CitizenLink Archive
| 11-20-09 Christian Leaders Stand for Righteousness A group of Orthodox, Catholic and evangelical Christians came together today to sign a document outlining three areas of faith for modern believers. |
| 11-20-09 Controversial Judicial Nominee Confirmed By a 59-39 vote, the U.S. Senate confirmed David Hamilton to sit on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. President Obama nominated him in March, but Hamilton's extreme views delayed the confirmation. |
| 11-20-09 Former Planned Parenthood Director Gets Mixed Reaction to Pro-Life Stance Abby Johnson is finding out who her real friends are. Johnson recently walked away from her position at a Planned Parenthood in Bryan, Texas. |
| 11-20-09 Friday Five: Dr. Stephen Meyer, Discovery Institute With the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species fast approaching, Dr. Meyer explains the holes in the theory of evolution and the magnificent ode to intelligent design within the human cell. |
| 11-20-09 Health Care Plan Would Cost Taxpayers Dearly The Democrats' proposed health care plan is going to cost Americans a lot more than the $848 billion advertised, according to many experts. |
| 11-19-09 Amendment to Protect Marriage Fails in the House The Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009 is being debated in the U.S. House of Representatives. It would give employment benefits, such as health care, to the same-sex domestic partners of federal employees. |
| 11-19-09 Lutheran Group to Form New Church Body After Gay Clergy Split Lutheran Coalition for Renewal (CORE) members announced today they plan to form a new body for those leaving the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). |
| 11-19-09 N.Y. Court Recognizes Out-of-State Gay Marriages A New York appeals court ruled today that same-sex couples married in other states, but now residing in New York State, should receive government benefits. |
| 11-19-09 Senate Health Care Bill Void of Pro-Life Protections Pro-life groups call Majority Leader Harry Reid's proposal 'totally unacceptable.' |
| 11-18-09 Catholic Bishops Stand Strong for Marriage The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) released a lengthy pastoral letter on marriage today subtitled Love and Life in the Divine Plan. |
| 11-18-09 D.C. Election Board Refuses to Allow Marriage Vote The District of Columbia Board of Ethics and Elections said a measure that would define marriage as the union of one man and one woman cannot go on the ballot, saying it would conflict with the city's Human Rights Act. |
| 11-18-09 Focus President Speaks Out on Religion in Government Several U.S. lawmakers have called for an investigation into lobbying done by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops over government funding of abortion in health care. |
| 11-18-09 Poll Shows Majority Oppose Abortion in Health-Care Reform Americans don't want their tax dollars going to pay for abortions. |
| 11-18-09 Republicans Obstructing Judicial Nominees? Hardly The so-called "mainstream media" have been pressed into service by liberal apologists (as if those are different camps – silly me!) for the administration to "explain" why President Barack Obama has such poor numbers for judicial confirmations. |
| 11-17-09 Citizen Magazine Keeps You Informed All Year Long You'll get in-depth analysis of life issues, marriage, religious liberties and other pro-family topics. |
| 11-17-09 ADF Sues N.J. School District after Pro-Life Student is Silenced The Alliance Defense Fund sued the Bridgeton (N.J.) Board of Education on Friday after officials prohibited a student from expressing a religious viewpoint on the sixth annual Pro-life Day of Silent Solidarity. |
| 11-17-09 Research: Parents Matter in Teens' Decisions about Sex Multiple measures of parental involvement and engagement are associated with teenagers' decision to delay sex. That's according to a recent brief published by Child Trends, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research center. |
| 11-17-09 Take Action: Ask Senate to Include Pro-Life Language in Health-Care Reform Rep. Stupak says legislation will stall if his amendment is removed. |
| 11-17-09 Virginia Principal Criticized for Inviting Pro-Abstinence Speaker A principal in Richmond, Va., is coming under fire from her own staff after inviting a pro-abstinence speaker to talk to students today. |
| 11-16-09 Family Advocates Protest Outside Department of Justice More than a dozen groups gathered outside the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., today to voice disapproval of the hate-crimes law that recently was signed by President Barack Obama. |
| 11-16-09 Gay Activists Work to Spread Same-Sex Marriage Lawmakers ignore public opinion, as marriage amendments also come under fire. |
| 11-16-09 Sexually Transmitted Infections on the Rise Sexually transmitted infections continue to rise, with the number of chlamydia cases setting another record in 2008, government officials said Monday. |
| 11-16-09 Study: Spiritual Activity Among Adults Springs from Childhood Faith What is the connection between childhood faith and adult religious commitment? |
| 11-13-09 Conference Focuses on Help for Sexual-Identity Confusion Preventing and treating sexual-identity confusion in children is the focus of the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) 18th annual conference. |
| 11-13-09 Friday Five: Eric Buehrer with Gateways to Better Education 'It is perfectly acceptable that students learn about the role of religion in our nation's history and how the Bible and Christianity contributed to the world.' |
| 11-13-09 Grassroots Group to Show the Negative Effects of Porn on Families Three Eastern Idaho communities will hear of the dangers of pornography in town-hall meetings this weekend conducted by Citizens for Decency. The grassroots organization is dedicated to empowering people to take a stand against pornography. |
| 11-13-09 Marriage is Positive for Kids Having a married mom and dad has an impact on a child's future, according to data from The Heritage Foundation. |
| 11-12-09 After Maine 'Most Americans can see how redefining marriage would affect not just classroom conversation, but curriculum as well.' |
| 11-12-09 Catholic Social Services Will Go if D.C. Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage A Washington, D.C., City Council committee voted Tuesday to move a same-sex marriage bill on to the full council, but shot down language that would have protected faith-based private businesses or nonprofits. The bill has some exemptions for churches. |
| 11-12-09 Harvard Abstinence Club Angers Activists Harvard University's pro-abstinence club, True Love Revolution has drawn the ire of campus activists because its new mission statement which points out that family and marriage are vital, and sex outside of marriage is harmful to both parties. |
| 11-12-09 Maine Churches Threatened Over Marriage Support Opponents of Question 1 call on activists to turn churches in to the IRS in an attempt to revoke tax-exempt status. |
| 11-12-09 University of Maryland Regents Reject Porn Policy Maryland's state university regents voted Wednesday to defy a legislative order to regulate porn on campus, claiming it would be impossible to enforce. The order came after portions of an adult film were shown on the University of Maryland campus last spring. |
| 11-11-09 'Stand for Christmas' Campaign Set to Start The annual Focus on the Family Action "Stand for Christmas" campaign is set to launch. While some companies are still leaving the word "Christmas" out of their advertising, many others are showing respect for the Christmas tradition. |
| 11-11-09 AMA Opposes 'Don't Ask Don't Tell,' Says Marriage Amendments are Unhealthy The country's largest professional organization for doctors takes a position on homosexual issues. |
| 11-11-09 Honoring Those who Have Made the Ultimate Sacrifice I never knew my grandfather. Never had the chance to celebrate his birthday. But today is his day. |
| 11-11-09 New Hampshire Committee Votes Against Assisted-Suicide Bill A House Judiciary Committee in New Hampshire voted 14-3 on Tuesday to recommend against the Legislature voting on a bill that would allow terminally ill patients over 18 to get lethal prescription drugs. |
| 11-11-09 South Carolina Judge Says Religious License Plate is Unconstitutional Pro-family advocates will take a different approach now that a federal judge has ruled against the state of South Carolina issuing "I Believe" license plates. |
| 11-10-09 House Considers Same-Sex Partner Benefits for Federal Employees The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is set to take up a bill that would allow domestic-partner benefits for federal employees. |
| 11-10-09 Planned Parenthood Restraining Order Request Thrown Out A judge has thrown out Planned Parenthood's request for a restraining order against Abby Johnson, the former director of an abortion clinic in Bryan, Texas. |
| 11-10-09 President Obama Comments on Abortion in Health-Care Reform The president made statements that appear to land on both sides of the issue. |
| 11-10-09 Veterans Day Honors Those Who Served All across the country Wednesday, Veterans Day observances will be held to honor those lost defending our freedoms. |
| 11-9-09 Family Group Opposes Playboy Cable Channel The Family Action Council of Tennessee (FACT) is arguing that Chattanooga's Electric Power Board (EPB) should pull the plug on the Playboy channel. The EPB is selling cable TV and Internet access and included the sexually themed channel in the lineup. |
| 11-9-09 Five Abortion Clinics Close in Massachusetts All the abortion clinics in the Cape Cod area of Massachusetts have closed. |
| 11-9-09 IRS Regulations Could Harm Churches The Internal Revenue Service has proposed regulations that would allow the government agency to audit churches, revoke tax-exempt status and impose penalties without considering churches' rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act or the First Amendment. |
| 11-9-09 Pro-Life Amendment to Health-Care Reform Passes in House Representatives vote to prohibit federal funding of abortion. |
| 11-6-09 Attend the Second 'House Call' Rally Saturday at the Capitol! Reps. Steve King, R-Iowa, and Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn., are urging Americans to make their way to the U.S. Capitol for a rally to oppose the Democrats health-care plan this Saturday at 1:00 PM (EST). |
| 11-6-09 Friday Five: Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee Talks Politics - and Christmas The former governor and one-time presidential candidate discusses what's going on in the country and tells us about his latest book. |
| 11-6-09 Is the 9th Circuit Getting Religion? Can the government condemn, even in a "non-binding resolution," the religious beliefs of its citizens and not violate the First Amendment's Establishment Clause? |
| 11-6-09 Lawmakers Consider Special Rights for Homosexuals Lawmakers Consider Special Rights for Homosexuals |
| 11-6-09 New York Governor Schedules Senate Hearing on Same-Sex Marriage Gov. David Paterson has been pushing for legalization of same-sex unions. Now, he's called a special session to force New York lawmakers to vote on the issue Tuesday. |
| 11-6-09 Skewed Government Report Seeks to Bolster Comprehensive Sex-Ed A report from the Centers for Disease Control seems to indicate that condom-based sex-education is effective, while claiming the jury is still out on abstinence-education. |
| 11-5-09 Portrayals of Violence Against Women on the Rise "Women In Peril," a Parents Television Council (PTC) study, found that TV storylines depicting violence against women have increased 120 percent over the past five years. Other violent crime on TV has increased 2 percent. |
| 11-5-09 Global Warming Bill Heads to Full Senate Vote A controversial environmental bill was moved out of committee this week and is headed for debate on the floor of the Senate. |
| 11-5-09 Love Won Out Travels to Birmingham, Alabama Metro Church of God in Birmingham, Ala., will host the Love Won Out Conference on Nov. 7. |
| 11-5-09 Past Rulings Haunt President Obama's Judicial Nominee Judge David Hamilton says lawmakers can pray to Allah – but not to Jesus. |
| 11-4-09 Amendment to Health-Care Bill Would Undercut Pro-Life Proposal U.S. Rep. Brad Ellsworth, D-Ind., who has a consistent pro-life voting record, reportedly has proposed an amendment to the House health-care reform bill that would undercut a pro-life amendment to the bill. |
| 11-4-09 Election Results Good for Conservatives The off-year elections were 'an unmistakable rebuke of Democrats.' |
| 11-4-09 Liberal Web Site Targets Conservative Giving Media Matters for America, a liberal advocacy group, has launched a new Web site documenting the financial and political associations of conservative groups. |
| 11-4-09 Report Describes Problem Gamblers Surprising results of a study conducted by the Problem Gamblers Help Network of West Virginia show those who get addicted to gambling are most often middle-aged women. |
| 11-4-09 Where Are We On Abortion Funding in Health Care? By now you may know that the House health care bill proposes using federal funds to pay for abortions – most directly, in the form of abortionists receiving reimbursement checks paid for with funds drawn on a U.S. Treasury account. |
| 11-3-09 Amendment to Health-Care Bill Would Undercut Pro-Life Proposal U.S. Rep. Brad Ellsworth, D-Ind., who has a consistent pro-life voting record, reportedly has proposed an amendment to the House health-care reform bill that would undercut a pro-life amendment to the bill. |
| 11-3-09 Focus President to Speak at Orphan Awareness Event The hope is to create a catalytic experience for those who are unaware of the crisis. |
| 11-3-09 Planned Parenthood Director Resigns, Teams with Pro-Life Group A Planned Parenthood director has resigned from a Bryan, Texas, clinic after witnessing an abortion. That's according to KBTX, a Texas CBS affiliate. The mainstream media have ignored the story. |
| 11-3-09 Rhode Island Legislation Protects Women, Girls from Sex Traffickers Rhode Island lawmakers recently approved three bills that will protect women and children by closing a loophole that allowed "indoor prostitution" in the state — essentially a "welcome mat" for sex traffickers. The legislation also extends rights to women and girls who are victims. |
| 11-2-09 Gubernatorial Races May Favor Republicans Two governor's races are being viewed as a referendum on President Obama and the Democrat leadership in Congress. |
| 11-2-09 Health-Care Reform Vote May Come This Week The House plans to take up the health-care bill this week, while Senate Democrats await an estimate on their bill from the Congressional Budget Office. |
| 11-2-09 Pennsylvania Buffer-Zone Law Challenged The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that Pittsburgh cannot put two forms of speech restrictions on pro-life counselors at the city's abortion clinics. |
| 11-2-09 Poll: Maine Voters Favor Marriage Over half of Maine voters say they are in favor of repealing the state's same-sex "marriage" law. |
| 10-30-09 Focus Takes Next Step in Leadership Transition Dr. James Dobson praised for “remarkable” legacy |
| 10-30-09 Friday Five: Dr. Matthew Spalding of the Heritage Foundation 'We are at the beginning of a more aggressive move in this direction — but the ideas behind it are more than a century old.' |
| 10-30-09 Gallup Poll: Conservatism on the Rise in America For the first time since 2004, conservatives outnumber moderates and liberals. |
| 10-30-09 Heritage Foundation Report Shows Post-Prop. 8 Harassment With gay-marriage issues on the ballot in Maine and Washington, marriage supporters are faced with the real possibility that their names will be released to the public. |
| 10-30-09 Pro-Life Bioethicist Honored Dr. Leon Kass is the winner of the 2010 Paul Ramsey Award for excellence in bioethics. |
| 10-29-09 Offensive Curb Your Enthusiasm Gag Draws Criticism Larry David of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm has angered religious groups over a sketch he did for the show in which urine is spattered on a picture of Jesus. David's assistant concludes that Jesus is crying. She and her mother kneel in prayer before the desecrated painting. |
| 10-29-09 Arizona Opportunity Scholarships Allowed to Stand Arizona's Corporate Tuition Tax Credit program will continue, after the state's highest court announced Tuesday it would not review an earlier ruling. |
| 10-29-09 Cap-and-Trade Bill Would Harm Families Testimonies on cap and trade legislation describe the consequences of environmental taxes on families. |
| 10-29-09 House Health-Care Reform Bill Unveiled House Democrats introduced their nearly 2,000-page health-care reform plan today. |
| 10-29-09 Judicial Nominee Raises Questions Another of President Barack Obama's nominees, Judge Edward Chen, is drawing criticism. |
| 10-28-09 Arizona Safe House Gets Kids Off the Street StreetLight is an effort in Phoenix to provide safe housing for girls rescued from the sex trade. Organizers have 26 churches on board and are looking to add hundreds more. |
| 10-28-09 Hate-Crimes Bill Signed into Law President Barack Obama signed the hate crimes bill into law today. The bill provides special protection based on a victim's sexual orientation or gender identity. |
| 10-28-09 Pro-Life Democrats Say 'No' to Abortion Funding in Health-Care Reform Led by Rep. Bart Stupak, a group of Dems tries to force a vote on the abortion funding issue. |
| 10-28-09 Stem-Cell Challenge Turned Away by Judge A judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the Obama administration's regulations for expanded embryonic stem-cell research funding. |
| 10-27-09 Gov. Mike Huckabee Speaks at Virginia Gala Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee was the keynote speaker at the annual Family Foundation of Virginia gala Tuesday. |
| 10-27-09 Origin of Species Gets a Facelift for 150th Anniversary Living Waters Ministry will give 170,000 copies of Charles Darwin's controversial book Origin of Species to students at 100 of the nation's leading universities in November. The campaign was launched to mark the 150th anniversary of of the book. |
| 10-27-09 50 Kids Rescued from Sex Slavery Sixty pimps are arrested in 36 cities across the U.S. through an operation aimed at saving kids. |
| 10-27-09 Gay Marriage May Affect Maine Schoolchildren The people of Maine will soon have the chance to decide the definition of marriage in their state. And that decision could impact what kids are taught in public schools. |
| 10-26-09 D.C. Council Holds Hearings on Gay Marriage Officials hear from nearly 300 people and will consider a ballot measure. |
| 10-26-09 FRC Action Television Ad Takes on Health-Care Reform "Get to Work" is a new TV ad airing in the Washington, D.C., area that humorously captures a man telling an inquisitive grandson that the government will pick up the tab for his medical expenses. |
| 10-26-09 U.S. Representative Helps Get Focus Action Petitions Delivered Focus on the Family Action delivered tens of thousands of signatures to Capitol Hill last week, demanding that abortion be kept out of health-care reform. |
| 10-26-09 White Ribbon Week Raises Awareness about Pornography This week marks the 22nd annual White Ribbon Against Pornography Week. |
| 10-23-09 Abortion in Health-Care Reform May Hurt Minorities the Most Black Americans could be the group most affected by including taxpayer-funded abortions in health-care reform, according to pro-life experts. |
| 10-23-09 Flood of Money Pushing Casinos in Ohio Supporters of four new casinos in Ohio have contributed nearly $32 million between July and October to a ballot measure that would bring casinos to the states four largest cities. |
| 10-23-09 Friday Five: Melissa Fryrear with Love Won Out Focus on the Family's longest running conference, Love Won Out, will soon be transitioned to Exodus International. Melissa Fryrear, director of the event, recently traveled to North Dakota on one of her final trips to talk to pastors and leaders about homosexuality. |
| 10-23-09 Hate-Crimes Bill Passes Senate The U.S. Senate passed hate-crimes legislation on Oct. 22. Democrats attached the special legal protections for gays and lesbians to a defense-spending bill. |
| 10-23-09 View the Entire Pro-Life Petition News Conference Video Nearly 150,000 signatures were delivered to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, representing millions of Americans who do not support taxpayer funding of abortion in health-care reform. |
| 10-22-09 Focus Action Update from the U.S. Capitol Our team offers you a front-row seat. |
| 10-22-09 Judge Allows Craigslist to Continue Posting Sex Ads A district judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by the Cook County, Ill., sheriff against Craigslist over its ads for sex. |
| 10-22-09 Maine Voters Split on Marriage Ballot Initiative The battle over same-sex marriage is split down the middle in Maine, according to a survey by Public Policy Polling. Forty-eight percent of respondents said they'll vote "yes" on Question 1, while 48 percent said they'll vote "no." |
| 10-22-09 St. Louis Agrees to Allow Religious Speech A federal judge issued an order Tuesday that will permit a Christian ministry to hand out literature and speak about religious viewpoints at a public event in St. Louis. The court order, requested by the Alliance Defense Fund, restrains city officials from enforcing a policy they used two years earlier to silence the same group. |
| 10-21-09 Doctors Make Statement on Health-Care Reform Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has offered to preserve Medicare reimbursements if physicians start supporting health-care reform. |
| 10-21-09 Focus Action Delivers Health-Care Petitions to Lawmakers Thousands of signers tell their representatives on Capitol Hill to vote 'no' to public funding of abortion. |
| 10-21-09 Gay Adoption Bill Would Infringe on States' Rights U.S. Rep. Pete Stark. D-Calif., has introduced the Every Child Deserves a Family Act (H.R. 3827), which opens the door for gay adoption. Stark cited the number of kids in foster care as a reason for allowing homosexual and unmarried couples to adopt. |
| 10-21-09 High Court Keeps Names of Marriage Advocates Private The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered the names and addresses of Ref. 71 petitions signers in Washington state to be kept private. Ref. 71 will allow voters to decide if the state should expand domestic partnerships to be marriage in all but name. |
