• Missouri Passes Same-sex 'Marriage' Ban in Landslide Vote

  Seventy-one percent of Missouri voters supported a constitutional amendment which protects traditional marriage. Missouri is the first of nine states to on the measure.

• Missouri Begins Vote on Same-sex 'Marriage' Ban

  Missouri began voting on a constitutional amendment defining marriage to be between a man and woman on August 3. A total of nine states, and as many as 12, will vote on similar amendments this year.

• President Bush Speaks at Knights of Columbus Convention

  Bush addresses world's largest lay Catholic organization with proposal additional funding for faith-based initiatives.

• Measure Funding Millions to Embryonic Stem-cell Research Heads to California Ballot

  Californian voters will vote on Proposition 71 this November to decide whether the state should fund millions of dollars to build a embryonic stem-cell research facility.

• Bush Administration Appeals Injunction on Partial-birth Abortion Ban

  The government appealed to the Ninth District Court of Appeals a judge ruling which bars a law that bans an abortion procedure, which punctures the skull and suctions out the brain to kill the fetus.