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He wrote the decision shows the court is “a threat to American democracy.
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Gay marriage supporters broke out in cheers as word of the decision spread over a crowd of hundreds who had gathered outside the court building
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Supporters of same-sex marriage celebrate outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday June 26, 2015, after the court declared that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the US
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Marshall said the battle over gay marriage will continue
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“Well this is a disappointment because the court should have respected the fact that nothing in the Constitution required the re-definition of marriage
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Marriage policy has historically been and should remain under the authority of states and the American people
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The court has issued a decision but it will not end the conversation about what marriage is any more than the Roe versus Wade decision has ended the abortion debate.
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People celebrate Supreme Court ruling on Same Sex Marriage in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., June 26, 2015
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The ruling is the Supreme Court's most important expansion of marriage rights in the United States since its landmark 1967 ruling in the case Loving v. Virginia that struck down state laws barring interracial marriages
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People celebrate Supreme Court ruling on Same Sex Marriage in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., June 26, 2015
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“American’s views about gay marriage have changed remarkably fast in terms of being more accepting of gay marriage overall," Bowman said
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Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff in the case before the Supreme Court, center, talks on a cellphone to President Barack Obama on the steps of the Supreme Court following the court's decision, in Washington, D.C., June 26, 2015
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"And it has been one of the most rapid transformations I’ve seen in public opinion, in part because so many know someone who is gay or have a friend who is gay or a family member who is gay and that kind of proximity has actually created greater acceptance," he added
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Georgetown University law professor Nan Hunter told VOA’s Mike Bowman outside the court that Friday’s decision reflected that shift in public opinion
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“I’m not sure America changed today
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I think the court today said we see how America has changed.
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VOA's Michael Bowman contributed to this report
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It will strengthen all of our communities," Obama said at the White House after the historic ruling
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"America should be very proud," Obama said
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Afghan Court Overturns Death Sentences in Mob Killing of Woman-KABUL — -An appeals court in Afghanistan has quietly overturned the death sentence given to four men involved in the brutal mob killing of a woman earlier this year
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Fazal Manan Nuri, the defense attorney of one of the accused, Abdul Bashir, told VOA that three of the men convicted of the March murder of Farkhunda Malikzada were instead given 20-year sentences
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The secrecy with which the appeals process was handled was the opposite of the trial, during which journalists and news cameras were allowed into the courtroom
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Farkhunda, 27, was killed March 19 in a brutal attack that was sparked by false accusations that she desecrated the Muslim holy book, the Quran
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Cellphone video showed people beating her with sticks, pushing her body from a rooftop and running it over with a car, before dragging it through the streets of Kabul, burning it, and dumping it in a river
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The father of Farkhunda speaks at a hearing at the Primary Court in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 6, 2015
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The attack sparked protests in Afghanistan and widespread outrage elsewhere, including condemnations by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and the United Nations
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Afghan authorities promised swift justice
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Thirty civilians and 19 police officers were arrested and charged with either participating in the attack or failing to stop it
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A court sentenced four civilians to death in May, including the cleric Mullah Zainul Abideen, who had falsely accused Farkhunda of desecrating the Quran
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Eight others had been sentenced to 16-year jail terms
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The fourth convict was sentenced to 10 years because of his age
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Eleven of the police officers received one-year jail terms while eight others were acquitted
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Farkhunda’s family and human rights activists had expressed dissatisfaction with that decision
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Police were blamed for failing to stop the attack on Farkhunda
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They say the country’s legal system does not take crimes against women seriously
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Anisa Rasooli, a leading lawyer who has been nominated to become Afghanistan's first female Supreme Court judge
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Ghani has promised to reform the judicial system
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As part of his efforts to promote women's rights and representation in the government, last month he nominated a leading lawyer, Anisa Rasooli, to become Afghanistan's first female Supreme Court judge
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The nomination, which requires parliamentary approval, has upset some Islamic clerics in male-dominated, conservative Afghan society
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Ghani has also appointed two female governors in Ghor and Daikundi provinces
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His cabinet includes four female members
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The decision, Nuri said, was handed down Tuesday
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The appeal was heard behind closed doors, with no journalists, nor even Farkhunda’s family present
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FILE - Afghan women's rights activists carry the coffin of Farkhunda, an Afghan woman who was beaten to death and set alight on fire March 19, during her funeral ceremony in Kabul, March 22, 2015
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The decision was kept quiet until a local TV channel, Tolo News, reported the verdict Wednesday based on anonymous sources
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Family outraged-Farkhunda’s family has expressed outrage and her father, Mohammad Nadar, has called the ruling “unacceptable.