| 10-21-09 Marriage Vote in Maine Will Affect Schoolchildren Changing the definition of marriage would render parents powerless to shield their children from being taught a gay-activist agenda in school. |
| 10-21-09 South Dakota Petition Drive Aims to Overturn Human Cloning Ban Former South Dakota Secretary of State David Volk wants to overturn a state law that bans the creation and destruction of human embryos for research. |
| 10-20-09 Family Advocate to Testify Before Congress on Human Trafficking The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight will hold a hearing Wednesday on violence against women. |
| 10-20-09 'Ally Week' Pushes Gay Agenda GLSEN's week long effort uses the anti-bullying message as a springboard to indoctrinate students with the homosexual agenda. |
| 10-20-09 Arizona Pro-Lifers Take School Officials to Court Members of Arizona State University's Students for Life group were at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today defending their right to express their views on campus. |
| 10-20-09 Kentucky's Ten Commandment Displays Go to 6th Circuit A three-judge panel today heard a Kentucky county defending a courthouse display containing the Ten Commandments and other historical documents. |
| 10-19-09 Taxpayer-Funded Abortion Key in Health-Care Debate As health-care reform moves forward, pro-lifers aren’t backing down from their fight to exclude abortion funding from the bill. |
| 10-19-09 Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Focuses on Abortion in Health-Care Reform Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life, wrote the piece and said aggressive negotiations are underway as to how to handle abortion funding in health-care reform. |
| 10-19-09 Cord-Blood Clinic to Open in Arizona The center will be a cord-blood donation facility, research lab for adult stem-cell treatments and offer genetic counseling. It will also serve as a private storage facility for cord blood. |
| 10-19-09 Lawsuit Targets Illinois Parental-Notification Law “The Supreme Court has said, ‘Yes, parents have a right to be involved. They have a right to know.'" |
| 10-19-09 Religious Groups Disrespected at ‘Respect’ Awards ‘This is a disturbing example of vilifying faith-based groups that dare to disagree with homosexual advocacy groups’ agenda, including the legalization of gay marriage.’ |
| 10-16-2009 Dr. Dobson Accepts Reagan Award Dr. James C. Dobson was honored recently with the Ronald Reagan Lifetime Achievement Award by the Council on National Policy. |
| 10-16-2009 Florida Sheriff Proves Child Porn Can Be Curbed Sheriff Grady Judd has taken on the task of ridding his jurisdiction of child pornography. |
| 10-16-2009 Memo Exposes Hidden Agenda in Volunteer Campaign More than 60 network shows will encourage viewers to volunteer and serve, according to the Entertainment Industry Foundation. But while the “I Participate” campaign may sound noble, there’s a serious problem. |
| 10-16-2009 Update: Public Outcry Moves Capitol Hill on ‘Safe-Schools Czar’ The movement to oust “Safe-Schools Czar” Kevin Jennings is gathering steam in Washington, DC. |
| 10-16-2009 Video Explains Perils of Abortion in Health-Care Reform Americans United for Life (AUL) has released a video explaining the inclusion of abortion funding in health-care reform. |
| 10-15-09 California Residents Move to Stop Human Trafficking People in Orange County, Calif., are placing want ads seeking volunteers to fight human trafficking. The ads appear in Asian community newspapers next to ads placed by “massage parlors” looking for young women. |
| 10-15-2009 Dr. James Dobson Keynote Speaker at Hodel Student Center Dedication Barbara Hodel, wife of Don Hodel, former president and CEO of Focus on the Family, was honored Oct. 10 by Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Va. A new student center was named for her. |
| 10-15-09 Focus on the Family Action Broadcast Covers Health-Care Reform Dr. James Dobson sits down with our Focus Action experts to look at what health-care legislation means for people of faith. |
| 10-15-09 Judge Refuses to Stop Prop. 8 Challenge Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker has ruled a legal challenge to California’s Proposition 8 can continue, meaning the battle over the state’s constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman, will be settled at trial. |
| 10-15-09 Mainstream Media Blog Makes Case for Christianity Bloggers with The Washington Post’s On Faith Blog were asked, “What makes the best ‘case for God’ to a skeptic or non-believer, an open-minded seeker, and to a person of faith and Why?” |
| 10-14-09 Changing Public Opinion Puts Religious Freedom at Risk Religious freedom is at risk, according to Dallin Oaks, a top leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Oaks cited vandalism of temples and intimidation of members in California following the Prop. 8 victory in November, which amended the state constitution to protect marriage. |
| 10-14-09 Americans Favor Embryo Adoption A majority of Americans from various backgrounds told Nightlight Christian Adoption they prefer human-embryo adoption over donating them for destructive stem-cell research. |
| 10-14-09 Disney Stockholders Mull Resolution to Protect Ex-Gays Bobbie Strobhar, a Walt Disney Co. stockholder, has presented a shareholder resolution asking the organization to include former homosexuals in its anti-discrimination policy. |
| 10-14-09 Lawmakers Receive Thousands of Calls Opposing Health-Care Reform Focus on the Family Action has been placing calls to people asking if they would like to tell their elected representatives how they feel about abortion in health-care reform. Those who agree are instantly connected with their lawmaker’s office. |
| 10-14-09 Senate Hearing Focuses on Domestic-Partner Benefits Lawmakers discuss expanding benefits for federal workers, but largely ignore the cost to taxpayers. |
| 10-14-09 What 'Politico' Didn’t Print ‘President Obama is pandering to activists who want to silence Christians, not only at work, but in public education and political life in general.’ |
| 10-13-09 Pro-Life Groups Take a Stand Against Health Care Bill 'We will not support any bill that funds abortion.' |
| 10-13-09 'Outworn Arguments and Old Attitudes' President Obama's statements trample on Scripture’s teaching about God’s created intent for humanity and sexuality. |
| 10-13-09 ADF Argues Two Marriage Cases Before New York's High Court New York's highest court heard arguments today in a pair of cases that could change the marriage landscape, The New York Times reported. |
| 10-13-09 Retired Teacher Seeks to Improve Sex Ed in Massachusetts Schools Sex education in Massachusetts has devolved into a "how-to" course on hooking up, according to a retired teacher. |
| 10-13-09 Schwarzenegger Sides with Gay Activists on Two Bills California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed two pro-gay bills over the weekend. One recognizes same-sex marriages performed out of state; the other encourages schoolchildren to celebrate one of the nation's first openly homosexual politicians. |
Be an Informed Voter for New York's 2009 Election! This November New York's 23rd district will be one of the few in the nation with an election. And with so many important issues facing New York and our nation it is crucial that you know where your candidates for United States House district 23 stand on issues that affect the family. |
| 10-12-09 Democrat Attempts to Pack the Courts with Liberal Judges Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., wants to expand the federal judiciary with President Barack Obama in office. |
| 10-12-09 President Obama Speaks at Gay-Activist Event Address renews the administration's vow to promote homosexual agenda. |
| 10-12-09 Teacher Union Supports Safe-School Czar as More Questions Emerge As a schoolteacher, Jennings failed to report a sexual incident between an older man and a teenage boy. |
| 10-12-09 Video Pokes Holes in Abortion Funding Denials Democrats who claim federal law prohibits the public funding for abortion in their health care proposals are dodging the truth, according to a video by the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List. |
| 10-9-09 House Republicans Speak Out Against 'Hate-Crimes' Amendment Conservatives call it 'inappropriate' to place the language on a defense bill. |
| 10-9-09 School Rejects Pro-Life T-Shirt on Day of President's Speech In response to school officials telling his middle-school son to remove his pro-life T-shirt, a Pennsylvania father is challenging the school's rules in court. |
| 10-9-09 Support for Civil Unions Up, Most Americans Oppose Same-Sex Marriage Fifty-seven percent of Americans now favor granting same-sex couples civil unions, but 53 percent say they oppose same-sex marriage, according to the Pew Research Center. |
| 10-8-09 Chicago Buffer-Zone Ordinance Goes Too Far Chicago's City Council has approved an ordinance that would prevent pro-life sidewalk counselors from coming within eight feet of anyone outside an abortion clinic. |
| 10-8-09 Christians Once Charged With Being Too Loud Now Challenge Ordinance Police arrested Mark Frost and Jayson Gardner in Hampton, N.H., in August 2008 and charged them with "unreasonable or loud" noise. While in custody, officers asked the two, "Where is your God now?" |
| 10-8-09 House Leaders Vote No on Hate Crimes Republican leaders in the U.S. House voted against the Defense Authorization bill (H.R. 2647), because so-called hate-crimes legislation is attached to the measure. |
| 10-8-09 Supporters of Health-Care Reform Continue to Reject Abortion Ban Polls show more Americans now on the side of life. |
| 10-7-09 Lawmakers Hold Hearing on Czars Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., held a hearing Tuesday to look into President Barack Obama's appointment of "czars." |
| 10-7-09 CitizenLink Offers New Content If you enjoy reading our CitizenLink Commentary each week, you'll be pleased to hear we're expanding our content. |
| 10-7-09 Arrogance: Texas family court judge tosses state marriage amendment A family court judge in Dallas has unwittingly provided us with a "teachable moment" |
| 10-7-09 D.C. City Council Makes Good on Gay-Marriage Promise The Washington, D.C., City Council introduced a gay-marriage bill Tuesday that would legalize the unions in the District. |
| 10-7-09 Mojave Cross Case Heard at Supreme Court The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in the Mojave Desert cross case. The cross is a memorial to World War I veterans. |
| 10-7-09 White House Continues Push for Health-Care Reform 'Sadly, there are people out there who are more interested in their agenda than they are with the health care of their neighbors.' |
| 10-6-09 Addicts Account for One-Third of Gambling Profits in Canada One third of government gambling revenues in Canada can be traced to compulsive gamblers. |
| 10-6-09 Court Hears Appeal after Churches are Barred from Schools On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit took up the case of a New York City church battling the New York City Board of Education. |
| 10-6-09 Dr. Dobson Receives Reagan Award The Council on National Policy honored James C. Dobson, Ph.D., with the Ronald Reagan Lifetime Achievement Award. |
| 10-6-09 Mojave Cross Case Goes Before Supreme Court The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case involving a 75-year-old war memorial. The ACLU filed suit in 2001 to remove a 7-foot cross in California’s Mojave Desert, and following a court ruling, it was boxed in plywood. |
| 10-6-09 President Obama to Speak to Gay-Activist Group 'It’s going to be very difficult for him to move forward with a real activist agenda, and my hope is the conservatism of America will continue to balance him out.' |
| 10-5-09 Activists Push for Expanded Anti-Bullying Bill in New York The New York City Department of Education is expanding its "Respect for All" anti-bullying program. |
Be an Informed Voter for New Jersey’s 2009 Election! New Jersey is one of only two states in the nation this year with statewide elections. |
Be an Informed Voter for Virginia’s 2009 Election! Virginia is one of only two states in the nation this year with statewide elections. |
| 10-5-09 Firestorm Erupts over Obama's Education Appointee 'Parents should be most concerned about the harmful and radical policies he could enact today that would negatively impact public schoolchildren.' |
Help Protect the Innocence of Washington's Kids! A referendum on Washington’s 2009 ballot – meant to provide the rights and privileges of marriage to same-sex couples – now threatens the innocence of Washington’s kids. |
Help Restore Marriage in Maine! Maine voters will soon have the chance to restore one-man, one-woman marriage. |
| 10-5-09 Illinois Senate Introduces Gay-Marriage Bill Illinois Sen. Heather Steans, D-Springfield, introduced the Equal Marriage Act last week. |
| 10-5-09 Supreme Court Justices Get Lesson in Life Five of the six Catholic justices on the U.S. Supreme Court were in attendance Sunday when Cardinal Daniel DiNardo addressed the annual Red Mass, which takes place the day before the high court's term begins. |
| 10-2-09 1 in 4 Married Moms Stays Home with Kids Nearly one-quarter of all married-couple families in the U.S. had a stay-at-home mom in 2007, according to a U.S. Census report released Thursday. |
| 10-2-09 Americans' Support for Abortion Falls 7 Points Americans are trending pro-life, according to a Pew Research Center poll, with country nearly evenly split on the issue of abortion. |
Capitol Christmas Tree Will Include Religious Ornaments In an about-face, the U.S. Forest Service has decided it will not prohibit Christian messages on ornaments for the Capitol Christmas Tree, following a letter from the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF). |
| 10-2-09 Friday Five: Rev. H.B. London 'I don't think people understand the passion and the burden the average pastor carries for his people.' |
| 10-2-09 Thousands to Gather for Life Chain on Sunday Thousands of life advocates plan to unite in silent prayer and reflection at 2:30 p.m. local time Sunday during the 22nd annual Life Chain. |
| 10-1-09 Focus Action Voter Site Offers Candidate Info New Jersey and Virginia may be bellwether states. |
| 10-1-09 Giant '71' to Remind Congress of Opposition to Abortion A pro-life group is giving the U.S. Congress an oversized reminder that 71 percent of Americans oppose taxpayer-funded abortion in health care. |
| 10-1-09 Rash of Underage Gambling Prompts Fines Against Missouri Casinos Gambling by underage customers has led the Missouri Gaming Commission to fine two casinos. |
| 10-1-09 Washington Nixes Religious-Themed Ornaments for Capitol Christmas Tree Arizona students were asked to create thousands of ornaments for this year's national Christmas tree -- but officials specifically directed them not to include religious references. |
| 9-30-09 Abstinence Funding Gets Boost in U.S. Senate 'My amendment restores a vital funding stream so that teens and parents have the option to participate in programs that have demonstrated success in reducing teen sexual activity.' |
| 9-30-09 Arizona Pro-Life Provisions Stalled by State Judge A federal judge has thrown out a challenge to the state's new pro-life law, but an Arizona state judge is putting certain provisions of the same law on hold. |
| 9-30-09 Bible Verses Banned from Georgia High School Football Field The cheerleaders from Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School made signs to encourage fans and players. They used Bible verses as their motivation. |
| 9-30-09 Parents In Michigan and New York Complain Their Rights are Being Violated A mother in Irving Township, Mich., just wanted to help out some friends by allowing their children to stay in her home for about an hour before they left for school. Then, she received a warning letter from the Michigan Department of Human Services that said if she continued, she'd be violating a law aimed at unlicensed day care centers. |
| 9-29-09 Senate Committee Says 'No' to Public Health-Care Option The Senate Finance Committee rejected amendments today to add a public option to health-care reform. |
| 9-29-09 Healing for Internet Pornography Addiction 'As it lures you in, it becomes a practice, and then it can develop into a secret life which impedes all your relationships.' |
| 9-29-09 Pulpit Project Draws Dozens of Pastors On Sunday, more than 80 pastors across the nation openly defied a 1954 amendment by then-Senator Lyndon Johnson, that restricts political speech from the pulpit. The Pulpit Initiative is sponsored by the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF). |
| 9-29-09 University of Alaska Welcomes Ex-Gay Speaker Edward Delgado, a former gay-identified man, has been allowed to continue a lecture series at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, after a gay-activist group complained. |
| 9-28-09 Alabama's Anti-Bullying Law Could Further Gay Agenda Alabama schools are now required to write stricter anti-bullying policies, thanks to language in a bill that opens the door to the gay agenda. |
| 9-28-09 Family Dinners Can Help Kids Remain Drug- and Alcohol-Free Families nationwide will eat dinner together tonight in celebration of National Family Day. |
| 9-28-09 Gambling Revenues Drop in Tough Times Across the nation, gambling revenues dropped 2.8 percent in the last fiscal year. That's the first drop in 30 years, according to researchers Robert B. Ward and Lucy Dadayan from the Rockefeller Institute. |
Protect your Family from Gambling Expansion! On Nov. 3, vote NO on Issue 3. |
| 9-28-09 Responding to Banned Books Week A pro-family group is suggesting a creative way for families to act as "salt and light" in response to the American Library Association's (ALA) so-called Banned Books Week. |
| 9-28-09 Senate Abortion Vote—Your Call Can Help Members of the U.S. Senate Financial Services Committee will be voting on amendments which would keep abortion coverage out of the health-care bill. |
| 9-25-09 Friday Five: Dr. Al Mohler 'In terms of trying to get a handle on biblical theology, it's really hard to get past the Ten Commandments.' |
| 9-25-09 North Dakota Family Alliance Receives Focus Action's Family Champion Award Focus on the Family Action recognized three "Family Champions" at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., last weekend. |
| 9-25-09 Students Perform Well at New York City Charter Schools A study led by a Stanford University professor shows students attending New York City's charter schools perform significantly better than students not selected in the annual random lotteries for charter school spots. |
| 9-25-09 U.S. Birth Rate Sees Biggest Drop in Nearly 40 Years |
| 9-24-09 Christian Women Gather to Pray for Next Generation Moms in Touch International is hosting a historic prayer event Nov. 14, inviting Christian women from around the world to gather together to "Arise! Cry Out!" for the generations. |
| 9-24-09 Conference Committee Tackles Hate-Crimes Legislation U.S. Senate has added the dangerous proposal to the FY10 Defense Authorization bill. |
| 9-24-09 Free Market Foundation of Texas Receives Focus Action's Family Champion Award Focus on the Family Action recognized three "Family Champions" at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., last weekend. |
| 9-24-09 John Wild, 95, Created 'Window to the Womb' Life advocates are celebrating the life of John Wild, pioneer of the ultrasound machine, who passed away Sept. 18 at the age of 95. |
| 9-24-09 Lawsuits Swirl as Arizona Pro-Life Law Set to Take Effect Two Arizona legislators, doctors and numerous organizations filed motions Tuesday to intervene in state and federal lawsuits aimed at tearing down new protections for women considering an abortion. The Alliance Defense Fund is representing the group. |
| 9-23-09 Christian Prayer Teleconference Scheduled on Eve of Muslim Capitol Event On Friday, 50,000 Muslims are expected to gather in Washington, D.C., for a prayer rally. |
| 9-23-09 Hawaii Family Forum Receives Focus Action's Family Champion Award Focus on the Family Action recognized three "Family Champions" at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., last weekend. |
| 9-23-09 Heritage Foundation: One Tax Dollar in Seven Goes to Welfare Federal, state and local government spending on all forms of welfare or aid to the poor totaled $714 billion in the 2008 fiscal year, according to a report by The Heritage Foundation. |
| 9-23-09 House Committee Hears Arguments for Special Rights Employment bill would 'impose a substantial and crippling burden on religious organizations.' |
| 9-23-09 Students Gather to Pray at Flagpoles for 20th Year See You at the Pole, the student-led prayer event, celebrated its 20th anniversary today. |
| 9-22-09 Wisconsin Right to Life Launches Ad Campaign Wisconsin Right to Life's Veritas Society is set to launch an ad campaign for the 14th year running. |
| 9-22-09 Census: Majority of Americans Marry Just Once 'Most Americans esteem marriage as a major commitment.' |
| 9-22-09 Iowa Supreme Court Upholds 'Sexting' Conviction Iowa justices have upheld the conviction of a teenager who sent sexually suggestive text-message photos of himself to a 14-year-old female schoolmate in 2005. The high court maintained that the photos were obscene, and the defendant will have to register as a sex offender. |
| 9-22-09 Take Action: Senate Committee to Vote on Abstinence Education Funding Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is expected to introduce an amendment to the Senate health care reform bill to reinstate Title V Abstinence Education funding for 2010. |
| 9-21-09 Dr. Mohler's Book Explores Relevance of Ten Commandments The president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has written a book highlighting Old Testament Law. |
| 9-21-09 Focus Action President Reaches out to Millennial Generation Gary Schneeberger, vice president of media and public relations for Focus on the Family, spent the weekend with hundreds of family advocates at the Values Voter Summit. He blogged updates at DriveThru. And don't miss a special video report from the gathering. |
| 9-21-09 New York Governor Faces Opposition Under fire from all corners, Paterson pushes ahead with liberal agenda. |
| 9-21-09 Students Gather to Pray at School Flagpoles See You at the Pole is celebrating its 20th year Wednesday. |
