Religion_Belief

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Forensic experts examine the area in which 49 mutilated bodies were found on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the U.S. border in the town of San Juan, Mexico, on Sunday, May 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)

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"Culture — what you believe, what you value, how you live — matters," Mitt Romney told graduates gathered in the football stadium at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., on Saturday. The former Massachusetts governor, a Mormon who has struggled to connect with evangelical Christians, drew sustained applause when he said unequivocally: "Marriage is a relationship between one man and one woman." (Associated Press)

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Phillip Fobbs, 16, of Bowie, Md., a senior dance company member with Dance Dimensions in Forestville, Md., performs on stage at Dupont Circle on Sunday as part of Dance in the Circle, a dance festival. The event was organized by Circle Productions, who also organized a snowball fight in the circle and Soccer in the Circle, both in 2010. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Girls from Dance Dimensions perform as part of Dance in the Circle, a festival for all ages. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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From left, Sara Wright of Washington, D.C., 7-year-old Carson Stadler of Arlington and Carson's mom Kiersten dance along with 18-month-old Karim Bajauri, of Washington, D.C., at the Dance in the Circle, a dance festival for all ages, on Sunday, May 13, 2012 in Dupont Circle. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Girls from Dance Dimensions in Forestville, Md. dance on stage at Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. as part of Dance in the Circle, a dance festival for all ages that took place Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Members of modern dance company Dancethos, including Jenny Flemingloss, right, perform "Dog Days," a dance about the life of a dog, during Dance in the Circle. The event was organized by Circle Productions, who also organized a snowball fight in the circle and World Cup in the circle, both in 2010. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Anna Maria Chavez, chief executive officer of the Girl Scouts of the USA, joins members of Girl Scout Troop 1774, from left, Megan Zimmerman, 17, Molly Gulden, 15, Jessica Krehbiel, 16, Shelby Johnstone, 15, and Lauren McCabe, 16, all of Shadow Mountain High School in Phoenix. Long a lightning rod for conservative criticism, the Girl Scouts of the USA are now facing their highest-level challenge yet: an official inquiry by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Norbert Roettgen, a candidate of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party, wave during a campaign rally in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Wednesday, May 9, 2012, ahead of elections in the populous German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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Demonstrators play drums as they march in a protest to mark the anniversary of the beginning of the "Indignados" movement in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, May 12, 2012. Spanish activists angered by grim economic prospects planned nationwide demonstrations Saturday to mark the one-year anniversary of their protest movement that inspired similar groups in other countries. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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A young Russian woman with a white ribbon — a symbol of protest — speaks on her phone May 10, 2012, as she attends a group of protesters gathering at the Chistiye Prudy, or Clean Ponds, where they vowed to continue their roving protest in Moscow. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Pope John Paul II gives his blessing to father Marcial Maciel, founder of Christ's Legionaries, on Nov. 30, 2004, at the Vatican. (Associated Press)

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Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin disputes any pundit or press claims that the tea party movement is dead or irrelevant. (Image from Jenny Beth Martin)