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Africa AIDS Conference Wraps in Zimbabwe-HARARE — -Medical researchers and scholars from 13 sub-Saharan African countries on Thursday wrapped a three-day conference in Zimbabwe
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Africa bears the biggest effects of HIV with more than two-thirds of global infections being on the continent
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Professor Hakim said that explains why the United States, through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), provided $130 million in 2010 to support activities of the Medical Education Partnership Initiative for five years
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He said the program ensures innovations to address HIV and AIDS in Africa and, down the road, will hopefully lead to an AIDS-free generation
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The conference enabled medical researchers and scholars from across Africa to exchange notes on what is being done to fight the spread of HIV on the continent
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One of the major highlights of the conference was a revelation that the number of medical graduates in HIV/AIDS is increasing in Africa
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The chairman of the conference, professor James Hakim, said a lot had improved since the introduction of antiretroviral drugs in Africa but added that much remains to be done
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Although there are a lot of programs that are looking for cure, there is none, Hakim said
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One new realization is that: Treatment with antiretroviral drugs is not only therapy for those affected, but it also protects others," Hakim added
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Iran Deal Backers Urged to Lobby Congress-U.S. President Barack Obama told groups who support the Iran nuclear deal to make their voices heard to Congress to counter the millions of dollars in lobbying by those who want to derail the agreement
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In a call Thursday with groups affiliated with the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning Washington think-tank, Obama said activists who want peace must not make the same mistake they did in the run-up to the Iraq war, when proponents of the war drowned out their weaker voices
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Obama suggested the United States could be forced into a military confrontation with Iran within six months of backing out of the deal
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Activists deliver more than 400,000 petition signatures to Capitol Hill in support of the Iran nuclear deal in Washington, July 29, 2015
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If upheld, the deal is certain to shape Obama's legacy as he prepares to leave office, saying "I've never been more certain about a policy decision than I am here.
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Obama explained how the deal is designed to prevent Iran from acquiring the nuclear weapons he said it otherwise could develop within six months without the deal's constraints
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Not only are the vast majority of Republicans in Congress opposed and mobilizing to send him a resolution of disapproval in September, but support among Democrats has been slow to come
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"It's very clear to me that the agreement is the best path forward," two-term Michigan Representative Kildee told The Associated Press in an interview
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"This agreement allows us to prevent (Iran) from gaining a nuclear weapon, and if they cheat, we will know it
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"Right now the opponents of this deal have been flooding Congressional offices," pouring $20 million into television ads and "putting the squeeze" on legislators to vote against the deal, he said, telling supporters they must work hard to counter an aggressive lobbying campaign against it
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New Mexico Democratic Senator Tom Udall and North Carolina Representative David Price also announced their support for the agreement, a boost for Obama amid a week of furious lobbying and committee hearings on Capitol Hill
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Congress is currently reviewing the deal and has until September 17 to approve or reject the agreement
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Pro-Israel lobby-The pro-Israel lobby behind the multimillion-dollar ad campaign argues that Iran cannot be trusted – a contention that resonates with the public as opinion polls show most Americans do not trust Iran to keep its promises
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Calling Iran's government a "brutal" regime, Obama conceded that Iran might try to cheat
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But if it does, he said the deal gives the United States the leverage it needs to punish Iran harshly by sending its economy back into "depression.