| 9-21-09 Study: Family Arguments May Damage Children's Mental Health Children in homes where yelling and physical abuse are common may experience major depression in their 30s, according to a study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. |
| 9-18-09 A Call to Pray and Fast for Trafficking Victims The Salvation Army, the Initiative Against Sexual Trafficking, and the Faith Alliance Against Slavery and Trafficking invite you to join with them in observing the fourth annual International Weekend of Prayer and Fasting for the Victims of Sexual Trafficking on Sept. 25-27. |
| 9-18-09 Friday Five: Former Football Star Freddie Scott Talks about Fathers 'Every man is either making a mark or leaving a scar. We need to make sure we leave the mark God desires.' |
| 9-18-09 Life Advocates to Line Streets across America Thousands of life advocates plan to unite in silent prayer and reflection Oct. 4 during the 22nd annual Life Chain. They will line the streets of America for about an hour, holding pre-printed pro-life signs and seeking God's forgiveness and intervention. |
| 9-18-09 White House Noncommittal on Taxpayer-Funded Abortions The Obama administration remains noncommittal on the issue of taxpayer-funded abortion within health-care reform. That's according to Chairmaine Yoest, president and CEO of Americans United for Life Action (AUL), who met with White House officials on the issue Thursday. |
| 9-17-09 Justice Scalia Defends Religious Liberties In an interview with the Jewish newspaper Hamada, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia reiterated his views that the Constitution does not exclude religion from the public square. In fact, Scalia said, God has honored America. |
| 9-17-09 Take Action: Ask Congress to Oppose ENDA The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would provide special rights based on sexual orientation and "gender identity," is expected to get a committee hearing next week in the U.S. House of Representatives. |
| 9-17-09 Values Voter Summit Begins Friday in Washington Free, live webcast of the event available Friday, Saturday. |
| 9-17-09 Washington Teachers Leave National Education Association Some teachers in the St. John School District have disaffiliated with the Washington Education Association (WEA) and the National Education Association (NEA) because they no longer wanted to give money to causes they didn't believe in. |
| 9-16-09 Baucus Bill Would Offer Abortion Funding in Health Care 'We don't care about rhetoric when it comes to protecting innocent, preborn lives. We care about results.' |
| 9-16-09 Florida Sting Hits Craigslist Prostitution Twenty-eight prostituted women and five pimps were arrested over the weekend in Polk County, Fla., in a police sting operation dubbed "Operation Hot Date." |
| 9-16-09 Focus President to Speak at Values Voter Summit Focus on the Family President and CEO Jim Daly will address attendees at the 2009 Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., this weekend. |
| 9-16-09 Science Awards Go to Adult Cell Researchers Dr. John Gurdon, a developmental biologist from Oxford University, and Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, a physician and researcher at Kyoto University, have been chosen to receive the prestigious Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award. In 2007, Yamanaka discovered Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cells. |
| 9-15-09 HHS Gives Millions to States for Adoption The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $35 million to 38 states and Puerto Rico. |
| 9-15-09 A Young Pro-Lifer Writes to the President Thirteen-year-old Rachel Engle wrote a letter to President Barack Obama as part of a social studies assignment. |
| 9-15-09 Focus Action Asks People to Keep Up Pressure on Health Care 'People need to keep contacting their members of Congress asking them to specifically exclude abortion funding from any health-care proposal.' |
| 9-15-09 Two Gay Activist Bills Resurface in Congress The Employment Non-Discrimination Act is on the fast track in Congress. The bill will get a full committee hearing on Sept. 23 in the U.S. House of Representatives. |
| 9-14-09 Anti-Parent Bill Fails in California; Two Bad Bills Pass 'They apply their special specific issue to every child and that's inappropriate.' |
| 9-14-09 Gay Activists Push Films in California Schools A homosexual movie production company and a gay activist school group are teaming up to bring gay-affirming films to schools across California. |
| 9-14-09 Gubernatorial Races May Predict Mid-Term Outcomes A conservative candidate is leading in the Virginia gubernatorial race. It's one of two such races on ballots in November that could signal how the next general election might go. |
| 9-14-09 Many Seniors May Be at Risk for Gambling Addiction As many as one in 10 seniors may be addicted to gambling, according to some researchers. Even a small loss at a slot machine or bingo table could mean financial trouble for those on a fixed income. |
| 9-11-09 Campaign Opposes Abortion in Health-Care Reform The group is offering an image of a voided check that people can e-mail to their representative and senators. |
| 9-11-09 Friday Five: Tim Goeglein Remembers 9-11 'The mood in the White House on 9-11 was determined and convicted. We knew freedom was under attack.' |
| 9-11-09 Judge Shields Names of Marriage Supporters Family advocates fear retaliation from gay activists if the names of petition-signers are released. |
| 9-11-09 Life Advocate Shot to Death near Michigan High School Jim Pouillon reportedly was carrying a pro-life sign. |
| 9-10-09 Obama Accuses Right of ‘Bogus Claims’ ‘The truth is, he seeks to cover up his intention to use … government subsidies to pay for health-care plans that cover abortion.’ |
| 9-10-09 Maryland Residents Object to Porn Daniel Weiss, senior media and sexuality analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said such businesses degrade the quality of life. |
| 9-10-09 Report Appears to Show ACORN Aiding in Human Trafficking ACORN is a national community group that received millions in the recent bailout. It’s also under investigation on charges of voter registration fraud. |
| 9-10-09 Summit Will Promote Conservative Values Sonja Swiatkiewicz, director of issues response for Focus on the Family Action, called it the premier event for family advocates. |
| 9-9-09 Grant Will Help in Fight for Religious Freedom on Campus 'We are better prepared than ever to work toward restoring the 'marketplaces of ideas' that these academic institutions were intended to be.' |
| 9-9-09 Illinois Voters Oppose Video Poker Nearly 60 percent of Illinois voters said they oppose a video-gambling law rushed through the Legislature this year, according to a WGN/Chicago Tribune poll. |
| 9-9-09 Judge Rules in Favor of Washington Marriage Referendum A judge has rejected gay activists' attempt to halt a November ballot initiative that gives voters the final say on a state domestic-partnership law passed this year. |
| 9-8-09 California Adoption Seminar to Help Find Families for Waiting Kids Californians interested in adoption will get the opportunity to attend a free seminar, Saturday, Sept. 19, at Calvary Chapel in Downey, Calif. Wait No More California is Focus on the Family's campaign to find forever families for 1,000 children in need. |
| 9-8-09 Congress Faces Flurry of Gay-Friendly Bills 'The Gill Foundation and other homosexual-activist groups…are beginning to demand payment for support during the campaigns.' |
| 9-8-09 Obama Addresses Schoolchildren President Barack Obama addressed kids around the country Tuesday, calling for them to stay in school and respect their teachers. |
| 9-8-09 Pro-Lifers to Spend Two Weeks Protesting Health Care Bill Mounting concern over the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortions in health-care reform has prompted Christians to pray and protest in Washington, D.C. |
| 9-8-09 Tea Party Planned for Sept. 12 in D.C. Citizens will gather in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 12 to protest big government, the bailouts and soaring deficits. |
| 9-4-09 Friday Five: Patricia Blair After losing her preborn twins in a car crash, Patricia Blair is shocked to learn her state does not consider them to have been "people." |
| 9-4-09 Canadian Ruling Good for Religious Freedom Religious-freedom advocates scored a victory in Canada Thursday when the Human Rights Tribunal ruled that Section 13, the human-rights hate-speech law, was unconstitutional. |
| 9-4-09 Family Advocates Push For Veto of 'Harvey Milk Day' Without California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's veto, Senate Bill 572 will designate May 22 as 'Harvey Milk Day.' |
| 9-4-09 President's Speech to Schoolchildren Raises Ire This week's Stoplight® entitled Critical Thinking has drawn a flurry of comments on Facebook. Here's a sample of what people are saying. |
| 9-3-09 Adult Stem Cells Treat Hip Conditions A new technique using adult stem cells is being employed by British surgeons to repair damaged hip bones. |
| 9-3-09 Constitution Headlines Celebration in Northern Virginia 'Not enough people knew about the Constitution's role as a vessel created by the Founding Fathers to protect our freedoms.' |
| 9-3-09 Feminists for Life Videos Expose Coercion Feminists for Life of America (FFL) has a new series of videos on its Web site called Exposing Coercion: Pregnant Women Stand Up. |
| 9-3-09 Report: AIDS Cases Up in Gay Men The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced this week that gay- and bisexual-identified men are 50 times more likely to have AIDS than any other group. One-half of the HIV cases diagnosed each year in the U.S. are within the gay community. |
| 9-2-09 Prayer Vigil to be Held at the U.S. Capitol Christians will gather on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol for 27 hours of prayer and worship on Sunday, Sept. 13. |
| 9-2-09 Focus on the Family Sends Letter to Congress Opposing ENDA 'This is going to be a minefield of lawsuits by people who are suddenly feeling that they are discriminated against.' |
| 9-2-09 Lawsuit Seeks to Keep Bible in Idaho Charter School The Alliance Defense Fund has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Nampa Classical Academy, in defense of their use of the Bible as part of its curriculum. The Idaho Public Charter School Commission has threatened to revoke the school's charter for using religious texts. |
| 9-2-09 President Obama to Address Schoolchildren A recorded speech from President Barack Obama will air at public schools around the country on Tuesday. |
| 9-1-09 Casinos Wreak Havoc in Kansas, Colorado In December, Kansas will become the first state to operate its own casinos. The state also will control betting software and distribute revenues. |
| 9-1-09 Focus President to Appear on 'Hannity' Jim Daly will be part of The Great American Panel on Thursday's show. |
| 9-1-09 Tennessee School District Will Allow 'God' on Posters A school district near Nashville, Tenn., has agreed to allow religious speech on student-made posters, following a federal lawsuit filed by the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF). |
| 9-1-09 Washington Voters to Decide on Marriage Referendum Referendum 71 will appear on the November ballot in Washington state, election officials announced Monday. The measure would repeal a domestic-partnership law that mirrors marriage. |
| 8-31-09 Utah to Offer Two-Track Sex Education Rep. Lynn Hemingway, D-Salt Lake, is proposing a bill that would require school districts to offer two tracks of sex education. |
| 8-31-09 Family Research Council Hosts Health-Care Webcast The Washington-based Family Research Council Action (FRC Action) will be holding its second town-hall webcast at 8:30 p.m EDT Sept. 10. FRC Action President Tony Perkins, along with medical experts and members of Congress, will be online to take your comments and questions on health-care reform. |
| 8-31-09 Vermont Gay Marriage Begins Tuesday The Vermont same-sex marriage law will take effect Tuesday. The Legislature adopted the law in April that gives gay couples full marriage rights. |
| 8-31-09 Washington Marriage Referendum Moves Closer to Ballot 'The purpose of the initiative is to prevent the state from taking the position that there's no difference between homosexual and heterosexual relationships.' |
| 8-28-09 Schwarzenegger Seeks Feedback on Legislation California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is looking for input on legislation, including SB 572, which designates May 22 as Harvey Milk Day. Gay activists across the country are encouraging their supporters to back the bill, which would direct California schools to celebrate one of the first openly homosexual politicians. Family advocates are encouraged to weigh in, as well. |
| 8-28-09 California Pastor Will Not Be Banned From Pro-Life Protests A judge has thrown out a request to permanently ban the Reverend Walter Hoye, an African-American pastor from Berkeley, Calif,, from coming anywhere near the Family Planning Specialists abortion clinic in Oakland. |
| 8-28-09 Denver Principal Gives Up Battle for Abstinence Ed Denver West High School Principal Jorge Loera has given up his effort to replace a Planned Parenthood sex-education program with one that has a faith-based, abstinence-centered theme. |
| 8-28-09 Former Employees Speak Out Against Late-Term Abortionist Four former employees are speaking out about what they called deplorable conditions at late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart's Nebraska clinic. |
| 8-28-09 Friday Five: Michelle Malkin Talks Policy We talk with the sometimes controversial and always outspoken, Michelle Malkin about her take on the health-care debate and her latest best-seller. |
| 8-27-09 Doctors Concerned by HPV Vaccine Dr. Scott Ratner, a New York cardiologist, will not give his other daughters the HPV vaccine, after one daughter became very ill following the injection. |
| 8-27-09 Dr. Dobson to Give Invocation at NASCAR Race Dr. James Dobson, founder and chairman emeritus of Focus on the Family, will lead the invocation prior to the Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sept. 6. |
| 8-27-09 Government to Hand Out $4.35B for Education Reform States are competing for a piece of the $4.35 billion education-reform pie being dished out by the federal government. |
| 8-27-09 N.H. Court Orders Home-Schooled Girl into Public School ADF asks judge to reconsider her over-reaching decision. |
| 8-26-09 Virginia Court Says Biological Mom Will Not Spend Time in Jail A Virginia judge has refused the American Civil Liberties Union's (ACLU) demand that Lisa Miller be fined and jailed for not delivering her biological daughter to Vermont for unsupervised visitation with her former partner, Janet Jenkins. |
| 8-26-09 Florida Gay-Adoption Case Goes to Court 'The question in all domestic-relations law is what's best for kids' |
| 8-26-09 Joni and Friends Celebrate 30 Years Joni and Friends, a ministry supporting individuals with disabilities and their families, is celebrating 30 years of service. |
| 8-26-09 Pro-Life Dems Vow Continued Fight Against Health-Care Reform U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., told Time magazine this week that he and as many as 39 other pro-life Democrats will oppose health-care reform that does not specifically exclude abortion coverage. |
| 8-25-09 Anti-Marriage Case Thrown Out On Monday, a U.S. District judge threw out a challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on a technicality. DOMA defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman. |
| 8-25-09 Delaware Will Not Offer Sports Betting The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that Delaware cannot offer sports betting on single games. The court had been asked to put the law on hold while the matter was being decided, but surprised everyone by ruling on the case. |
| 8-25-09 Nebraska Abortionist Vows to Train Others 'If we give in, pro-lifers win. That's unacceptable.' |
| 8-25-09 Veterans Hospitals Offer End-of-Life Counseling Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., wants the Department of Veterans Affairs to quit using a handbook many are calling a guide to assisted suicide. Your Life, Your Choices is being pushed by the Obama administration. |
| 8-24-09 Wisconsin Attorney General Will Not Defend Domestic Partnerships He said he will uphold the will of the people in defining marriage. |
| 8-24-09 FactCheck.Org Confirms Health-Care Dangers FactCheck.org, a nonpartisan, nonprofit policy center, said President Barack Obama "goes too far when he calls the statements that government would be funding abortions 'fabrications.'" |
| 8-24-09 Florida Woman Will Not Be Charged With Contempt Over Prayer A federal district judge told Michelle Winkler, a Florida school district clerical assistant, that she would not be held in contempt regarding her husband's prayer at an awards banquet. |
| 8-24-09 Lutheran Group to Allow Gay-Identified Clergy With a 68-percent vote, delegates to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America convention approved a change to the denomination's policy and will now allow gay-identified people who are in monogamous, same-sex relationships to serve as clergy. |
| 8-21-09 South Dakota Abortion Law Stands A federal judge has upheld part of a South Dakota law that requires women to be told that abortion ends a human life. However, U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier struck down disclosures that abortion increases the likelihood of suicide. |
| 8-21-09 Americans Believe They Will Pay for Abortions A poll conducted by NBC News shows that half of respondents believe federal tax dollars will go to pay for abortions through the proposed health care plan. |
| 8-21-09 Friday Five: New Hampshire FPC Director Kevin Smith Cornerstone Policy Research is Focus on the Family's 37th fully associated family policy council. Kevin Smith is the group's director. |
| 8-21-09 Prostitution Ring Targets High School Girls Nashville, Tenn., police have arrested 45-year-old Teresa West and her two adult children on charges of trafficking for sexual servitude. The police said they were prostituting a 16-year-old girl they recruited from a local high school. |
| 8-20-09 Embryo-Adoption Agency Sues Federal Government Nightlight Christian Adoptions, which specializes in frozen-embryo adoption, and the 16,000-member Christian Medical Association (CMA) are seeking to overturn controversial guidelines that may result in taxpayer-funded destruction of human embryos. |
| 8-20-09 Gay Activists Excluded from California Marriage Trial U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker will not allow several national gay activist groups to intervene in the California case challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Family advocates called it a partial victory. |
| 8-20-09 TAKE ACTION: Lawmakers Push Special Rights for Gay Employees Extending special rights to gay-identified individuals is set to be debated when Congress comes back in session. |
| 8-20-09 Values Voters Set to Gather in Washington Christian conservatives will gather in Washington, D.C., Sept. 18-20 for the Values Voter Summit. |
| 8-19-09 Newsweek Reporter Witnesses an Abortion Pro-abortion reporter, Sarah Kliff, is surprised by her reaction to witnessing an abortion. |
| 8-19-09 ADF Wins Victory for Church on College Campus North Point Church in Binghamton, New York, was prohibited from meeting on the campus of Broome Community College. Administrators cited a policy prohibiting religious groups from renting its buildings, yet the college allowed other community groups access to the facilities. |
| 8-19-09 Anchorage Mayor Rejects Gay Activism Anchorage, Alaska, Mayor Dan Sullivan vetoed a pro-gay measure Monday that likely would have threatened religious liberties. |
| 8-19-09 Poll: Conservatives Outnumber Liberals Gallup recently reported new polling data that shows 40 percent of respondents identified themselves as "conservative" or "very conservative." That's the highest percentage since 2004. |
| 8-18-09 Don Wildmon Hospitalized with Meningitis Don Wildmon, founder and chairman of the American Family Association, was hospitalized Friday with spinal meningitis. He spent the weekend in critical condition. |
| 8-18-09 Focus President Featured on U.S. News and World Report Blog Jim Daly has been busy with opportunities to engage the culture for the cause of Christ. |
| 8-18-09 Illinois Crime Commission Wants Less Gambling Illinois lawmakers have legalized 66,000 video-gambling machines, but none of them will be placed in DuPage County. |
| 8-18-09 New Hire at DOJ to Handle LGBT Issues The Department of Justice has hired gay-identified attorney Matt Nosanchuk as point person on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues for the Civil Rights Division. |
| 8-18-09 Update: Pro-Life Coalition Releases Video A coalition of pro-life organizations will deliver its second national audio Webcast Wednesday concerning abortion funding in the proposed health-care reform bills. |
| 8-17-09 Administration Opposes, Defends Marriage The Justice Department attorneys in the position of defending the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), made statements in legal filings that the Obama Administration would like to see the federal law repealed. |
| 8-17-09 Declaration of Human Rights Cites 'Natural Family' World Congress of Families supports 'lifelong marriage of a man to a woman.' |
| 8-17-09 Mom of Preborn Twins Killed in Crash Fights for New Law They died in a crash, but according to Vermont law, Patricia Blair's preborn twins do not qualify as children. |
| 8-14-09 Christian Legal Group to Lead Defense of California Marriage Amendment Although California's governor and attorney general are tasked with defending state law, each suggested in separate court filings that the job should be handled by the Alliance Defense Fund. |
| 8-14-09 Appeals Court: Abortionists Must Follow FDA Regs The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that abortionists must follow FDA regulations when dispensing the abortion pill known as RU-486. |
| 8-14-09 Friday Five: Carrie Gordon Earll Focus on the Family Action's bioethics expert offers an update on the health-care reform debate and a new energy appearing among life advocates. |
| 8-14-09 Stem-Cell Documentary Looks at Both Sides The documentary Lines that Divide will air nationally Sept. 1. |
| 8-13-09 California Gay Activists Split Over Marriage Strategy As Equality California announced its plan to pursue a 2012 effort to repeal the state's constitutional amendment defining marriage, other gay-activist groups have set their sites on the mid-term election in 2010. |
