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The pavilion is an open-air building with long benches looking out to the Atlantic Ocean. It is owned by the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association.

Gay Rights, Religious Liberties: A Three-Act Story

A couple's legal battle may presage future conflicts between religious groups and gay couples who want to get married. As same-sex couples in California begin getting legally married on Monday, there are signs of a coming storm.

In <em>All Is Lost</em>, Robert Redford plays an unnamed sailor, stranded at sea on a badly damaged yacht.

At 77, Robert Redford Goes Back To His Roots

Redford says filming All Is Lost was a "pure cinematic experience — the way films used to be." He talks with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about how it's been "sort of weird" being known for his good looks, and about how he nearly wasn't cast in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

At 77, Robert Redford Goes Back To His Roots

Redford says filming All Is Lost was a "pure cinematic experience — the way films used to be." He talks with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about how it's been "sort of weird" being known for his good looks, and about how he nearly wasn't cast in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. (Originally broadcast on Dec. 12, 2013.)

The National Organ Transplant Act forbids the sale of body parts while other laws guarantee the confidentiality of patient and donor. However, some believe these laws obscure information about the source of organs, lending a hand in the illegal harvesting and sale of human body parts.

Foreign Policy: Strict Laws Perpetuate Organ Theft

Human organ donation is strictly regulated but these laws, meant to protect, create a lucrative market for the illegal sell of organs. Scott Carney of Foreign Policy makes a case for humanizing the transplant process.

In an undated photo, Melissa Lucio is pictured with one of her young children.

Melissa Lucio is scheduled to be executed for a crime that may not have occurred

Lucio is scheduled to be executed for the death of her 2-year-old daughter. Her supporters say she was forced into a false "confession" and that new evidence exists that proves her innocence.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during the 2011 Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans on June 18.

How Rick Perry Could Shake Up The GOP Race

Will the three-term Republican Texas governor, a favorite of evangelicals and the Tea Party faithful, elbow his way into the crowded presidential race? Longtime Perry watcher Evan Smith of the Texas Tribune talks about why he thinks Perry will run and what kind of candidate he'd be.

The Cannon Point neighborhood of Lauderhill, Fla., was originally conceived as a haven for the middle class elderly back in 1996. City officials did not anticipate that assisted-living facilities for the mentally ill would move in instead.

In Florida, Mentally Ill Suffer Abuse And Neglect

An investigation found sweeping failure within the state's assisted-living industry. One neighborhood in South Florida has become a de facto psychiatric ward because of zoning laws. Experts say you can pick anywhere in the country and find some version of the warehousing of people with mental illness.

The stage where Gov. Rick Perry gathered with supporters on election night in 2010.

Three Attacks Perry Could Face At GOP Debate

With Gov. Rick Perry scheduled to participate in his first GOP presidential debate Wednesday night, his opponents may find some lines of attack by studying his past debates from Texas. Why the new front-runner could be vulnerable on a cancer vaccine, a failed transportation plan and "crony capitalism."

Mick Chivers signed up to be a stem cell donor last spring and was found to be a match for a leukemia patient in February. He was committed to helping a man he never met.

Giving a stranger a new life: One student's story about donating stem cells

Mick Chivers signed up to give stem cells. When it came time to help an elderly man with leukemia, the 20-year-old didn't let multiple setbacks stop him from giving a stranger a second chance at life.

Protesters demonstrate outside the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in London last week against the government announcement approving takeover of BSkyB by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Yesterday, Murdoch announced he was shutting down the British weekly <em>News of the World</em> amid scandal of illegally hacking into cell phones for story leads.

New Republic: Loving To Loathe British Libel Law

Britain's famous weekly, News of the World, is done and over with following the public's realization that the organization has been hacking phones illegally for news stories. Bradford Plumer of The New Republic wonders if Britain's strict press laws are encouraging the misbehavior.

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