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"If they cheat, the sanctions will go back into place and their economy will go back into the tank," Obama said
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Every argument that's been made against the deal is either "inaccurate" or assumes the United States could have gotten a better deal by persuading Iran to forgo even peaceful development of nuclear power, he said
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Under pressure from powerful lobbies like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, "they start getting squishy because they're feeling the political heat," Obama said
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"In the world of our dreams, that would be preferable," Obama said
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"In the real world, this is a deal that gets the job done.
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The White House did not provide a list of all the groups on Thursday's call
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Meanwhile, Reza Najafi, the chief Iranian delegate to the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency, accused the U.S. of violating the nuclear deal with his country
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Najafi said Friday U.S. officials have made comments indicating that the accord, which foresees increased overview of Iran's nuclear activities by the IAEA, would make any attack on Tehran's atomic program more efficient because it would result in greater insight about potential targets
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He quoted White House spokesman Josh Earnest as saying the increased overview would result in enhanced U.S. or Israeli military action against Iran – if needed – "because we'd been spending the intervening number of years gathering significantly more detail about Iran's nuclear program.
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'Military option'-Earnest, in his comments to reporters July 17, said the U.S. "military option would remain on the table" if Iran breaks the accord and races to make a bomb
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Najafi, in a July 24 letter posted to the IAEA website Wednesday, called Earnest's statement "outrageous.
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He said it "seriously undermines the very basic principles" needed to implement the deal, adding that the comments amount to "a material breach of the commitments" agreed to by the U.S., Britain, China, Russia, France and Germany at the negotiating table with Iran
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FILE - U.S. President Barack Obama takes a question during a news conference about the recent nuclear deal reached with Iran, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, July 15, 2015
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Some material for this report came from Reuters and AP
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The president, who has been aggressively courting Democrats, said legislators he's talked to say they want to vote for the deal, but cite the vigorous and loudly heard opposition, which has been beating a drumbeat against the agreement in virtually every social forum in the United States
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The July 14 agreement, reached between Iran and the U.S. plus five other world powers, calls on Tehran to curb its nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in sanctions relief
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However, opposition in the United States has been unexpectedly strong, with opponents of the deal questioning whether it goes far enough to ensure Iran does not develop a nuclear weapon
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"In the absence of your voices, you are going to see the same array of voices that got us into the Iraq war, leading to a situation in which we forgo a historic opportunity and we are back on the path of potential military conflict," he said
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Erdogan Signals Possible Snap Election-Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has signaled the possibility of an early parliamentary election
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His comments come as talks about forming a coalition government drag on in Ankara
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Pro-Kurdish party-The small pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) has been loudest in making those claims, accusing Erdoğan of trying to shape the electoral circumstances that would allow his Justice and Development Party (AKP) to form a single-party government once again
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HDP leaders met midweek with a series of foreign ambassadors in Ankara — on Thursday with U.S. ambassador John Bass and Friday with European Union ambassadors — to brief them on rising tensions between the AKP and HDP
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AKP lawmakers accuse the party of having links with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), whose bases and training camps in northern Iraq and Turkey have come under a series of Turkish airstrikes with 30 F-16 bombings on Thursday alone
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Among the issues raised with the ambassadors are moves in parliament to lift immunity protections on two HDP co-chairs, Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, paving the way for them to be prosecuted, according to party officials
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State prosecutors are investigating both for “terrorism propaganda,” which could result in 24-year prison sentences
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On social media forums, AKP supporters and Twitter trolls have been urging the HDP be banned
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Speaking to the media Friday, Demirtaş urged the government to cease bombing PKK bases and to renew peace talks with the separatists
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His supporters, meanwhile, are calling for the main pro-Kurdish opposition party, whose electoral performance last month denied the ruling party a majority, to be banned, accusing it of being a stalking horse for terrorists
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Turkish defense officials say at least 190 militants have been killed in the airstrikes and more than 300 wounded
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The PKK has responded with the shootings and attacks that have killed a dozen members of the security forces and one civilian
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