| 8-13-09 Democrats Disagree on Abortion Coverage Two years ago, President Obama promised Planned Parenthood a 'public plan that will provide all essential services, including reproductive services.' |
| 8-13-09 Florida Newspaper Indicted over Sex Ads An Orlando, Fla., weekly newspaper is no longer accepting sexually oriented advertisements, thanks to a sting operation. |
| 8-13-09 Kansas AG Drops Fight Against Sexually Oriented Business Kansas Attorney General Steve Six has chosen not to fight a court decision allowing billboards for sexually oriented businesses. |
| 8-12-09 Health-Care Conference Call Misleads President Barack Obama will participate in a conference call Wednesday, Aug. 19, to promote his health-care agenda. |
| 8-12-09 Horton's Coffee Backs out of Marriage Event Famous Canadian-based coffee house, Tim Hortons, will not provide free coffee for a National Organization for Marriage (NOM) event in Rhode Island next week. |
| 8-12-09 Lutherans Consider Gay Clergy The largest Lutheran denomination in America, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), will consider a proposal that could pave the way for openly gay partnered clergy. |
| 8-12-09 New Jersey Pimp Charged with Human Trafficking The bust of a New Jersey-based prostitution ring dubbed "Operation Red Light" has resulted in human-trafficking charges, which carry heavier penalties. Allen Brown Jr. of Jersey City faces a sentence of 20 years to life for the trafficking charge alone. |
| 8-11-09 College Students Get Marriage Training at University of San Diego A weekend gathering at the University of San Diego offered training to defend the institution of marriage. It was a pilot student conference called "It Takes a Family to Raise a Village." |
| 8-11-09 Cord-Blood Bank Opens Possibilities Cord Blood America Inc. plans to open a multimillion-dollar facility in Las Vegas to store umbilical cord blood—which is rich in non-controversial adult stem cells. |
| 8-11-09 Love Won Out Transitions to Exodus International Long-running conference on leaving homosexuality will continue to help those with unwanted same-sex attractions. |
| 8-11-09 New FCC Chief Supports Fairness Doctrine The Federal Communications Commission has named a new chief diversity officer. Mark Lloyd is a former senior fellow at the liberal-leaning Center for American Progress, where he published papers on how to increase a liberal presence on talk radio. |
| 8-10-2009 Health Care is Front and Center as Lawmakers Take a Break The August recess is a great time to tell your elected officials what you think of the proposed health-care reform legislation. |
| 8-10-2009 Psychologists Show Change in Orientation is Not Harmful Study of people who have struggled free from homosexuality leads to calls for more research. |
| 8-10-2009 Representative Claims Censorship After Calling Health Care 'Democrat Plan' U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, claims letters to his constituents were censored by Democrats through the Franking Commission. |
| 8-10-2009 Washington Marriage Protection on Track for Ballot If the number of petition signatures being verified remains at the current rate, an effort to protect marriage in Washington state will appear on the November ballot. |
| 8-7-09 Friday Five: Xtreme Radio Host Kevin McCullough I think that since we are a center right nation, if we do get angry and we do speak with clarity, that we can...impact change. |
| 8-7-09 Lessons from Sotomayor Confirmation The confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as associate justice to the Supreme Court has conservatives reflecting on the process and the importance of electing constitutionalist judges. |
| 8-7-09 Pastor May be Banned from California Abortion Clinic The Alameda County District Attorney is seeking to ban Oakland Pastor Walter Hoye for life from the abortion clinic he's been protesting. |
| 8-7-09 Perinatal Hospice Care on the Rise For some women, what should be the happiest day of their life turns into a nightmare as the baby they are carrying is diagnosed with terminal illness or birth defect. There are people available to walk families through the difficult times. They work at perinatal hospice facilities. |
| 8-6-09 'Inclusive' ENDA Introduced in Senate The Senate has introduced its version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act — known as ENDA. The bill would ban religious employers from making employment decisions based on their religious convictions. Previous versions of the bill did not include transgender provisions. |
| 8-6-09 Fifth World Congress of Families Faces Resistance Just days before hundreds of pro-family leaders are set to meet in Amsterdam, the offices of the coordinators for the fifth World Congress of Families were vandalized. |
| 8-3-09 Iowa Group Finally Granted Tax-Exempt Status The Coalition for Life of Iowa was notified this week that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has granted it tax-exempt status. The group had faced questioning by the government regarding the "educational" nature of its activities, which include prayer meetings, talks and literature. |
New APA Report on Treatment of Homosexuality We've been telling you about a new APA report on homosexuality. While the report discredits that change from homosexuality is possible, it does represent a victory for the religious liberty rights of patients and therapists. |
| 8-6-09 Thoughts on the Sotomayor Confirmation Will the real Sonia Sotomayor please stand up? |
| 8-6-09 White House 'Fishes' for Trouble A blog entry from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue asks people to report any untruths they hear about health care. |
| 8-5-09 Adult Stem Cells Help Grow Teeth Japanese researchers have made teeth from adult stem cells. They grew a tooth bud and implanted it in a laboratory mouse. In seven weeks a new tooth had grown. |
| 8-5-09 Media Finally Admit Health-Care Reform to Include Abortion The mainstream news media are finally reporting a major problem with health-care reform – it would mandate insurance coverage for abortion. |
| 8-5-09 Psychologists Consider Treatment of Homosexuality Professional association's guidelines for homosexual patients dismiss research showing people can change. |
| 8-5-09 Reaction to Obama's Policies Shows Up in Polling Two gubernatorial races have Republicans in commanding leads. Public Policy Polling shows the Virginia Republican candidate for governor, Robert McDonnell with a 14-point lead over Democrat Creigh Deeds. |
| 8-4-09 D.C. Opportunity Scholarships Get Another Look Months after Congress pulled the plug on private school scholarships for low-income students, a new bill is aimed at restoring the money. |
| 8-4-09 Massachusetts Law Enforcement Braces for Gambling Trouble Massachusetts will likely legalize slot machines this fall in an effort to solve its budget woes. |
| 8-4-09 Minnesotans Challenge Hotel Porn Commissioners in Olmsted County, Minn., are planning to ask area hotels to stop offering pay-per-view pornography. |
| 8-4-09 Planned Parenthood Challenges Alaska Pro-Life Law An Alaska school teacher and Planned Parenthood have filed suit seeking to block a ballot initiative that would mandate parental involvement with teens seeking abortions. |
| 8-3-09 Pro-life Amendment to Health-Care Reform Rejected Lawmakers on Capitol Hill continue to wrangle over health-care reform, including whether abortions will be covered. |
| 8-3-09 Idaho Bible-as-Textbook Plan May Face ACLU Challenge Nampa Classical Academy administrators in Nampa, Idaho, plan to use the Bible as a textbook in a secular manner. That has prompted an investigation by the American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho to determine whether using the Bible violates the "separation of church and state." |
| 8-3-09 Princeton Law Professor Defends Marriage in Wall Street Journal Professor Robert George of Princeton University argues in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece that when it comes to marriage between one man and one woman, "democracy is working." |
| 8-3-09 Supreme Court Nominee Vote Scheduled this Week The U.S. Senate is expected to confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court this week. |
| 7-31-09 Democrats Shut Down Capitol Mail Room Democrats are not letting Republican House members send letters to constituents that are critical of health-care reform, according to a report in Roll Call. |
| 7-31-09 FRC Runs Ad on Health Care The Family Research Council has unveiled a hard-hitting TV ad to counter the millions being spent on health-care reform by pro-abortion groups. |
| 7-31-09 Friday Five: Online Safety Expert Donna Rice Hughes 'One of the most important things that parents can do is ...not assume that their child is immune from any type of Internet danger or risk.' |
| 7-31-09 House Panel Approves Benefits for Gay Spouses The House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce Issues passed domestic partnership benefits on a 5-to-3 party-line vote. |
| 7-31-09 Marriage Supporters Turn in Marriage Petitions The Stand for Marriage Coalition in Maine is asking for a question on the November ballot that would restore the definition of marriage as one man and one woman. To that end, they have turned in 100,000 petition signatures. They only needed 55,000 signatures to qualify. |
| 7-31-09 Pro-life Lawmakers Push Amendments to Health-Care Reform The House Energy and Commerce Committee worked late into the night Thursday considering pro-life amendments to the health-care reform bill. |
| 7-30-09 Abstinence Funds Dropped from Another Bill A major U.S. Senate spending bill was approved in subcommittee Tuesday—without any funding for abstinence education. The Senate Appropriations Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies legislation does, however provide money for comprehensive sex education. |
| 7-30-09 Comparison of Sotomayor Statements Serves to Confuse Senate testimony contradicts previous remarks. |
| 7-30-09 Kalamazoo LGBT Ordinance Challenged More than 2,000 signatures have been submitted by opponents of a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender "rights" ordinance in Kalamazoo, Mich. It prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in employment, housing and public accommodations. |
| 7-30-09 Pro Sports Leagues Sue Delaware Governor Over Sports Betting The National Football League has followed through on its promise to sue Delaware Gov. Jack Markell if he moved forward in allowing the state lottery to take bets on professional sports. |
| 7-29-09 Focus CEO Daly Joins Washington Post/Newsweek Blog Focus on the Family President and CEO Jim Daly has joined the roster of global religious leaders who contribute to “On Faith,” a blog published jointly by The Washington Post and Newsweek. |
| 7-29-09 Gay Activists Bankroll Opposition to Pro-Marriage State Senator Gay activists are seeking to stop a Pennsylvania lawmaker from being re-elected because he supports one man, one woman marriage. |
| 7-29-09 IRS Drops Investigation of Minnesota Pastor The Internal Revenue Service has withdrawn its plans to audit Pastor Gus Booth over sermons he preached as part of last September's Pulpit Initiative, a project of the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF). Booth sent the tax agency a copy of sermons he preached at Warroad Community Church concerning May and November elections. |
| 7-29-09 Washington Marriage Defense Gets Closer to Ballot More than 138,000 signatures have been gathered in Washington state to allow the people to repeal a domestic-partnership law that was passed by the state Legislature. |
| 7-28-2009 Arkansas Pushes Lottery Without Concern for Poor and Minorities The Arkansas Lottery Commission is preparing to roll out a scratch game, but family advocates say its effect on the poor and minorities is not being taken into consideration. |
| 7-28-2009 Democrats Purport to Seek ‘Compromise’ on Abortion Life advocates say the effort only confuses the issue. |
| 7-28-2009 Justice Department Lands Obscenity Indictment New Jersey pornographer Barry Goldman has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of sending obscene DVDs through the mail. |
| 7-28-2009 New York School District to Offer Pregnancy, STD Tests Facing high pregnancy rates, the Port Chester, N.Y. school board has voted to offer confidential STD and pregnancy tests at its middle and high schools. |
| 7-27-09 Craigslist Continues to Run Prostitution Ads Law enforcement officials say Craigslist is breaking its promise by continuing to allow ads for prostitution on the popular classified ad Web site. Two months ago, Craigslist promised to better screen those ads. |
| 7-27-2009 Gay Activists Regroup to Defeat Marriage Amendment in California Gay activists in California are hoping to repeal the state marriage amendment, but they are dealing with a huge fracture within their camp. |
| 7-27-2009 Illinois Lawmakers Expand Gambling A new Illinois law authorizes up to 45,000 video slot machines in bars, truck stops and liquor-serving restaurants. |
| 7-27-2009 More Abortion Funding Found in Senate Bill As lawmakers in Washington consider appropriations bills, more evidence surfaces of their attempts to use taxpayer money to fund abortions. |
| 7-24-09 Friday Five: Alan Chambers Exodus International president’s new book offers brutal honesty and hard-earned insights that can help all Christians lead lives of holiness. |
| 7-24-09 Christianity Today Urges Earlier Marriage 'The church has retained a lot of good ideas about marrying/ but we’ve sort of given up the idea of marrying when you’re in your early 20s as such a great idea.' |
| 7-24-09 N.C. Debuts Christian Alternative to Gay Pride Event As many as 1,000 participants are expected – and they won’t be picketing, just praying. |
| 7-24-09 Pro-Family Health Care Webcast Draws Big Numbers Dr. Dobson calls the president’s health care plan 'the abortion industry’s dream come true.' |
| 7-23-09 Anti-Abstinence Education Measure in Congress Democrats in the U.S. House have introduced a bill purportedly aimed at reducing abortions, but which would, in fact, increase funding of sex education without a major abstinence component. |
| 7-23-09 Dr. Dobson to Discuss Health Care Tonight Focus on the Family founder is among the speakers appearing on a Webcast to discuss their concerns about how President Obama's reform plan could affect families. |
| 7-23-09 House Democrats Stifle GOP on Health Care Democrats are not letting Republican House members send a letter to their constituents critical of health care reform, according to a report in Roll Call. |
| 7-23-09 Marriage Amendment Defended in Wisconsin Wisconsin Family Action, with the help of the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), has taken the extraordinary step of filing a lawsuit with the state Supreme Court to stop the governor and Legislature from violating the state's marriage amendment. |
| 7-22-09 How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable The Civility Project is not calling for unity—just respect. |
| 7-22-09 DriveThru: 'What Abortion Funding? Where?' Don't Believe the Left's Abortion Rhetoric |
| 7-22-09 Gambling's Ill Effects Discussed in N.H. New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch is forming a Gaming Study Commission to lay out the pros and cons of gambling expansion for state authorities. |
| 7-22-09 Poll Shows Abortion Harms Women Fifty-three percent of respondents to a recent Marist College Poll said abortion harms women, while about a quarter (26 percent) said it improves a woman's life. |
| 7-21-09 Mayo Clinic Treats Heart Damage with Adult Stem Cells A new study from the Mayo Clinic shows that re-engineered, personalized adult stem cells have been used to help repair heart damage that occurs after cardiac arrest. |
| 7-21-09 Christians Lack Understanding on Key Issues Christians don't have a thorough knowledge of the Fairness Doctrine, hate-crimes legislation or the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), according to recent research by Wilson Research Strategies. |
| 7-21-09 Pro-Family Leaders Ask Attorney General to Enforce Pornography Laws 'Pornography is a problem nationwide, and it's a problem that needs to be addressed by this administration.' |
| 7-21-09 Pro-Life Groups to Host Healthcare Reform Webcast Pro-life groups, including Focus on the Family, are hosting a webcast Thursday at 9 p.m. EDT to educate and mobilize pro-lifers against President Obama's healthcare reform bill, which currently mandates public and private insurance coverage of abortion. |
| 7-20-09 Focus Action Analysts Launch Blog You'll find news and commentary on the issues of the day. |
| 7-20-09 Huckabee to Speak at Values Voter Summit Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is now a confirmed speaker at this year's Values Voter Summit: Rise to the Challenge, Rally to the Cause. |
Indiana's Pence Seeks to Deny Tax Dollars to Planned Parenthood U.S. Rep. Mike Pence is expected to offer an amendment to a public-health funding bill that aims to withhold public funds from Planned Parenthood. |
ONLINE EXTRA: Jim Daly talks about The Civility Project Republican Mark DeMoss and Democrat Lanny Davis recently launched The Civility Project. Their goal is simple but lofty: To get Americans to agree to disagree without being disagreeable. |
W.V. School Board Upholds Rights of All Kids A West Virginia school board has voted unanimously not to include "sexual orientation" as a special category in a new cultural-diversity policy – marking a significant victory for parents and pro-family advocates who used a Focus on the Family resource. |
| 7-17-09 Exodus Teams with Two Groups to Spread Biblical Truth on Sexuality 'The compassionate truth of the Gospel is still the hope of the world today.' |
| 7-17-09 Friday Five: Hollywood Insider Dr. Ted Baehr 'It’s never too late to transform the movie industry or transform any other part of the culture.' |
| 7-17-09 Senate OKs Sweeping 'Hate-Crimes' Legislation The House passed a similar bill in April, and President Barack Obama supports the legislation. |
| 7-16-09 Atheists Sue over 'In God We Trust' Engraving The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed suit in an effort to prevent the engraving of "In God We Trust" and the Pledge of Allegiance at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C. The nation's largest group of atheists and agnostics claims the engravings, which were recently ordered by Congress, would be an unconstitutional endorsement of religion. |
| 7-16-09 Comprehensive Report Challenges Global-Warming Alarmism An authoritative new book draws on thousands of peer-reviewed research papers and books, plus additional scientific research, as it challenges popular concerns that global warming is either man-made or would have harmful effects. |
| 7-16-09 Health Care Bill Will Mandate Abortion Coverage 'This will affect Americans across the country throughout all walks of life.' |
Study: Preborn Babies Have Short-Term Memories Preborn babies log memories as early as 30 weeks of age, according to a Los Angeles Times report. |
| 7-15-09 Appeals Court Upholds Illinois Parental-Notification Law The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Illinois' parental-notification law as constitutional. The law had been on hold since it passed in 1995. |
| 7-15-09 House Committee Rejects D.C. Scholarship Amendment, Adds Funding for Abortion Under legislation in the U.S. House, students in Washington, D.C., will not be able to get funding to attend a better school — but they likely will have access to taxpayer money for an abortion. |
| 7-15-09 In Houston, 'Sexting' Could Bring Suspension Kids in the Houston Independent School District may be subject to punishment if they're caught "sexting" — sending explicit texts or photos on their cell phones. |
| 7-15-09 Pro-Life Senators Offer Amendments to Prevent Abortion Funding Several pro-life amendments were offered — and narrowly defeated — as the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) approved the massive health care bill introduced by Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. |
| 7-15-09 Two-Thirds of Iowans Want to Vote on Marriage 'The political power in this state rests with the people.' |
| 7-14-09 Episcopal Church Votes to Lift Ban on Gay Bishops Leaders at the Episcopal Church's tri-annual convention voted overwhelmingly to pass a resolution that opens "any ordained ministry" to homosexuals. |
| 7-14-09 Arizona Governor Signs Pro-Life Legislation Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law significant pro-life legislation Monday, signaling a positive new direction from her predecessor and long-sought victory for life advocates. |
| 7-14-09 House Subcommittee Cuts Funds for Abstinence Education A U.S. House subcommittee removed almost a hundred million dollars of abstinence-education funding from the 2010 federal budget last week. |
| 7-14-09 Senate Close to Silencing Religious Speech TAKE ACTION: Senate will vote Thursday on hate crimes. Please call your senators. |
| 7-13-09 Help Stop Pro-Abortion Health Care Reform Legislation Two health-care-reform bills moving through the U.S. House and Senate contain provisions very disturbing to pro-life leaders. |
| 7-13-09 Focus President Applauds Time's Pro-Marriage Story Newsmagazine makes a strong case for society's greatest institution. |
| 7-13-09 Help Stop Unfair 'Fairness Doctrine' U.S. Representatives Greg Walden, R-Ore., and Mike Pence, R-Ind., will offer the Walden-Pence Broadcaster Freedom Amendment to the Financial Services Appropriations this week. If it passes it would kill funding for the so-called Fairness Doctrine, which would force radio stations to "balance" opinions on controversial issues. |
| 7-13-09 Senate Committee Tries to Kill Mexico City Policy for Good The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to permanently ban the Mexico City Policy, which had kept U.S. tax dollars from going to promote or provide abortions overseas since the mid-‘80s. |
| 7-10-09 Cohabitation Unhealthy for Marriage, Studies Continue to Confirm A recent study by the University of Denver shows that most unmarried couples who live together want to spend more time together without a formal commitment, which debunks the 'trial marriage' myth of cohabiting. |
| 7-10-09 Court Appears to Support Constitutionality of Online Gambling Bill The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA) was the subject of oral arguments this week before a three-judge panel on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals. |
