On Friday, February 6 of this year, Callie Granade, a federal judge in the Southern District of Alabama, ruled the state ban unconstitutional under the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the 14th Amendment. But the course of same-sex marriage in Alabama did not run smooth.
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Driscoll founded Mars Hill in 1995 and quickly made it into one of the largest churches in the nation. His charismatic preaching style resembled that of other megachurch ministers, but his gritty aesthetic, hard-edged Calvinism, and penchant for controversy made him stand out. As Mars Hill grew, he attracted attention from the New York Times Magazine and Time. And whenever he preached something controversial, which he did regularly, the videos went viral.
Read moreIn the early months of this year, tens of thousands of unaccompanied Central American children poured over the U.S. border, creating a new crisis in the ongoing and polarized debate over immigration reform.
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