The Hounding Of A Heretic … The guy who had the gall to express his First Amendment rights and favor Prop 8 in California by donating $1,000 has just been scalped by some gay activists.  After an OKCupid decision to boycott Mozilla, the recently appointed Brendan Eich just resigned under pressure:

Alabama House resolution calls for US Constitution same-sex marriage ban, but did anyone read it?  —  MONTGOMERY, Alabama — One Alabama lawmaker is crying foul after the Alabama House today approved a resolution calling for the United States Congress to convene an Article V constitutional convention to ban same-sex marriage.

Allen West's new book dotted with familiar, but fake, quotes from great Americans  —  Former Rep. Allen West outlines his political philosophy, warrior code and experiences as a black conservative in a new book that's peppered with quotations attributed to Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and other famous figures.

Justice Breyer turns the First Amendment on its head.  —  In his plurality opinion in yesterday's free-speech case, McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, Chief Justice John Roberts notes an anomaly in contemporary “liberal” First Amendment jurisprudence: “If the First Amendment protects flag burning …

George Bush's Portrait Exhibition Opens in Dallas  —  A dour Vladimir Putin glares ever so frostily, full of menace, free of mirth, ready to annex any passer-by unwise enough to get too close.  —  Tony Blair stares ahead, sober and resolute.  Hamid Karzai, in traditional green cap and cape …

Noonan: A Catastrophe Like No Other  —  The president tries to put a good face on ObamaCare.  —  Put aside the numbers for a moment, and the daily argument.  —  “Seven point one million people have signed up!”  —  “But six million people lost their coverage and were forced onto the exchanges!

AP PHOTOGRAPHER KILLED, REPORTER WOUNDED  —  You are here  —  Home » Afghanistan » AP photographer killed, reporter wounded  —  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A veteran Associated Press photographer was killed and an AP reporter was wounded on Friday when an Afghan policeman opened fire …

Pro-Gun Okla. Lawmaker Takes Blame For Accidentally Shooting Fellow Hunter  —  An Oklahoma lawmaker who authored pro-gun legislation assumed responsibility for an accidental shooting that left a fellow hunter with a minor injury, The Oklahoman reported Thursday.

Uncle Bubba's, co-owned by Paula Deen and her brother, closes after 10 years  —  As long-time employees collected severance checks in the parking lot, Uncle Bubba's Seafood and Oyster House announced its closing Thursday morning on its website and Facebook page.

Kerry's folly, Chapter 3  —  When has a secretary of state been involved in so many disastrous, self-initiated negotiations?  First, John Kerry convenes — against all advice and holding no cards — Geneva negotiations to resolve the Syria conflict and supposedly remove Bashar al-Assad from power.

Wall Street's Subsidy Safety Net  —  Financial reformers in both parties have insisted for years that the largest banks remain too big to fail, and that Dodd-Frank did not cleanse the system of this reality.  You can mark down this week as the moment that this morphed into conventional wisdom.

Boehner says there's ‘no question’ mentally ill shouldn't have guns  —  Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Thursday said there's “no question” that mentally ill people should be prevented from buying guns, a day after a soldier with a history of mental illness killed three people at Fort Hood in Texas.

Whose Side Is God on Now?  —  In his Kremlin defense of Russia's annexation of Crimea, Vladimir Putin, even before he began listing the battles where Russian blood had been shed on Crimean soil, spoke of an older deeper bond.  —  Crimea, said Putin, “is the location of ancient Khersones, where Prince Vladimir was baptized.

QuickTake: Number of Uninsured Adults Falls by 5.4 Million since 2013  —  Sharon K. Long, Genevieve M. Kenney, Stephen Zuckerman, Douglas Wissoker, Dana Goin, Michael Karpman, and Nathaniel Anderson  —  The Urban Institute's Health Reform Monitoring Survey (HRMS) has been tracking insurance coverage since the first quarter of 2013.

Hillary Clinton: For women, ‘Double standard is alive and well’  —  “Too many young women are harder on themselves than circumstances warrant,” said former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday night.  (Andrew Burton / Getty Images / April 3, 2014)

Moran: Members Can't Afford to Live Decently in D.C. (Audio)  —  Despite what constituents outside of Washington might think, members of Congress are underpaid, a House Legislative Branch appropriator suggested Thursday.  —  Virginia Democrat James P. Moran said he plans to highlight …