Friday Five: Joel Vaughan Longtime insider documents The Rise and Fall of the Christian Coalition in new book. |
| 7-10-09 Justice Ginsburg Links Abortion to Population Control In a recent interview with the New York Times, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg responded to a question about poor women's access to abortion and the Supreme Court's 1980 decision upholding a legislative ban on federal funding for abortion. |
| 7-9-09 Congress Considers Politicized Bullying Bill Legislation would require schools to create special categories for 'sexual orientation' and 'gender identity.' |
| 7-9-09 Domestic-Partner Benefits Bill Gets Hearing in U.S. House U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., introduced domestic-partnership benefits legislation for federal workers this week that, if passed, would take a step towards dismantling one man, one woman marriage at the federal level. |
| 7-9-09 Encourage your senators to vote against Pro-family groups are encouraging citizens to contact their two U.S. senators today and urge them to vote against "hate-crimes" legislation (S. 909). National Stop S. 909 Day is supported by Focus on the Family Action, FRC Action, the American Family Association and other groups. |
| 7-9-09 Obama's NIH Pick Earns Praise from Family Advocates President Barack Obama's selection to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is being met with appreciation by family advocates. |
| 7-9-09 RU-486 Cited in Rise of Chemical Abortion Chemical abortions accounted for roughly one-fourth of early abortions obtained by American women last year, according to a new study that cited improved safety in the using the so-called "abortion pill," RU-486. |
| 7-8-09 70 Percent Say Capitalism Good for America Seven in 10 Americans think capitalism is the economic system that's best for America, according to a recent poll. |
| 7-8-09 Focus on the Family Helps to Find Homes for Colorado's Children Manager at Department of Human Services says 'Thanks' for unprecedented collaboration. |
| 7-8-09 National Education Association's Left Leanings On Display. An outgoing executive of the National Education Association (NEA) took the opportunity at the union's convention this weekend to lambaste conservatives and tout the union's leftist leanings. |
| 7-8-09 Pro-Life Amendment Defeated in House Committee A 13-year-old ban on federal funding for Washington D.C., abortions, called the Dornan Amendment, has failed to pass the full House Appropriations Committee, by a vote of 26-33. |
| 7-7-09 N.H. Governor's Popularity Tanks after Gay Marriage Legalized After signing gay marriage into law in June, New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch is watching his approval ratings fall. |
| 7-7-09 Obama Policy Encourages Embryo Destruction Guidelines for federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research offer incentives for experiments that end human life and have not successfully treated disease. |
| 7-7-09 Public Support for High Court Nominee Drops A new poll shows that U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor is falling out of favor with the American public, a development that may be tied to the current high court's reversal of one of her decisions. |
| 7-7-09 Young Adults Learn Christian Legal Principles Liberty University School of Law will host TeenPact Judicial (TPJ), a chance for young adults interested in the field of law to get practical instruction. |
| 7-6-09 California Considers Anti-Family Bills in the Midst of Budget Crisis The California Legislature is busy considering bills that threaten California families at a time when the state faces a mounting $26 billion budget deficit. |
| 7-6-09 D.C. Affirms Out-of-State Same-Sex Marriages Same-sex marriages performed in other states will now be recognized in the District of Columbia. |
| 7-6-09 Join Focus on the Family Action President Jim Daly at the Values Voter Summit The president of Focus on the Family Action, Jim Daly, will join a long list of leaders in the conservative movement as a speaker at the 2009 Values Voter Summit: Rise to the Challenge, Rally to the Cause. Daly has made headlines in recent weeks for his visit to the White House to discuss the importance of fatherhood. |
| 7-6-09 NEA Votes to Undermine Marriage The National Education Association (NEA) has passed an action item that amounts to an endorsement of same-sex marriage — as well as a call to oppose national laws protecting one man, one woman marriage. |
| 7-6-09 New Study: Sexual Orientation Can Be Changed Peer-reviewed scientific survey looks at more than a century of research to determine that those with unwanted same-sex attractions can benefit from therapy and should continue to have access to it. |
| 7-2-09 'Pastor to Pastor' Celebrates 100th Edition Focus on the Family's audio series aimed at strengthening pastors and their families has completed its 100 edition. |
| 7-2-09 Delaware Notches Pair of Pro-Family Wins A Planned Parenthood bill that would have restricted parents' access to their children at an abortion clinic has failed in the Delaware Legislature, and lawmakers also passed tougher restrictions on sexually oriented businesses. |
| 7-2-09 GE Commits to Destructive Stem-Cell Research General Electric Co. (GE) has announced plans to partner with a U.S. Biotech company, Geron Corp., to test new drug treatments using human embryonic stem cells. |
| 7-2-09 NEA Eyes Vote Opposing Traditional Marriage Laws The National Education Association (NEA) – the nation's largest teachers union with more than 3 million members – could be poised to vote on a brazen endorsement of gay marriage at its annual convention in San Diego this weekend, according to sources attending the convention. |
| 7-2-09 What I Mean By 'We Want to See More Families Like Obama's' The president's policies leave a lot to be desired, but we need more men to follow his commitment to being a husband and father. |
| 7-1-09 Abstinence Money Goes by the Wayside Title V funding, a source of federal money that helps pay for abstinence-until-marriage education, officially ended Tuesday. Family advocates are bemoaning the fact that it wasn't a high priority to reinstate. |
| 7-1-09 Democrats Sign Letter Opposing Taxpayer-Funded Abortions Nineteen Democrats have signed on to a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying they will not vote for the president's health-care reform unless it specifically excludes taxpayer funding for abortion. |
| 7-1-09 Horror Film Spawns 'Orphans Deserve Better' Campaign Adoption advocates have launched a campaign to counter the message of a new R-rated horror film called Orphan, about a couple that adopts an orphan who terrorizes their lives. |
| 7-1-09 Poll: More Americans Say Democrats are 'Too Liberal' 'The American people are very dissatisfied with the direction of the country.' |
| 6-30-09 Obama Makes Big Policy Promises to Gays At a White House celebration, the president chastises those who "still hold fast to worn arguments" about God's design for human sexuality. |
| 06-30-09 ADF Challenges Order Allowing Minors Access to Plan B The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) is hoping to prevent over-the-counter distribution of the so-called morning-after pill to minors. |
| 6-30-09 Help Protect the Pre-Born The House Financial Services Appropriations Subcommittee has approved its annual appropriations bill with language to gut the longstanding ban on taxpayer funding for abortion in the District of Columbia. |
| 06-30-09 High Court Won't Hear Bible-Club Case The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to take the case between Kentridge High School near Seattle and two former students who wanted to form a Bible study group. |
| 6-30-09 S.C. Pro-Family Group Encourages Support for Sanford's Wife Political pundits and tabloid watchers have been taken with the sex scandal of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford. Less attention has been given to what many are calling the courageous response of his wife, Jenny. |
| 6-29-2009 FRC Launches Health-Care Conscience-Rights Site Congress will continue its retooling of the U.S. health-care system when members return from their break next week. Committee votes could come quickly, with full congressional action shortly thereafter. |
| 6-29-2009 Pornography’s Harm Spotlighted in New Billboard Campaign People in four Indiana cities (Anderson, Huntington, Kokomo and Fort Wayne) are seeing roadside billboards that depict a distraught woman with the caption “Is Porn the Other Woman? Porn doesn’t stay private.” |
| 6-29-2009 R.I. Still Only N.E. State Without Gay Marriage Rhode Island will remain the only New England state not to embrace same-sex marriage, at least until the Legislature reconvenes in September. |
| 6-29-2009 Supreme Court Overturns Sotomayor Decision Some family advocates consider the Ricci case a good example of Sotomayor’s "empathetic" approach to judicial decisions. |
| 6-26-09 Chicago Elementary Schoolkids to March in City's Gay-Pride Parade. Children as young as kindergartners could be taking part in Chicago's upcoming gay-pride parade. |
| 6-26-09 Friday Five: Chad Hills Focus Action gambling analyst discusses the damaging influence of casino interests in Pennsylvania and nationwide. |
| 6-26-09 Right to Pray to Jesus to be Voted on in California The Lodi, Calif., City Council is considering a resolution that would ban the mention of Jesus and other specific religious in prayers before city meetings. |
| 6-26-09 Southern Baptist Convention Encourages Adoption The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) tackled a couple of important family issues – adoption and homosexuality — at its just-concluded annual meeting. |
| 6-25-09 Cap-and-Trade Bill Would Cost Families The U.S. House of Representatives is expected today to consider a "cap-and-trade" bill, which, if passed, could cost families thousands annually, according to analysts. |
| 6-25-09 Parental Rights at Stake in Consideration of U.N. Treaty The Obama administration is trying to revive efforts to have the U.S. ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). CRC treats children like adults by giving them the same rights as adults. |
| 6-25-09 Porn Makes Its Way to iPhone 'This is absolutely a 'toe in the water.' They are trying to determine how viable selling porn is.' |
| 6-25-09 Virginia Ban on Partial-Birth Abortion Ruled Constitutional The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday to uphold the constitutionality of Virginia's partial-birth abortion ban, passed by the General Assembly in 2003. The full court reversed a previous decision by a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit that determined the ban was unconstitutional. |
| 6-24-09 House Hate-Crimes Bill May Target Pro-Life Servicemen and Women Senate Republicans have called a hearing Thursday to discuss proposed hate- crimes legislation. The contentious language would elevate some victims of violent crimes over others. |
| 6-24-09 Gay-Activist Movement to be Honored at White House Event comes just months after the Obama administration failed to acknowledge the National Day of Prayer with East Room celebration. |
| 6-24-09 Pro-Life Bills Close to Law in Arizona Two important pro-life bills are one step closer to becoming law in Arizona. |
| 6-24-09 Tennessee Ends Planned Parenthood Funding Tennessee lawmakers have decided about $1.1 million normally allocated for Planned Parenthood will now go to local health organizations. |
| 6-23-09 Frank Brings Back Wider-Ranging ENDA U.S. Rep. Barney Frank is taking another shot at passing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) – complete with special protections for the transgendered. |
| 6-23-09 Religious Leaders Urged to Oppose Hate-Crimes Bill 'Please tell your congregation this legislation is about taking away your freedom to speak and preach biblical truth.' |
| 6-23-09 TV Couple's Divorce Decision Causes Web Frenzy Jon & Kate Gosselin of the TLC reality show Jon & Kate Plus 8 ended weeks of speculation Monday night, announcing on air their plans to divorce. The media have been speculating for weeks whether the couple would split, and their decision to do so was a hot topic today on the Internet. |
| 6-23-09 Three Bills Backed by Pro-Family Leaders Before Louisiana Legislature Louisiana lawmakers are considering three bills endorsed by the state's family advocates – but only one seems to have a good chance of becoming law. |
| 6-22-09 Gay Activists Want Pro-Family FPC Rep Ousted from Civil Rights Commission Kevin Smith, executive director of Cornerstone Policy Research, is under attack from gay activists who want him removed from his new appointment at the New Hampshire Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. |
| 6-22-09 Obama Disbands Bush Bioethics Panel Group advised White House on issues such as embryonic stem-cell research and human cloning. |
| 6-22-09 Royals Balk at Recognizing Pro-Life Group Missouri Right to Life is crying foul after the Kansas City Royals baseball team removed the pro-life group's name from its Web site after protests abortion supporters protested. |
| 6-22-09 Texas Supreme Court Supports Home Ministry for Ex-Prisoners The Texas Supreme Court has unanimously ruled in favor of a church ministry that serves ex-prisoners. The case, Pastor Rick Barr & Philemon Homes, Inc. v. City of Sinton, was the first to come before the high court asking for interpretation of the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act (TRFRA). |
| 6-19-09 ACLU Bullies Schools Teaching Abstinence A California school district is being bullied by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) for teaching abstinence education. |
| 6-19-09 Another Gay Activist In Line for White House Post It appears the Obama administration is poised to name a gay activist to the position of chief deputy to the assistant secretary of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). |
| 6-19-09 Friday Five: Focus President Jim Daly 'I had a sense of the Lord being my father through all my growing-up years.' |
| 6-18-09 Support for Same-Sex Marriage Plummets New poll finds only 33 percent of Americans favor, a 9-point drop since April |
| 6-18-09 Congress Gets Tough with Craigslist More than two dozen members of Congress have sent a letter to those behind Craigslist, saying they are "deeply disturbed by the number of crimes" that resulted from the "Erotic Services" section on the popular Web site. |
| 6-18-09 Pro-Life Provisions Remain in Key Legislation Congress is working on spending bills, some of which include restrictions on funding for abortions. |
| 6-18-09 U.S. Civil Rights Commissioners Oppose Hate-Crimes Bill The Hate Crimes Prevention Act has gotten a thumbs-down from members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in the form of a letter to Senate leaders saying the proposed legislation "will do little good and a great deal of harm." |
| 6-17-09 Italian Song Tells Redemptive Ex-Gay Story An award-winning song in Italy is angering gay activists with its message that unwanted homosexuality can be overcome. In fact, some in the pro-gay movement have petitioned the Italian government to prevent the song from getting played. |
| 6-17-09 Obama Undermines Marriage With Same-Sex Benefits Memo President ‘thumbed his nose at the rule of law’ to placate gay critics, family advocates say. |
| 6-17-09 PBS Bans Religious Programming PBS, citing what it says is a rule that has been on the books for 25 years, has issued a ban on new religious programs to local affiliates. |
| 6-17-09 Prayer Vigil Set for This Weekend at Tiller Clinic Pro-lifers will gather this weekend at the former abortion clinic run by the late George Tiller as part of “A Time for Healing … A Time for Life,” an event to encourage prayer vigils throughout Wichita, Kan. |
| 6-16-09 Conservatives Almost Double Liberals in U.S. A new Gallup poll shows that the number of Americans who identify themselves as conservatives is nearly double the number that calls themselves liberal. |
| 6-16-09 D.C. Voters Lose Say in Same-Sex Marriage Debate Washington, D.C., elections officials have blocked a proposal that would let voters decide on whether the nation's capital will recognize same-sex marriages performed outside the District. |
| 6-16-09 Hate-Crimes Vote Promised by August Family advocates worry about "chilling effect" such a law could have on religious free speech. |
| 6-16-09 Study: Internet May Cut Into Family Time Increased Internet usage, especially activity on social-networking sites, has likely bred decreased family unity, according to a new poll. |
| 6-15-09 Bill Seeks to Promote Overseas Abortions Family advocates are concerned about legislation that would promote abortion overseas through the creation of an Office for Global Women's Issues. |
| 6-15-09 FRC Calls Nation to Pray Americans nationwide have the opportunity to pray for the country July 5, when the Family Research Council (FRC) hosts Call 2 Fall. |
| 6-15-09 Judge Orders End to Muzzling of St. Louis Christians A federal judge has issued an order permanently prohibiting the city of St. Louis from banning a Christian ministry from distributing literature at an annual gay- pride event. |
| 6-15-09 Nation's 11th Largest Newspaper Profiles Focus CEO Jim Daly Focus on the Family President and CEO Jim Daly was the subject of a Page 1 feature in Saturday's edition of the Denver Post, the 11th largest newspaper in the nation. |
| 6-12-09 Friday Five: Promise Keepers Founder Bill McCartney 'I believe we'll see the beginnings of the greatest move of God in our lifetimes.' |
| 6-12-09 New York to Use Taxpayer Money to Buy Human Eggs There was no period of public comment. |
| 6-12-09 Sotomayor 'Never Thought About' Rights of the Preborn Jordan Lorence, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, said he's concerned by the fact that Sotomayor has never ruled in an abortion case. |
| 6-12-09 University Panel Hears from Love Won Out Speaker Dr. Brown said the event was less a panel discussion and more a presentation by Wayne Besen. |
| 6-11-09 Campaign Aims to Raise Awareness of Sex Trafficking Las Vegas often is the destination for trafficked children. |
| 6-11-09 Documentary Explores Debate over Stem-Cell Research Wesley J. Smith, a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute, presents a pro-life perspective. |
| 6-11-09 House OKs Foreign-Relations Bill that Could Promote Abortion 'Our elected representatives have no business using the diplomatic strong arm of the United States to avidly promote abortion.' |
| 6-11-09 Pro-Family Groups Take a Stand against Online Gambling 'The effects of gambling are pervasive, and they need to be stopped.' |
| 6-10-09 Is Marriage on the Chopping Block in Washington, D.C.? Residents might get to weigh in on the issue. |
| 6-10-09 New York May Use Taxpayer Money to Buy Human Eggs t would be the only state to tacitly endorse a cash-for-eggs scheme. |
| 6-10-09 Ten Years Later, 'Choose Life' License Plates Going Strong 'Our vision is to see the plates in all 50 states.' |
| 6-10-09 UCLA Will Allow Graduate to Mention Jesus 'We are pleased that UCLA officials understand that denying religious liberty to students is a violation of the First Amendment.' |
| 6-9-09 Foreign-Relations Bill Could Promote Abortion H.R. 2410 also would require the U.S. government to track violence in other countries that is 'based on actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity.' |
| 6-9-09 Marriage Advocates Rally in New York Republicans now control the state Senate, after two Democrats switched their party affiliation. |
| 6-9-09 Tiller's Abortion Clinic to Remain Closed 'The closing of this clinic — albeit under tragic circumstances — will give women another opportunity to reconsider abortion and choose life.' |
| 6-9-09 Vermont School District Funds Gender Program Instead of learning about the two biological sexes, about a dozen students from Burlington School District are learning about 'a whole world full of different genders.' |
| 6-8-09 50,000 People Weigh in on Embryonic-Research Guidelines It's clear this is an issue the public feels strongly about. |
| 6-8-09 Ask University to Include Love Won Out Perspective The 'Religion and Homophobia' panel discussion seems awfully one-sided. |
| 6-8-09 Family Advocates Grow Increasingly Concerned by Sotomayor Obama has said he wants Sotomayor confirmed before the August recess. |
| 6-8-09 Pro-Life Women Call on Congress to Oppose Taxpayer-Funded Abortion 'Polls show a majority of Americans oppose the use of their tax dollars to fund abortion.' |
| 6-5-09 Britain Forces Faith-Based Adoption Agencies to Sacrifice Principles 'Even though there were agencies that cater to homosexual adoption, that wasn’t enough.' |
| 6-5-09 Friday Five: Ministry Leaders Frank and Anita Worthen California couple helps those with unwanted same-sex attractions. |
| 6-5-09 Life Advocates to March for the Preborn Dr. Alveda King will join the march, which is sponsored by Alabama Citizens for Life. |
| 6-5-09 San Diego County Apologizes for Targeting Bible Study They originally told the Rev. Dave Jones to stop hosting his study — which draws about 15 people — because it was an 'unlawful use of land.' |
| 6-4-09 Christian Rally Set for Same Day as Gay-Pride Parade 'We need worshippers, intercessors, musicians, soul-winners, walkers, talkers and believers of every age, color and size.' |
| 6-4-09 Legislation Would Protect Minors from Abortion Then-Sen. Barack Obama voted against identical legislation in 2006. |
| 6-4-09 New Hampshire Law Jeopardizes Religious Liberties Despite Wednesday's vote, the definition of marriage remains non-negotiable for the majority of Americans. |
| 6-4-09 PBS May Crack Down on Religious Content Letter from lawmakers asks for a 30-day public comment period. |
| 6-3-09 Court Bans Bible from Kindergarten Show-and-Tell 'The message that the school sent to this vulnerable kindergarten child was that his religion is not welcome.' |
| 6-3-09 Dr. Dobson Thanks Facebook Fans 'Knowing that the next generation includes godly, passionate young people gives me great hope for the future of our nation.' |
| 6-3-09 Immigration Legislation Undermines Federal Marriage Law 'Marriage is something this country definitely depends on for a thriving next generation.' |
| 6-3-09 New Hampshire Legalizes Homosexual 'Marriage' Kevin Smith, director of Cornerstone Policy Research, said he was very disappointed. |
