man who murdered prominent abortionist George Tiller said Thursday that the decision to do so was the “most agonizing and most stressful” he’s ever had to make.

  

• Battle Over Gay Marriage Reaches Federal Court

  Advocates from both sides of the gay marriage debate began assembling outside a federal court in San Francisco Monday morning as they awaited the start of a highly anticipated trial that seeks to determine whether gay marriage is a constitutional right and, in effect, whether the decision of the majority to define marriage as the union between a man and a woman violates that right.

  

• Ex-Lesbian Christian Faces Deadline to Turn Over Child to Former Partner

  A Christian woman in Virginia must turn over her daughter to her former lesbian partner in Vermont before 1 p.m. Friday or face possible arrest.

• New Study Highlights Importance of Spiritual Support for Terminally Ill

  Terminally ill cancer patients who receive spiritual support from their medical team are, on average, found to be in a better state of being near death than those who don’t, according to a recently published study.

  

• Former Miss Calif. Carrie Prejean Countersued

  The organization that directs the Miss California USA pageant is countersuing former beauty queen Carrie Prejean over the breast augmentation surgery it had helped to fund prior to this year’s Miss USA pageant.