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Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle, a Wichita Republican, answers questions from reporters following a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on religious liberties and gay marriage issues, Thursday, March 6, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Wagle says the Senate will not take up "religious freedom" legislation this year. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Kansas Chamber of Commerce lobbyist Eric Stafford follows a Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on religious liberties and gay marriage issues, Thursday, March 6, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The chamber's opposition helped stall a House bill that critics said would lead to widespread discrimination against gays and lesbians. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Kansas state Sen. Greg Smith, an Overland Park Republican, asks a question during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gay marriage and religious liberties issues, Thursday, March 6, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The committee has heard conflicting testimony on whether Kansas needs more legal protections for gay-marriage opponents if the federal courts invalidate the state's ban on same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Helen Alvare, left, a George Mason University law professor, confers with Michael Schuttloffel, right, executive director of the Kansas Catholic Conference, during a Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on religious liberties and gay marriage issues, Thursday, March 6, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Alvare says Kansas needs more religious liberties protections for gay-marriage opponents in case the federal courts strike down the state's ban on gay marriage. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle, right, a Wichita Republican, joins members of the Senate Judiciary Committee for a hearing on whether the state needs additional legal protections for people, groups and businesses opposing gay marriage, Thursday, March 6, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The other senators are, right to left, Pat Pettey, a Kansas City Democrat; Garrett Love, a Montezuma Republican, and Forrest Knox, an Altoona Republican. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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In this undated photo provided by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, defendant Suliman Abu Ghayth, left, joins al-Qaida founder Osama Bin Laden, center, and an unidentified man somewhere in Afghanistan. Abu Ghayth, Osama Bin Laden’s son-in-law, is being tried in New York for his role as a recruiter and motivational speaker for the terror group. (AP Photo/US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York)
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** FILE ** In this undated photo provided by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, defendant Suliman Abu Ghayth, right, is seated with al Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden, center, and Bin Laden’s deputy, Ayman al Zawahiri, in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York)
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Sens. Claire McCaskill, Missouri Democrat (left), and Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire Republican, speak at a Washington news conferemce Thursday. (Associated Press)
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House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, said Rep. Darrell Issa was within his rights to end Wednesday's oversight committee hearing after former IRS employee Lois G. Lerner refused to answer questions about the tax agency's tea party targeting. (associated press)
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Cascade High School teacher and a candidate for state representative for Position 2 in the 44th Dist. Mike Wilson addresses some of the anticipated 300 teachers who rallied across the Legislative Building, Thursday, March 6, 2014, Olympia, Wash., to voice their opposition to SB 5880 and HB 2800 bills.The legislation promotes mandates the use of state test scores in teacher evaluations, and which is vigorously opposed by the Washington Education Association. (AP Photo/The Olympian, Steve Bloom)
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Washington Education Association President Kim Mead encourages some of the anticipated 300 teachers who descended on the Capitol, Thursday, March 6, 2014, in Olympia, Wash., to voice their opposition to SB 5880 and HB 2800 bills. The legislation promotes mandates the use of state test scores in teacher evaluations, and which is vigorously opposed by the Washington Education Association. (AP Photo/The Olympian, Steve Bloom)