| 6-2-09 Capturing Children’s Minds 'Can we really afford to teach the next generation that there is nothing distinctive or beneficial about having a mother and a father?' |
| 6-2-09 FCC Appointments Critical to Preserving Broadcast Decency Congress has charged the FCC with the responsibility of enforcing broadcast decency law. |
| 6-2-09 Tiller's Abortion Clinic May Remain Closed 'Killing is never the answer, whether it’s an unintended pregnancy or to stop abortion.' |
| 6-2-09 Turnabout is Fair Play: Liberty Counsel Files Complaint with IRS Americans United suggested Liberty University should lose its nonprofit status because it dropped endorsement of the school's College Democrats club. |
| 6-2-09 Young Conservatives Make Waves with Internet Video 'They specifically talk about the importance of marriage, the importance of being pro-life.' |
| 6-1-09 Ask Congressional Leaders to Allow Vote on Broadcaster Freedom Act Congressional Democrats long have threatened to reinstate the so-called Fairness Doctrine, which would force radio stations to "balance" opinions on controversial issues. |
| 6-1-09 Dr. Dobson Condemns Tiller Slaying Focus on the Family founder and chairman emeritus James C. Dobson, Ph.D., issued the following statement Sunday on the slaying of late-term abortionist George Tiller: |
| 6-1-09 Mayors in Illinois Oppose Gambling Initiative Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn soon may sign a bill allowing up to five video-gambling devices in businesses where liquor is served. |
| 6-1-09 New Hampshire Hurtles Toward Same-Sex 'Marriage' 'Unfortunately, with the majority that’s in power, they feel they can just break the rules.' |
| 6-1-09 Pro-Life Leaders: Murder is Always Wrong 'Violence in the name of protesting abortion is immoral, unjustified and horribly harmful to the pro-life cause.' |
| 5-29-09 ADF Secures Victory for Detroit Church American Atheists had argued the downtown church should not have received a grant to give the community a face-lift ahead of the 2006 Super Bowl. |
| 5-29-09 County Considers Special Protection Based on Sexual Orientation Caleb Price, research analyst at Focus on the Family, said the average person has no idea how dangerous such ordinances are. |
| 5-29-09 Friday Five: Journalist David Brody Washington insider calls the president a 'very nuanced gentleman' who sees '10 to 11 sides of an argument.' |
| 5-29-09 Gay Activist Named to Senior Post in Education Department Family advocates expect Jennings to take his activist agenda with him to his new post in the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. |
| 5-28-09 Abortion Debate is Changing 'After a life of being pro-choice, I began to seriously ponder the question.' |
| 5-28-09 Focus on the Family Joins White House Meeting on Adoption 'The Obama administration is really listening.' |
| 5-28-09 Life Advocates Step in to Help as Abortion Numbers Rise 'Our goal is to emphasize that there are resources available, and there are better answers than abortion.' |
| 5-28-09 Marriage Advocates Seek Referendum in D.C. Signatures to bring the issue to the ballot must be obtained by July 6. |
| 5-28-09 San Diego County Tells Pastor to Cancel Home Bible Study Jones said he faces fines if he continues to host the group of about 15 people. |
| 5-27-09 California School District to Teach Elementary Kids about Homosexuality 'This curriculum defines family as a group of people living together.' |
| 5-27-09 Focus Hosts U.N. Briefing on Marriage, Family European nations are seeking to add sexual orientation as a protected human right. |
| 5-27-09 Gay Activists Call on IRS to Investigate Maine Diocese A 'people's veto' is in the works in Maine after the Legislature legalized same-sex 'marriage' this month. |
| 5-27-09 Life Advocates Troubled by Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor has ruled in just two cases related to abortion, and she was obligated to follow Supreme Court precedent. |
| 5-26-09 California Supreme Court Upholds Marriage-Protection Amendment The court upheld the legality of approximately 18,000 same-sex 'marriage' licenses issued last year before Prop. 8 passed. |
| 5-26-09 Conservatives Wary of Supreme Court Nominee 'She disregards the notion of judicial impartiality.' |
| 5-26-09 Nevada Governor Says 'No' to Domestic Partnerships 'I believe that because the voters have determined that the rights of marriage should apply only to married couples.' |
| 5-26-09 Out-of-Wedlock Birthrate Doesn't Faze Most Americans Just a few decades ago, the numbers were markedly lower, yet the country seemed more concerned. |
| 5-26-09 Pressing Ahead in the Fight against Broadcast Indecency 'We have an opportunity to show our children through words and actions that society need not look like network TV.' |
| 5-26-09 Research Links Homosexuality with Childhood Abuse 'Sexual abuse derails a boy’s growing sense of masculinity and identity.' |
| 5-22-09 Federal Legislation Introduced to Protect Marriage in D.C. Thirty states protect marriage in their constitutions. |
| 5-22-09 Friday Five: Author and Researcher Paul J. Batura A special assistant to Dr. James Dobson discusses his new biography of another radio legend: Paul Harvey. |
| 5-22-09 Most in U.S. Oppose Judicial Activism, Support Abortion Regulations Eighty-two percent of the 800 respondents strongly opposed or somewhat opposed a nominee for the Supreme Court who supports late-term abortion. |
| 5-22-09 Rhode Island Considers Public Cord-Blood Bank Stem cells found in cord blood have been used to treat diseases and conditions such as leukemia and lymphoma. |
| 5-21-09 Ask Obama Administration to Protect Human Embryos Life advocates have until Tuesday, May 26, to submit comments on the guidelines. |
| 5-21-09 Colorado Governor OKs Taxpayer-Funded Gay Benefits Taxpayers will foot the bill for the benefits, which include health care. |
| 5-21-09 Does Legalizing Abortion Abroad Protect Women’s Health? Analysis shows that modern medicine, not abortion, holds the key to reducing maternal mortality in the developing world. |
| 5-21-09 House Committee Approves Flawed State Department Bill Proposed transportation benefits for same-sex partners of foreign service members were removed from the bill. |
| 5-20-09 ADF Takes Pro-Life License Plates to Supreme Court Steven Aden, senior legal counsel for ADF, said the message should not be censored. |
| 5-20-09 Is New Hampshire Headed Toward Same-Sex 'Marriage'? After a close vote today, the Legislature will negotiate the different bills before the session ends in June. |
| 5-20-09 Legislation Would Protect Kids from Morning-After Pill The Schoolchildren’s Protection Act (HR 2458) has 40 co-sponsors. |
| 5-20-09 Parents Allow 8-Year-Old Boy to Live as a Girl Jeff Johnston, research analyst at Focus on the Family, said they are being steered in the wrong direction. |
| 5-19-09 Abstinence Funding in Jeopardy Congress is not obligated to implement the president's recommendation. |
| 5-19-09 Christians to Gather July 5 to Pray for Nation’s Healing 'America is a nation in moral crisis.' |
| 5-19-09 Exodus Launches Web Site for Pastors 'We are asking churches to come on board that are committed to being caring communities and loving people and discipling them in Christ.' |
| 5-19-09 Judicial Liberals in Line for Supreme Court Seat Nearly two-thirds of voters say the court's decisions should be based on what is written in the Constitution. |
| 5-18-09 Craigslist CEO Wants Apology from Attorney General Craigslist has pledged to eliminate its 'erotic services' category and create an 'adult services' section instead. |
| 5-18-09 Obama Stirs Up Abortion Debate at Notre Dame President says we need to work together to reduce abortions, but his policies tell a different story. |
| 5-18-09 Oklahoma Legislature Bans Human Cloning The bill prohibits all human cloning — including the creation of embryos for the purpose of harvesting their stem cells, and reproductive cloning. |
| 5-18-09 State Department Funding Bill is Full of Problems The bill proposes offering transportation benefits to same-sex partners of foreign service members, as well as Peace Corps volunteers. |
| 5-15-09 Keep Taxpayer Money from Funding Abortions in D.C. President Barack Obama is urging the House and Senate to repeal a law that has prevented taxpayer-funded abortions in the District of Columbia. The law – the Dornan Amendment – has prevented tax-funded abortions in D.C. for several years. |
| 5-15-09 Friday Five: Marriage Advocate Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse 'I came to the conclusion that there was a real desire among college students for lifelong married love.' |
| 5-15-09 More Americans are Pro-Life, Report Says Americans are more pro-life than pro-abortion, according to a new Gallup poll. |
| 5-15-09 New Hampshire Governor to Veto Gay Marriage Bill if No Religious Protections New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch said Thursday he will not sign the state's same-sex marriage bill if it is not amended to protect religious groups. |
| 5-19-09 Broadcast: Dr. Dobson Discusses Dangers of Hate-Crimes Bill 'What you can do is pray; pray for this great nation.' |
| 05-14-09 Congressmen Celebrate America's Spiritual Heritage Some members of Congress have introduced a bill – H.R. 397 – that would declare the first week of May as America's Spiritual Heritage Week. |
| 5-14-09 Forty Percent of Babies Born to Unwed Moms The number of babies being born to unwed mothers has increased significantly in the U.S. in the past five years, according to a report by the National Center for Health Statistics. |
| 5-14-09 Swedish Doctors Approve Sex-Selective Abortions Swedish health officials say it's legal to have sex-selective abortions up to 18 weeks of pregnancy, allowing mothers to abort their babies based solely on their sex. |
| 5-13-09 Adult Stem Cells Solve Embryonic Research Problems The irony is adult stem cells are already ahead of embryonic stem cells when it comes to spinal-cord injuries. |
| 5-13-09 Don't Miss Early-Bird Discount for Values Voter Summit In addition to Gov. Perry, confirmed speakers include Focus Action President Jim Daly, U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Ken Blackwell, Star Parker and Phyllis Schlafly. |
| 5-13-09 House Resolution Would Recognize America's Spiritual Heritage The initiative has 38 co-sponsors. |
| 5-13-09 Same-Sex 'Marriage' Spreads through Northeast 'This is a divisive and polarizing effort driven by the need to play to the Democrats’ donor base.' |
| 5-13-09 Senate Hears Positive Testimony on D.C. Scholarship Program Every witness spoke in favor of the program. |
| 5-12-09 Miss California USA Keeps Her Crown Trump defended Carrie Prejean and her 'very, very honest answer' on marriage. |
| 5-12-09 'Polyamorists' Call for Group Marriage They claim there’s no reason to confine a marriage to two people and are calling for 'equal marriage rights.' |
| 5-12-09 Ask Senate to Oppose Radical State Dept. Nominee 'Harold Koh believes Americans should be subject to the views of foreign and international bureaucrats.' |
| 5-12-09 Norfolk, Va., Agrees to Respect Constitutional Rights of Christians The Alliance Defense Fund sent a letter to city officials clarifying the constitutional right to religious free speech. |
| 5-11-09 Dr. Dobson Praises Miss California as She Faces Loss of Crown 'Carrie has steadfastly defended marriage between a man and a woman, in the face of crushing criticism.' |
| 5-11-09 FCC Flooded with Complaints of Broadcast Indecency The FCC recently won a Supreme Court ruling allowing the agency to continue issuing fines for indecency, but pro-family groups are concerned these efforts will stop under the Obama administration. |
| 5-11-09 Kansas Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Planned Parenthood Case Cheryl Sullenger, senior policy adviser for Kansas-based Operation Rescue, said her group is watching the case closely. |
| 5-11-09 Senate Holds Hearing on D.C. Scholarship Program So far, however, Democrats in the U.S. Senate have refused to preserve the 5-year-old program that helps 1,700 low-income students. |
| 5-8-09 Friday Five: Pro-Life Hero Kristan Hawkins 'When I popped in (the) tape … I knew abortion was murder and I had to do everything I could to stop it.' |
| 5-8-09 N.H. Poll Shows Majority Supports Marriage The poll comes as a bill to legalize homosexual 'marriage' heads to Gov. John Lynch’s desk. |
| 5-8-09 Obama Wants to Cut Funding for Abstinence Education 'Members of Congress would be well-advised to listen to youth and parents in their districts who overwhelmingly support these valuable programs.' |
| 5-8-09 President Pushes Taxpayer-Funded Abortions in D.C. The 2010 budget proposal comes as a White House-initiated panel meets to pursue so-called common ground on abortion. |
| 5-7-09 Americans Unite in Prayer Dr. Dobson says he is disappointed by Obama's lack of emphasis on prayer. |
| 5-7-09 Craigslist CEO Could Face Prosecution 'Craigslist is certainly making it easier for sexual traffickers who want to traffic children and adults in America.' |
| 5-7-09 Federal Bill Would Add Pro-Gay Policies to Public Schools 'If we care about maintaining control of our schools and not exposing our school officials to threats from political activists, then we should be very concerned about this bill.' |
| 5-7-09 Gay-Activist Tim Gill Pours Money into New Hampshire His money also has helped pro-gay candidates win seats in California, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, New York and elsewhere. |
| 5-6-09 Ask Obama Administration to Protect Human Embryos 'Instead of promoting the adoption of these human embryos, these draft guidelines would require their death.' |
| 5-6-09 Maine Legalizes Homosexual 'Marriage' A "people's veto" is in the works; it allows voters to place an issue on the ballot. |
| 5-6-09 Pro-Family Leaders Support Miss California USA 'Standing on a national stage and defending marriage meant more for the cause of marriage than anything else.' |
| 5-6-09 Rep. Barney Frank Introduces Bills to Expand Gambling 'Frank is pushing dangerous, foreign gambling policy down the throats of U.S. citizens and families.' |
| 5-6-09 Study Links Teen Sex to Childhood TV Habits 'When they see sexual activity on television, it becomes part of their reality.' |
| 5-5-09 FCC's Leftist 'Diversity Committee' to Meet 'The Left ... intends to silence conservative and Christian talk via broadcast license manipulation.' |
| 5-5-09 Obama: No White House Observance for National Day of Prayer 'At this time in our country’s history, we would hope our president would recognize more fully the importance of prayer.' |
| 5-5-09 Senate Committee to Take Up Hate-Crimes Legislation If the legislation passes, pastors could be prosecuted under the federal inducement statute. |
| 5-4-09 Don't Miss National Day of Prayer Live Broadcast In addition, an online prayer rally will allow people from around the world to unite in praying for America. |
| 5-4-09 Court Told to Reconsider Fine over Janet Jackson The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court threw out a $550,000 fine against CBS last year. |
| 5-4-09 Fewer Americans Support Abortion 'We want justice and peace — for the unborn as well as the born.' |
| 5-4-09 North Carolina Offers Text-Message Sex Advice to Teens Bill Brooks, president of the North Carolina Family Policy Council, said he is concerned about the lack of parental oversight. |
| 5-1-09 California Supreme Court Sides with Christian School The 4th District Court of Appeal ruled in January that private religious schools exist mainly to instill their values in young people. |
| 5-1-09 Friday Five: Gambling Researcher John Warren Kindt 'You cannot gamble your way to prosperity, but you can gamble your way into more recessions and even depression.' |
| 5-1-09 Obama Gets to Choose Replacement for Justice Souter Bruce Hausknecht, judicial analyst at Focus on the Family Action, said Obama should choose carefully. |
| 5-1-09 Rep. Barney Frank Works to Overturn Gambling Regulations 'Rep. Frank fails U.S. citizens through his irresponsible promotion of greedy, foreign gambling interests, which seek to exploit our nation and its people for monetary gain.' |
340,000 Support Doctors' Freedom of Conscience 'If the Bush regulations are reversed and the trend to discriminate continues, people of faith and strong conviction will stop going into medicine.' |
| 4-30-09 Former President Bush Thanks Dr. Dobson, CitizenLink Wwo binders filled with e-mails were hand-delivered to the White House in December. |
| 4-30-09 Hate-Crimes Bill May Add Protection for Pedophiles Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., introduced a similar bill in the Senate on Tuesday. |
| 4-30-09 Miss California Featured in National Marriage Ad The ad features Carrie Prejean's response to a question from pageant judge Perez Hilton, a gay-activist blogger. |
| 4-29-09 Life Advocates Gather to Take On Assisted Suicide The Second International Symposium on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide will bring together top speakers on the topic. |
| 4-29-09 Six Arrested at Michigan Sex Club; Teen Girl Rescued from Ohio Strip Joint 'Lawlessness and sexually oriented businesses too often go hand in hand.' |
| 4-29-09 Supreme Court Empowers FCC to Clean Up TV 'This is a step in the right direction to once again make television a safe form of entertainment.' |
| 4-29-09 U.S. House Creates Special Legal Status for Gay People Under the "hate-crimes" legislation, pastors could be prosecuted for preaching the biblical view of homosexuality. |
| 4-29-09 A Look Back at Obama's First 100 Days 'I would hope he would do more to protect families in this country.' |
| 4-28-09 Craigslist CEO Ignores Sex-Related Content 'I would not describe any section of our site as "sex related."' |
Hundreds of Marriage Advocates Rally in D.C. 'All of us are concerned that this is the nation's capital and that what happens here will affect the nation.' |
| 4-28-09 Senate Confirms Sebelius to Lead Health Department Sebelius has admitted tax problems and failed to report $23,000 in campaign contributions from notorious abortionist George Tiller. |
| 4-28-09 U.K. Teaches 11-Year-Olds about Homosexuality; San Francisco Schools Launch Pro-Gay Web Site 'A taxpayer-funded school district now has an entire division dedicated to promoting homosexuality.' |
| 4-27-09 A New Gender for Each Day of the Week? 'Scripture joins biology and human experience in forcefully proclaiming God’s design for the sexes.' |
| 4-27-09 Abstinence-Education Funding in Jeopardy 'It’s really a travesty when a political agenda is put ahead of the health of youth.' |
| 4-27-09 Family Advocates Gather in Prayer for Foster Children Hundreds of prayer vigils for children in foster care are planned across the country May 17-24. |
| 4-27-09 Focus Marriage Conference Available on DVD "Focus on Marriage" features inspirational messages, powerful worship and biblical truths. |
| 4-27-09 Hate-Crimes Bill Threatens Pastors For years, Focus on the Family and other pro-family groups have issued warnings about federal hate-crimes legislation. |
| 4-27-09 Legal Experts to Debate Pastors' Right to Address Political Issues The issue of a pastor's right to speak freely from the pulpit rose to the national stage last year when ADF launched the Pulpit Initiative. |
| 4-24-09 ADF Offers Help to Iowa Employees Who Stand for Marriage 'Government employees who believe in marriage as the union of one man and one woman should not be penalized for abiding by their beliefs.' |
| 4-24-09 Department of Homeland Security Labels Pro-Lifers as Right-Wing Extremists Dr. Janice Crouse, senior fellow at the Beverly LaHaye Institute, said the department is on a rampage against people with biblical views. |
| 4-24-09 Friday Five: Beth Moore In an exclusive interview with CitizenLink, the renowned Bible study leader talks about her role in this year's National Day of Prayer. |
| 4-24-09 Marriage Advocates to Rally in D.C. 'Everybody has to come together and really work on this issue collectively.' |
| 4-24-09 Sebelius Vetoes Pro-Life Legislation SB 218 would have required abortionists to report specific reasons for late-term abortions. |
| 4-23-09 A Case of Religious Persecution 'If Carrie Prejean were in favor of gay "marriage," she’d actually be in the minority of Americans.' |
| 4-23-09 Apple Pulls 'Baby Shaker' iPhone Application The Wall Street Journal reported the "game" was developed by Sikalosoft, and featured illustrations of a crying baby whose eyes become covered in red Xs when the iPhone is shaken vigorously. |
| 4-23-09 Craigslist Prostitution Sting Nets 50 Arrests Linda Smith, president of Shared Hope International, said it's important to stop both the buyers and the sellers in the commercial sex industry. |
| 4-23-09 FDA OKs Morning-After Pill for 17-Year-Olds The pills contain high concentrations of the hormones found in birth-control pills. |
| 4-23-09 House Committee Approves Hate-Crimes Legislation 'Every human being in the world deserves to be equally protected, no matter who they are.' |
| 4-22-09 'Hate-Crimes' Bill Headed for a Vote 'In order to crack down on hateful behavior, thoughts and expression must also be targeted.' |
| 4-22-09 Miss California USA Receives Flood of Support Carrie Prejean finished as first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant Sunday after saying she believed 'marriage should be between one man and one woman.' |
| 4-22-09 Schlafly to Receive Dobson Vision and Leadership Award 'With incredible grace, Phyllis Schlafly has articulated the vision of the conservative movement since revolutionizing it in 1964.' |
| 4-22-09 Thank Republicans for Opposing Sebelius Sebelius has admitted tax problems, and failed to report $23,000 in campaign contributions from notorious abortionist George Tiller after being asked by the committee to reveal such information. |
| 4-21-09 Intolerance Marks Pro-Gay Day of Silence Karen England, executive director of California's pro-family Capitol Resource Institute, has received a phone message suggesting she "go kill herself” and a threat that included an image of a coffin. |
| 4-21-09 Adult Stem Cells Can Help Heal Broken Bones Preliminary results found that 93 percent of those with an unhealed bone fracture had significant healing and pain control after 8 to 12 weeks of treatment. |
| 4-21-09 Miss California USA Loses Crown after Defending Marriage 'It's not about being politically correct. For me, it was being biblically correct.' |
| 4-21-09 Study: 3 Million American Kids May Be Addicted to Video Games Lead researcher Douglas Gentile found 8.5 percent of all youths who play video games exhibited such symptoms. |
