In the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan, many marriages begin with bride kidnapping. The practice is especially common in rural areas where as many as one-third of marriages begin this way even though it was outlawed in 1994.
The fireworks may be less extravagant than usual this Fourth of July due to the coronavirus pandemic, but another light show in the sky is bound to go uninterrupted.
Jamon Jordan could not mourn his mother in the traditional way. At Jacquelynne Jordan’s memorial in early April, there were just seven people. No hugs. No traditional dinner where family members could gather to honor the 66-year-old matriarch’s memory.
This week the Supreme Court heard arguments about a large memorial cross on a busy highway in Bladensburg, Maryland. The American Humanist Association argues that it is an assault on the establishment clause of the First Amendment.
