US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has said on Sunday that every American who is qualified to serve in the military should be given an opportunity to do so, suggesting the need to review rules on recruiting transgenders should be reviewed, Christian Science Monitor reported.
Although Kentucky Senator Rand Paul fell short of saying that he denounce the GOP's move to introduce more stringent voting restrictions, he suggested that the Republicans should not push too hard on the matter and risk alienating blacks, The New York Times said.
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza said in a 13-page ruling that the voter-supported law banning same-sex marriages violates the US Constitution's equal protection clause, USA Today reported.
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts on Friday stated that the Pledge of Allegiance, despite the word God in it, is a patriotic exercise and is not a religious one, CNN reported.