| 4-20-09 Embryo Adoption Brings Dreams to Life Cara and Greg Vest first heard about embryo adoption when Hannah Strege, the world's first "snowflake" baby, was featured on Dr. James Dobson's radio show. |
| 4-20-09 House Committee Takes Up 'Hate-Crimes' Bill Similar laws have been used to prosecute religious speech in the U.S. and abroad. |
| 4-20-09 New Guidelines Likely Mean More Embryos Will Be Destroyed The draft regulations are limited to so-called "excess embryos" from fertility clinics, but pro-life leaders say the nation is headed toward more life-destroying research. |
| 4-20-09 Senate to Vote on Pro-Abortion Justice Nominee Johnsen is the former legal director for NARAL Pro-Choice America. |
| 4-16-09 Students Take a Stand on Day of Truth The initiative comes three days after the pro-homosexual Day of Silence. |
| 4-16-09 College Settles Lawsuit, Allows Free Speech on Campus 'Christians shouldn’t be arrested for expressing their beliefs on public college campuses.' |
| 4-16-09 Georgetown University Covers Jesus Symbol for Obama Speech 'It really was an outrage, and it suggests an identity crisis at Georgetown University.' |
| 4-16-09 Oppose Nomination of Pro-Abortion Sebelius 'The revelations that Gov. Sebelius owed back taxes and (has) deep financial ties to the abortion industry invite a serious question about her integrity.' |
| 4-15-09 Answering Newsweek — Again The magazine has distorted what the Bible says about marriage. Now, it overlooks the results of its own poll and other data showing Christianity’s influence in the U.S. |
| 4-15-09 British Worker Suspended over Christian Beliefs He reportedly told a co-worker he was opposed to same-sex "marriages" and to homosexual clergy. |
| 4-13-09 Focus on the Family Unveils True Tolerance Web site Initiative equips parents to counter homosexual activism in schools. |
| 4-15-09 Texas Lawmakers Call for Planned Parenthood Investigation The Department of State Health Services has ordered four clinics in San Antonio to stop providing unlicensed abortion services. |
| 4-15-09 Values Voter Summit Offers Hope, Encouragement This dynamic event will be held in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 18-20. |
| 4-14-09 Dr. Dobson Sets the Record Straight on 'Hannity' - WATCH NOW Dr. Dobson requested the opportunity to appear on the show to clarify erroneous media reports that have gained nationwide attention in recent days claiming he has given up fighting for pro-family causes. |
| 4-14-09 Newsweek Heralds the End of Christian America Glenn Stanton, director of family formation studies at Focus on the Family, responds to the latest assault on Christianity. |
| 4-14-09 Paper That Rejected Love Won Out Ad Not Telling Whole Story to Readers The San Antonio Express-News has been inundated with calls and e-mails from subscribers upset that the newspaper rejected an ad Focus on the Family sought to place announcing its Love Won Out conference this Saturday, April 18. |
| 4-14-09 Protect Children from Harmful Media Pro-family Americans have a unique opportunity to contact the FCC. |
| 4-14-09 Sebelius Fails to Report Donations from Tiller If confirmed, she would be in a position to profoundly influence federal and state policies on abortion, rights of conscience, bioethics and end-of-life issues. |
| 4-14-09 Thousands of TEA Parties Set for Wednesday 'On tax day, we get to remind Washington that we pay the bills for all of their pork-barrel spending.' |
| 4-13-09 300,000 Preborn Babies Killed at Planned Parenthood The abortion giant generated more than $1 billion in the most recent fiscal year — including about $350,000 in taxpayer money. |
| 4-13-09 Bumper Sticker Shock The couple in the drive-thru apparently were oblivious to the story told by the stickers on their vehicle. |
| 4-13-09 Newspaper Rejects Ad for Love Won Out Conference Gary Schneeberger, vice president of media relations at Focus on the Family Action, said the newspaper clearly has a double standard. |
| 4-13-09 Study: Pre-Teens Engage in Risky Sex Licensed counselor Steve Earll said early sexual involvement often leads to addictive behavior, and can also be considered sexual abuse. |
| 4-9-09 Reports of Our Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated 'In their haste to pronounce us dead, reporters routinely ignore the most profound grass-roots uprising of our era.' |
| 4-9-09 Adult Stem Cells Show Promise for Damaged Corneas The findings suggest that ethical cell-based therapies might be an effective way to treat human corneal blindness and vision impairment. |
| 4-9-09 Americans Gather for TEA Parties The big events are set for April 15 — tax day. |
| 4-9-09 Research Shows Internet Gambling Most Addictive Yet, some congressional Democrats are pushing to legalize online gambling in the U.S. |
| 4-8-09 Americans Support Medical Professionals' Freedom of Conscience 'Forcing doctors, nurses, pharmacists or others in the health care field to violate their conscience will ultimately jeopardize patients.' |
| 4-8-09 Abortionists Ignore Real Needs of Women They do not touch on the root causes that drive women to abortion clinics. |
| 4-8-09 D.C. Scholarship Students Outperform Public School Peers 'Parents are truly satisfied at how their children are doing.' |
| 4-8-09 Pro-Life Legislation Moves Through Tennessee House The constitutional amendment would overrule a pro-abortion state Supreme Court ruling from 2000. |
| 4-7-09 Doctors Refuse to Help Patients Kill Themselves Doctors in Montana are refusing to cooperate with a court decision allowing physician-assisted suicide, saying their role is to care for patients, not help them kill themselves. |
| 4-7-09 Increased Gambling is a Losing Bet Why are states continuing to exploit their residents? |
| 4-7-09 Medical Professionals Seek White House Meeting on Freedom of Conscience Doctors, nurses, pharmacists and medical students will gather Wednesday in Washington, D.C., to present polling data and request a meeting with the White House over their right to practice medicine according to their morals. |
| 4-7-09 Vermont Redefines Marriage to Include Homosexual Couples Forty-three states have laws that protect marriage as the union of one man and one woman, including 30 constitutional amendments. |
| 4-7-09 White House Flooded with Red Envelopes An estimated 2 million red envelopes were mailed to the White House last week, according to the project's Web site. |
| 4-6-09 A Call to Prayer: National Observance Takes Place in Early May Beth Moore will join Dr. and Mrs. Dobson to lead the nation in prayer. |
| 4-6-09 California's 'Gender Identity' Law Goes on Trial SB 777, which went into effect Jan. 1, 2008, prohibits teaching or any activity that "reflects adversely upon" or "promotes a discriminatory bias" because of sexual orientation or gender. |
| 4-6-09 Pastor Enters Third Week in Jail for Pro-Life Stand Life advocates from around the world can send him letters of encouragement. |
| 4-6-09 Pro-Abortion Legislation Fizzles in Illinois House 'This is a great victory for life and a blessing from God, but that doesn't mean we can sit back and take it easy.' |
| 4-3-09 Death Tax May Shrink; Conscience Protections in Jeopardy Common victims of the death tax are small-business owners and farmers. |
| 4-3-09 Friday Five: Family and Social Researcher Glenn Stanton 'Conservatives are more likely to live by the ideals they believe, which is very good news.' |
| 4-3-09 Iowa Supreme Court Strikes Down Marriage Law 'There was simply no legitimate reason for the court to redefine marriage.' |
| 4-3-09 Majority of College Students Choose No-Commitment Sex Chad Hills, research analyst at Focus on the Family Action, said there is nothing casual about sex. |
| 4-3-09 Threatened with Loss of Funding, University of Maryland Cancels Porn Movie University President C.D. Mote Jr. canceled the free showing of Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge, which is billed as a "XXX blockbuster" by its distributor and is the most expensive porn movie ever made, at $10 million. |
| 4-2-09 Christians Continue to Give During Tough Times Ron Blue, president of Kingdom Advisors, said the recession could change Americans for the better. |
| 4-2-09 Court Employees Can Resume Lunchtime Bible Study In denying employees access to empty offices, the court misunderstood the Constitution. |
| 4-2-09 FAA Employee Wins Religious-Speech Case 'Government agencies have no right to harass and threaten employees who choose to express their religious faith in a manner that does not disrupt the workplace.' |
| 4-2-09 Pro-Life Lawmakers Take a Stand Special meeting on the House floor addresses Planned Parenthood, pro-abortion nominee Dawn Johnsen. |
| 4-1-09 New York's Highest Court Will Hear Same-Sex 'Marriage' Case ADF sued in August 2006 after Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano ordered county agencies to recognize out-of-state same-sex “marriages.” The second suit came in May 2007. |
| 4-1-09 Q&A with Talk-Show Host and Author Mark Levin He issues a thought-provoking clarion call for conservative activism in his new book, Liberty and Tyranny. |
| 4-1-09 Retired Officers Oppose Homosexual Military Service On Tuesday, their open letter was delivered to the White House, Pentagon and members of Congress. |
| 4-1-09 Right to Life Disinvited from Annual Michigan Parade Festival Director Tamra Bouman said Tulip Time has a policy against issue-oriented parade entries but didn't enforce it. |
| 3-31-09 Federal Legislation Would Stop Abortion Based on Race, Gender It is estimated that 50 percent of African-Americans babies conceived in the U.S. are aborted, compared to an estimated 15 percent of white preborn babies. |
| 3-31-09 Four Years Later: Remembering Terri Schiavo Second annual Terri's Day fosters education, prayer and activism regarding discrimination against the disabled. |
| 3-31-09 Hillary Clinton: Abortion at Top of International Agenda Secretary of State was honored by Planned Parenthood with the Margaret Sanger award. |
| 3-31-09 Oppose Resurrection of Death Tax The U.S. Senate is expected to vote Thursday on an amendment to stop Obama's plan from taking shape. |
| 3-31-09 Study: Provocative Images of Women Lead to Objectification Daniel Weiss, senior analyst for media and sexuality at Focus on the Family Action, said the brain scans in the study demonstrate how sexualized media can create a situation that distorts a godly view of women. |
| 3-30-09 Abstinence Education Funding Cut; Population Fund Gets $50M The U.N. population funding was cut under President George W. Bush because of the group's participation in forced abortion and sterilization policies. |
| 3-30-09 Facing Confirmation Hearings, Sebelius Signs Pro-Life Bill The new measure requires women be given the option of seeing an ultrasound or listening to a fetal heart monitor before an abortion. |
| 3-30-09 Texas Allows Critique, Examination of Evolution The board had voted against a similar measure earlier in the day, but after a flood of calls and e-mails, the board apparently decided to give Texas children a chance to discuss all sides of popular scientific theories. |
| 3-30-09 What's the Difference between Liberals and Conservatives? New study shows conservatives are much more likely to have a strong faith and believe the Bible. |
| 3-26-09 Hawaii Defeats Civil Unions; Northeast Welcomes Same-Sex 'Marriage' 'The cost of eroding marriage will manifest itself in future generations.' |
| 3-26-09 On Tuesday, Drop Red Envelopes in the Mail 'Maybe it will change the heart of the president.' |
| 3-26-09 Portland Ministry Helps Those with Unwanted Same-Sex Attractions Participants sign up for a 20-week session and are assigned a mentor. |
| 3-26-09 Resolution Counters President’s Plan to Reduce Charitable Tax Deductions President Barack Obama’s budget framework proposes reducing the deduction, which would result in less charitable giving. |
Take Action - Special Message for Vermont Help Protect Marriage in Vermont! Please contact your state representative and ask him or her to oppose SB 115. |
| 3-25-09 Gainesville, Fla., Voters Support Gender-Identity Ordinance In Kansas, the Senate recently sent similar legislation back to committee, where it's likely to stay. Colorado passed similar legislation into law last year. |
| 3-25-09 Abstinence-Education Funding in Jeopardy Senate Budget Committee is expected to vote Thursday on key amendment. |
| 3-25-09 Documentary Provides Hope for Those Hurt by Abortion 'It is our hope that this program will expose the truth about abortion and guide those who are hurting out of the dark valley.' |
| 3-25-09 Pro-Abortion Justice Nominee Faces Bipartisan Opposition 'Johnsen has condemned virtually every type of regulation of abortion conceived by a legislature.' |
| 3-24-09 Values Voters Again Will Gather in Nation's Capital 'I encourage you to come to Washington, D.C. You won't want to miss this year's summit.' |
| 3-24-09 Defend Marriage in Hawaii Gay-activist groups reportedly have asked their supporters from across the U.S. to call Hawaii senators. |
| 3-24-09 Judge Orders Morning-After Pill Be Made Available to Teen Girls 'This ruling jeopardizes girls' health and the ability of parents to care for their daughters' physical and emotional well-being.' |
| 3-24-09 Rep. Barney Frank Calls Justice Scalia a 'Homophobe' Tom Minnery, senior vice president of government and public policy at Focus on the Family Action, said it is inappropriate for a congressman to make such comments. |
| 3-23-09 Catholics Outraged after Notre Dame Invites Pro-Abortion Obama 'There’s a clear contradiction between his policies and that which a Catholic institution is presumably bound to promote.' |
| 3-23-09 Marriage Advocates in California Sue over Unending Harassment Brian Brown, executive director of the National Organization for Marriage, said the goal of the lawsuit is to protect future donors. |
| 3-23-09 New York Teacher Invites Seventh-Graders to Same-Sex 'Wedding' Candi Cushman, education analyst at Focus on the Family Action, said that despite claims that gay "marriage" has nothing to do with education, there is growing evidence to the contrary. |
| 3-23-09 Take Action - Special Messages for New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Texas Tom Minnery, senior vice president of government and public policy at Focus on the Family Action, has a special radio message for voters in three states. Please listen to the messages and contact your lawmakers, as suggested. |
| 3-23-09 Trial Begins for Notorious Abortionist George Tiller 'We are placing our confidence not in the court or the jury or any work of man, but in the divine justice of an Almighty God.' |
| 3-20-09 Court Denies Recognition to Christian Student Group The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a California law school can deny funding and recognition to a campus Christian club because the group excludes membership to homosexuals and non-Christians. |
| 3-20-09 Friday Five: Timothy Goeglein 'It is vitally important men and women of faith become involved in politics and policymaking, and to know that you can be involved without having to compromise your most deeply held moral beliefs.' |
| 3-20-09 Religious Displays in Church-Owned Post Office Ruled Unconstitutional The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) is challenging a federal district-court ruling that religious displays in a church-owned postal store are unconstitutional. |
| 3-20-09 Unwed Births Reach 40 Percent, CDC Reports Births to unwed mothers in the U.S. reached an all-time high of about 40 percent, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Wednesday. |
| 3-19-09 Minnesota Introduces Marriage Amendment Minnesota House members will introduce an amendment this week to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. |
| 3-19-09 Obama Nominates Liberal Judge Touted as 'Moderate' 'If this is what the Obama administration considers 'moderate' then I think the nation is in trouble.' |
| 3-19-09 Obama's Attack on Medical Civil Liberties Candidate Barack Obama offered a compelling but formless message of hope and change. |
| 3-19-09 Senate Moves on Obama's Nominees The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committe today voted 11-7 to send anti-family liberal Dawn Johnsen to the full Senate for a confirmation vote. |
| 3-18-09 Evangelicals Disappointed in Obama Some Christian leaders who supported the Obama campaign are beginning to show frustration with our new president over what they say are broken promises. |
| 3-18-09 Hospice Chaplain Resigns Over 'God' Ban A hospice chaplain in Florida has resigned in protest to a ban on use of the words "God" and "Lord" in public settings. |
| 3-18-09 Media Ignores Adult Stem-Cell Successes 'We ought to be pouring all of our resources on the ethical and successful adult stem cells.' |
| 3-18-09 STOP Child Trafficking Now Targets Sex Predators UNICEF, the UN organization charged with the protection of children worldwide, estimates 1.2 million children are trafficked each year within countries, as well as across borders. |
| 3-17-09 Missouri House Passes Stricter Abortion Bill The Missouri House passed a bill Friday, 115-43, that bans coercing pregnant women into getting abortions. |
| 3-17-09 Ask Government to Protect Rights of Conscience President Barack Obama wants to overturn rules put in place by his predecessor that protect health care providers' freedom of conscience. |
| 3-17-09 Compassion International Raises $3.1M to Fight World Hunger Compassion International was joined by nearly 1,000 Christian radio stations across the country last week to raise money for Global Food Crisis Awareness Day. |
| 3-17-09 Texas Appeals Court Upholds Moment-of-Silence Law 'A moment of silence is not a government endorsement of religion just because someone might use the time for prayer.' |
| 3-16-09 AIDS, HIV Rates in Washington, D.C. Surpass West Africa Nearly 3,000 of every 100,000 residents in Washington, D.C. over age 12 have HIV or AIDS. A recent report from the George Washington University School of Health and Health Services said it only takes 1 percent to reach a "generalized and severe" epidemic. |
| 3-16-09 Commentary: Preserving Marriage in Substance, Not Just Name 'Much more than the private union of consenting adults, marriage is vitally important for the well-being of our nation's children.' |
| 3-16-09 FRC to Host Lecture on Dangers of Casual Sex More than 900,000 unwanted pregnancies and 19 million new sexually transmitted infections occur each year in the U.S. The Family Research Council will address these alarming statistics in a lecture Wednesday, March 25, entitled "Why Isn't Anyone Telling Our Kids About the Other Dangers of Casual Sex?" |
| 3-16-09 New Hampshire Considers 'Bathroom Bill' Last week, New Hampshire's House Judiciary Subcommittee voted 3-2 to pass a bill that would open all public restrooms and locker rooms to people of the opposite sex. |
| 3-13-09 Christian Doctor Fired for Ties with Christian Group The city of Minneapolis suspended Dr. Michael Campion, a psychologist who administered employment testing for the city, after officials learned of his affiliation with the Illinois Family Institute, a pro-family, Christian organization. |
| 3-13-09 Fertility Clinic Cancels Plans to Offer 'Designer Babies' A Los Angeles fertility clinic that claimed last month it would help couples create "designer babies" is backing off its plans in response to criticism. |
| 3-13-09 Friday Five: Susan Dutton Freund 'The very best opportunity you will ever get to grow into Christ-likeness is to learn how to remain in loving covenant with another fallible human being.' |
| 3-13-09 Gay Activists Work to Undo California Marriage Amendment Gay activists in California are working to undo California's marriage amendment, known as Proposition 8, through two proposed initiatives for the 2010 elections. |
| 3-12-09 Colorado Woman Sues Abortionist for Live Birth Dionne Dotson went to Dell L. Bernstein, M.D., for an abortion, but later gave birth to a healthy baby. She's suing the abortionist, alleging negligent medical treatment "causing injuries resulting from the pregnancy, delivery and financial burden of raising an unplanned child." |
| 03-12-09 North Carolina Judge Ordered Homeschool Mom to Place Kids in Public School A judge has ordered a mom to place her three home-schooled children in public school – even though the kids were excelling. |
| 3-12-09 Pennsylvania Cop Punished for Refusing to Arrest Christians Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) filed a lawsuit Monday against officials of Pennsylvania's Kutztown University and its police chief. The officials punished a police officer who refused to arrest a group of Christians sharing their faith on campus. |
| 3-12-09 Senate Confirms Porn Lawyer as Deputy Attorney General Ogden "has a poor record of protecting children from the exploitations of child pornography and obscenity." |
| 3-11-09 ADF Sues after College Rejects Pro-Life Event The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) filed suit Monday after a community college refused to allow a pro-life event on campus because of its "discriminatory" message. |
| 3-11-09 California Porn Producers Plead Guilty A California couple pleaded guilty today to violating federal obscenity laws for making and distributing sexually explicit films that depicted rape and murder, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. |
| 3-11-09 D.C. Students Likely to Lose Scholarships under Obama Budget 'Parents are lined up to give their children a better future through the Opportunity Scholarship.' |
| 3-11-09 Online Gambling Increases while Casinos Struggle The economic downturn is affecting casinos, but not online wagering. |
| 3-10-09 Connecticut Legislation Targets Catholic Church Instead of bishops and pastors, the state would install a board of laymen. |
| 3-10-09 Embryonic Research is Financially Risky, Scientifically Unproven Obama is demanding taxpayers pour their hard-earned dollars into risky investments and go where most venture capitalists and drug companies fear to tread. |
| 3-9-09 Families Struggle to Balance Budgets during Tough Times 'Our responsibility as Christians is to be found faithful with what God has entrusted to us, however much or however little.' |
| 3-10-09 Florida’s Adoption Law Faces another Day in Court Judge Cyndi Lederman, a Miami-Dade County circuit judge, ruled homosexual couples have a constitutional right to adopt children. |
