GOP USA MIDDAY REPORT 05/05/2015

Can gov't force Christian universities to close over 'gay' marriage? Christian colleges and universities were warned by the United States government during Supreme Court oral arguments over the federal legalization of same-sex "marriage" that if they continue their opposition to the controversial unions, they will lose their tax-exempt status and be forced out of business.

Chick-fil-A brings crowds, long traffic backups to liberal Seattle suburb The 100 people camped out in the parking lot the night before the state's first Chick-fil-A restaurant opened April 9 were apparently not a tipoff to Bellevue officials that they had a crowd problem on their hands.

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Canadian tourist attacked, killed following Kentucky Derby A Canadian tourist in town for the Kentucky Derby was shot to death while fighting off three people who robbed him at random during a crime spree amid the festivities of the famed horse race, police said Monday.

Huckabee launches second White House bid Former Gov. Mike Huckabee has declared his candidacy for president in the hometown he shares with former President Bill Clinton -- Hope, Arkansas. It's his second run for the Republican nomination.

Justice Kennedy Learns a New Word Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy learned and used a new word during the Supreme Court's oral argument about Marriage. He said, "The word that keeps coming back to me in this case is millennia."

Supreme Court rejects convicted murderer's appeal for sex-change surgery A nearly two-decade legal fight by a convicted murderer in Massachusetts to get taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery ended in failure Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected her final appeal.