| 3-10-09 More Americans Identify as Nondenominational, Evangelical 'This report is mostly good news.' |
| 3-11-09 Take Action - Special Messages for Colorado, N.D., Vermont, Washington, W.Va. Tom Minnery, senior vice president of government and public policy at Focus on the Family Action, has a special radio message for voters in five states. |
| 3-9-09 Religion in America is on the Decline 'George Washington said that we should not entertain the notion that we could have a free country in the absence of morality and religion.' |
| 3-9-09 Obama Creates Incentive to Destroy Tiny Human Embryos In another blow to family advocates, the president also wants to overturn rules that protect health care providers' freedom of conscience. |
| 3-9-09 Research Shows Kids Learn Right, Wrong at a Young Age So is it nature or nurture that sets the moral compass? Family advocates say it’s some of both. |
| 3-6-09 Focus on the Family’s Truth Project Expands its Reach An Arabic version is in production, and it is soon to be released in French and Spanish. |
| 3-6-09 Friday Five: Pro-Life Hero Richard Doerflinger ‘The obsession with stem cells obtained by destroying embryos has little to do with evidence of therapeutic benefit, and a great deal to do with being able to manipulate human life.’ |
| 3-6-09 Illinois Christian Schools Told to Silence Prayers before Sporting Events Several Christian schools complained about the policy to the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF). |
| 3-6-09 North Carolina Upholds Abstinence Message Many states adopted abstinence education and received federal funding when Congress designed the programs in 1996. |
| 3-5-09 Pro-Life Provisions Face a Battle in 2010 Spending Bills Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., and 27 other senators have sent a letter supporting the pro-life provisions to the Senate Appropriations Committee. |
| 3-5-09 California Supreme Court Hears Arguments over Marriage Amendment 'We want to restore the traditional definition that has been in place since this state was founded.' |
| 3-5-09 Even in Tough Times, Families Make Home Schooling Work Before the recession, the ranks of home-school students had been growing by an estimated 8 percent annually. |
| 3-5-09 National Day of Prayer under Attack from Atheists ‘We pray without fear of retribution.’ |
| 3-4-09 ADF Sues after Tennessee School Scrubs ‘God’ from Student Posters 'It’s ridiculous as well as unconstitutional to cover up these references to God and prayer.' |
| 3-4-09 75,000 People Gather for Premier Focus Marriage Conference 'The success of the event will be measured in the lives of the men and women who participated, and in their families.' |
| 3-4-09 College Won’t Let Church — or Anyone Else — Rent Space 'Such a disappointing move does not reflect well upon Broome’s desire to serve the community.' |
| 3-4-09 Legislation Would Add Funding for Destructive Embryonic Stem-Cell Research President Barack Obama supports embryonic stem-cell research. |
| 3-4-09 Red Envelopes Represent Abortion Deaths ‘Maybe it will change the heart of the president.’ |
| 3-3-09 Obama Takes Aim at Health Care Workers’ Rights of Conscience The Office of Management and Budget announced Friday it is considering a proposal to do away with the regulations. |
| 3-3-09 Abortion Activist Chosen to Lead Federal Health Department ‘There is nobody in America that is more radically sold out to the abortion lobby than Kathleen Sebelius.’ |
| 3-3-09 Gay Couples Sue over Federal Marriage Law The Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman, was passed by an overwhelming majority in the House and Senate in 1996 and signed by President Bill Clinton. |
| 3-3-09 New Mexico Protects Benefits of Marriage SB 12 failed by a vote of 25-17 after churches rallied against it. |
| 3-2-09 Focus on the Family Staff Reacts to Dr. Dobson’s Decision to Step Down 'Jim and Shirley Dobson are going to continue to minister in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.' |
| 3-2-09 Rush Limbaugh Calls on Conservatives to Rise Up 'In nearly 20 years of going to CPAC, I have never seen the reaction to one speech as I saw in the reaction to Rush Limbaugh’s speech.' |
| 3-2-09 Senate Committee Ignores Outcry, Confirms Porn Lawyer Sen. Specter said he has never seen so much opposition from voters — 11,000 phone calls, letters and other contacts. |
| 3-2-09 Supreme Court Refuses to Take Case on Team Prayer Bruce Hausknecht, judicial analyst at Focus on the Family Action, said the case should not affect other coaches across the country. |
| 2-27-09 Dr. James Dobson Steps Down as Focus on the Family Chairman Latest development in natural transition alleviates more administrative burden; will continue to appear on daily radio program |
| 2-27-09 Ninth Circuit Upholds Church's Constitutional Rights The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a ruling Wednesday that held a Montana church in violation of the law for speaking about the state's marriage amendment. |
| 2-27-09 Senate Votes on So-Called Fairness Doctrine The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to pass a ban on the so-called Fairness Doctrine. The archaic doctrine would force radio stations to offer opposing viewpoints on controversial issues. |
| 2-27-09 Victim Wins Restitution in Internet Porn Case A federal judge has ordered a former Pfizer executive to pay $200,000 to a teen girl whose image he had downloaded from a child porn site on the Internet. |
| 2-26-09 Congress Passes Pro-Abortion Spending Bill The U.S. House on Wednesday passed the 2009 omnibus bill, which includes language to undermine the Kemp-Kasten Amendment, the pro-life provision that prevents federal funding from going to organizations that support or participate in coercive abortions or sterilization. |
| 2-26-09 GLSEN's TransAction Day Pushes Transgenderism in Schools 'There is a very radical, extreme agenda at play here.' |
| 2-26-09 Hawaii Considers Civil Unions The Hawaii House passed a bill to legalize civil unions, despite the fact that state law defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman. |
| 2-26-09 Kansans Stand Against Gambling Mulvane, a small town in central Kansas, is being divided by an attempt to bring gambling to the area. After the city took action to bring a casino to the town, residents mobilized in opposition to the plan. |
| 2-25-09 Bipartisan Group Introduces Pro-Life Initiative in U.S. House 'We would be doing a disservice to those unborn children if we make this a political issue.' |
| 2-25-09 ADF Sues after Church is Kicked off College Campus The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) filed suit Monday after a community college in New York kicked a church out of its rented facility, even though other groups are allowed to continue to rent space. |
| 2-25-09 Kentucky Lawmakers Take Up Pro-Family Legislation The Kentucky Senate soon will consider legislation that would preserve and protect families. |
| 2-25-09 Supreme Court Allows Local Government Control over Public Displays In a unanimous decision today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark First Amendment ruling clearing the way for local governments to place monuments of their choosing in public places. |
| 2-24-09 California Counselor Sues over Six-Week Suspension The teens listened to Switchfoot for about 10 minutes, which the children’s home considered an “unapproved religious activity." |
| 2-24-09 Community Pressure Convinces Porn Distributor to Give Up Convicted on obscenity charges, Virginia store owner says it's not worth the hassle to continue legal fight. |
| 2-24-09 Senate Considers Freedom of the Airwaves Sen. DeMint plans to offer the Broadcaster Freedom Act (S.34) to prevent the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from reinstating the Fairness Doctrine. |
| 2-24-09 U.S. Supreme Court Takes VFW Cross Case Congress tried to save the cross by transferring a small parcel of land to the VFW. |
| 2-23-09 Do You Feel Nervous about Calling Your Lawmakers? Focus Action is here to make the process as smooth as possible. |
| 2-23-09 Dr. Mohler Tackles Atheistic Dogma 'It is being repackaged in a very new way. It's really changing the landscape.' |
| 2-23-09 Feds Arrest Dozens of Accused Pimps, Rescue Teens from Sex Trafficking Operation Cross Country covered 29 cities and led to the arrests of more than 50 accused pimps. |
| 2-23-09 Oscar Winner Says Marriage Advocates Should Feel Shame In November, Californians approved Proposition 8, to amend their state constitution to define marriage as the union between one man and one woman. |
| 2-20-09 Friday Five: Florida Pastor Bob Coy 'You don’t need a lot; just go out there and do God’s Word.' |
| 2-20-09 Good Parenting Absent from Television 'We don’t have good role models on television anymore, and we don’t have good examples of what a family should look like or how families should interact.' |
| 2-20-09 Playboy Markets Directly to Children 'It should not be acceptable for your child to wear Playboy Bunny earrings.' |
| 2-20-09 University Uses Michelangelo Painting of God to Promote Condoms The university apologized after the Catholic League complained. |
| 2-19-09 Majority of Teens Look to Parents as Role Models 'Your kids are always watching what you’re doing and saying, so it becomes more incumbent upon parents to model appropriate behavior.' |
| 2-19-09 Nationwide Battle over Marriage Continues 'Unless you and your church family engage, we stand to lose a lot of important ground.' |
| 2-19-09 U.N. Report Details Scourge of Human Trafficking Linda Smith, founder of Shared Hope International, said the report doesn't tell the whole story. |
| 2-19-09 Wisconsin Groups Get Legal Backing to Pray ADF launched a nationwide effort in 2007 to inform public bodies of their constitutional right to open meetings with an invocation. |
| 2-18-09 California Jury Sides with Conscientious Firefighters The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) sued on the firefighters' behalf after the San Diego Fire Department forced them to participate in the parade and retaliated against them for complaining about the harassment they endured during the event. |
| 2-18-09 Government Ad Campaign Promotes Marriage The $5 million effort is led by the National Marriage Resource Center. |
| 2-18-09 Is There Freedom from Homosexuality? 'Love Won Out proclaims the truth that God continues to transform the lives of men and women who have same-sex desires.' |
| 2-18-09 Pope Reminds Pelosi about Church's Pro-Life Tenets Pope Benedict said legislators have a special duty to create 'a just system of laws capable of protecting human life at all stages of its development.' |
| 2-17-09 ABC Features First Lesbian 'Wedding' on Daytime TV In real life, same-sex "weddings" are rare. |
| 2-17-09 Focus Action Launches Pro-Life Petition Say 'No!' to taxpayer funding of the abortion industry. |
| 2-17-09 Hundreds Gather at Faith-Based Awards Show 'If folks like these keep coming to Hollywood, Hollywood is going to look very different in 50 years.' |
| 2-17-09 Pennsylvania Strip Club Forced to Close 'People do care; people do not want these clubs in their neighborhood.' |
| 2-16-09 Hawaii Takes Steps Toward Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Hawaii is following in the footsteps of New Hampshire, New Jersey and Vermont, which have legalized civil unions for same-sex couples. |
| 2-16-09 New York Court Upholds Free-Speech Rights ADF filed suit on Deferio's behalf in November 2008 and received a favorable judgment against the city last week. |
| 2-16-09 Senate Committee Delays Vote on Porn Lawyer Ogden 'He was selected by President Obama precisely because he's on the radical left side of these legal issues that are so prominent.' |
| 2-16-09 So-Called Fairness Doctrine Refuses to Die 'The idea that serious politicians would try to take a huge bite out of the First Amendment takes my breath away.' |
| 2-13-09 TV Stations Cancel Paid Ad about Homosexual Agenda AFA Chairman Don Wildmon said WSYX Channel 6 in Columbus rejected the program because it “did not represent positive Christianity.” |
| 2-13-09 Missouri House Calls on Obama to Respect State Abortion Laws Obama has promised to sign a measure called the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), which would eliminate virtually every federal, state and local measure that limits or restricts abortion. |
| 2-13-09 FRC Examines Stem-Cell Debate During a special webcast Thursday, Dr. David Prentice examined the stem-cell debate and the difference between hype and hope. |
| 2-13-09 Friday Five: Steve and Candice Watters 'While the upcoming generation has a strong desire for a good marriage and family life, they often don't have much of a blueprint.' |
| 2-12-09 Calif. Professor Mocks Student after Speech on Marriage; ADF Sues The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) sued the Los Angeles Community College District on Wednesday after a professor censored and threatened to expel a student following a speech about marriage and his Christian faith. |
| 2-12-09 Intelligent Design Belongs with Darwin in Classrooms; Political Correctness Does Not 'Those leading our public education systems constantly proclaim their love of diversity, tolerance and academic freedom. But actions speak louder than words.' |
| 2-12-09 Just 4 in 10 Americans Believe in Evolution A Gallup poll released this week shows that 39 percent of Americans say they "believe in the theory of evolution," while a quarter say they do not believe in the theory, and another 36 percent don't have an opinion either way, CNN reported. |
| 2-12-09 Pennsylvania Governor Pushes Gambling Expansion Gov. Ed Rendell wants to put 70,000 video poker machines in bars, restaurants and social clubs throughout Pennsylvania. Ironically, this comes on the heels of British research that further confirms the highly addictive nature of modern video gambling machines – and how "near misses" trick the brain into gambling more. |
| 2-12-09 States Take Up Pro-Life Legislation Lawmakers in Arizona, Arkansas and Kansas defend human life. |
| 2-11-09 ADF Sues after N.J. Police Silence Free Speech 'Free speech does not have a price tag.' |
| 2-11-09 California Uses Taxpayer Money to Push Gay Adoption 'The truth is that children are best served by a home that provides both father-love and mother-love.' |
| 2-11-09 Federal Pro-Life Provisions in Jeopardy 'Many Americans do not wish to see their tax dollars used for any organization that provides abortion services.' |
| 2-11-09 Most Want Both Sides of Evolution Debate Taught The poll, commissioned by the Discovery Institute, found both Democrats and Republicans overwhelmingly support discussions for and against evolution. |
| 2-10-09 Judge Rules in Favor of Christian Club Liberty Counsel had sued Elk River Area School District #728 on behalf of Child Evangelism Fellowship of Minnesota. |
| 2-10-09 California Teachers Supported Marriage Amendment Same-sex 'marriage' is 'one more thing that is not going to help' students. |
| 2-10-09 Illinois Lawmakers Work to Change the Definition of Marriage Rep. Harris, who is openly gay, will handle the legislation as chairman of the brand-new Youth and Family Committee. |
| 2-10-09 Prevalence of Porn has Pro-Family Leaders Concerned. 'You don’t have to sit idly by while pornographers destroy our culture and our community.' |
| 2-9-09 Florida Republicans Call for Murder Charges after Baby Survives Abortion 'Anything less than murder charges being filed is unacceptable.' |
| 2-9-09 Oklahoma, New Mexico Consider Academic-Freedom Legislation The bills also protect students from being penalized if they want to discuss other opinions. |
| 2-11-09 Take Action - Left-Wing Activists Line up to Lead Justice Department 'Elena Kagan's lack of qualifications for the role of solicitor general is shocking.' |
| 2-9-09 Wyoming House Defeats Marriage Amendment The Legislature recesses for the year in March. |
| 2-6-09 Ben Stein Not Welcome at University of Vermont Stein has been critical of evolutionary theory and produced a 2008 documentary on intelligent design. |
| 2-6-09 Florida Doctor Loses License after Baby Survives Abortion Dr. Renelique was scheduled to perform the abortion but didn't arrive in time. |
| 2-6-09 Friday Five: Kelly Shackelford Texas attorney dissects Obama's radical agenda. |
| 2-6-09 Princeton Professor Monitors Obama on Pro-Family Issues Robert George said the Web site will record the president’s platform, as well as news on abortion, embryonic stem-cell research and marriage. |
| 2-6-09 Video Friday Five: Kelly Shackelford Texas attorney dissects Obama's radical agenda. |
| 2-5-09 Alliance Defense Fund Sues School after Bible Club is Excluded 'Christian student groups shouldn’t be discriminated against for their beliefs.' |
| 2-5-09 Capitol Hill Flooded with Phone Calls Ashley Horne, federal policy analyst at Focus Action, has a message for callers: 'Don't give up.' |
| 2-5-09 Family Groups Seek to Strengthen Marriages in Florida John Stemberger said the goal is to cut Florida's divorce rate by 10 percent. |
| 2-5-09 Public Opinion Turns against Economic-Stimulus Bill Tom Minnery talks with FRC Action President Tony Perkins and U.S. Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind. |
| 2-5-09 Why is the U.S. Exporting Death Instead of Life? Obama already has broken his campaign promise to reduce abortion. |
| 2-4-09 Obama's Judicial Nominees Stand on Anti-Family Principles Appointees represent 'everything the pro-family movement has fought against.' |
| 2-4-09 CitizenLink Joins Facebook, Twitter Communities 'Our goal is to make it easier for people to share pro-family news in an online place where they hang out with their friends.' |
| 2-4-09 Interview: Patrick Trueman on Obama Nominee David Ogden The former chief of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the Justice Department spoke with CitizenLink. |
| 2-4-09 U.S. Lawmakers Lobby for Pro-Life Amendments 'It’s a moral issue for so many of us here in Congress.' |
| 2-4-09 Wyoming House Set to Vote on Marriage Amendment A statewide telephone poll of registered Wyoming voters showed that more than 73 percent support a ballot initiative defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. |
| 2-3-09 Book Shows Teens Why True Love Waits The release of "Complete: A Life of Purity" comes just before Valentine's Day. |
| 2-3-09 College Democrats Wreck Pro-Life Display The 1,100 crosses were set up in remembrance of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision 36 years ago. |
| 2-3-09 Obama Steers Clear of Embryonic Stem-Cell Research Americans are not happy with his first anti-life decision. |
| 2-3-09 Parents Use Internet to Influence Schools Michelle Turner and hundreds of others in Montgomery County, Md., tapped the power of the Web. |
| 2-2-09 Communities Crack Down on Sex Shops 'This is another example of the success communities can have when they enact strong, constitutionally sound ordinances.' |
| 2-2-09 Families Outraged by Offensive Super Bowl Ads Melissa Henson, spokeswoman for the Parents Television Council, said parents should take action. |
| 2-2-09 Global-Warming Alarmist Advocates Abortion U.S. population expert calls hyped-up report an 'economic death warrant.' |
| 2-2-09 Several States Take Up Pro-Life Legislation 'What we're really talking about is information.' |
| 1-30-09 Friday Five: Pro-Life Hero Nancy McDonald 'I have never met a woman who was glad she had chosen abortion.' |
| 1-30-09 NBC Refuses to Air Pro-Life Ad during Super Bowl While the life ad was rejected because it is political, PETA simply was told to make a few edits to its ad. |
| 1-30-09 Republican National Committee Elects New Leader Michael Steele, the first African-American chairman of the RNC, serves as head of GOPAC. |
| 1-30-09 Thank Rep. Boehner for Defending the Preborn 'It was great to see Republicans, led by Boehner, take a stand for life.' |
| 1-29-09 Does It Get Any More Pathetic Than This? Wayward Catholic politicians accept millions from pro-abortion lobby and vote accordingly. |
| 1-29-09 135,000 People Sign Focus Action's Christmas Petition Focus on the Family Action is communicating with both groups of retailers on behalf of the 135,000 Americans who signed a Christmas petition to let companies know their treatment of Christmas did not go unnoticed. |
| 1-29-09 City Council in Iowa to Vote on Marriage Resolution The purpose of the resolution is to clarify the City Council's position on marriage. |
| 1-29-09 Congressional Democrats Want Limbaugh to Quiet Down The petition follows a warning from President Barack Obama that Republican leaders should stop listening to Limbaugh if they want a good relationship with Democrats and the new administration. |
| 1-29-09 Dr. Dobson Praises Football Star Kurt Warner Christian role model will play in Sunday's Super Bowl. |
| 1-29-09 Senate Republicans Acquiesce, Confirm AG Nominee Holder Eric Holder was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday by a vote of 17-2. |
| 1-28-09 California Court Sides with Christian School The court ruled that 'the whole purpose of sending one’s child to a religious school is to ensure that he or she learns even secular subjects within a religious framework.' |
| 1-28-09 Focus on the Family Hosts Marriage Simulcast 'Once couples begin to see their marriage through God’s eyes, it takes their relationship to a totally different level.' |
| 1-28-09 Former White House Aide Joins Focus Action 'My job is to tell the Focus story to people and to groups of influence.' |
| 1-28-09 House, Senate Consider Pro-Life Legislation Legislation would reinstate the Mexico City Policy after President Barack Obama eliminated it Friday. |
| 1-28-09 Most Americans Support Strict Interpretation of Constitution 'The survey reveals the American people are much more conservative regarding judges than our president is or any of the liberals in Congress.' |
| 1-27-09 College Dumps Restrictive Speech Policy Prior to the settlement, the college allowed "free speech" only on Tuesdays and Thursdays between noon and 1 p.m., with permission required two weeks in advance. |
| 1-27-09 Don’t Count the Pro-Life Movement Out Another pro-abortion president and his Freedom of Choice Act will not stop the fight to save lives. |
| 1-27-09 Planned Parenthood, ACLU Sue over Rights of Conscience The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) and Christian Legal Society have intervened in the case. |
| 1-27-09 State Department Workers Want Benefits for Same-Sex Partners 'This is just one way that they’re trying to dismantle the Defense of Marriage Act without going directly after the act.' |
| 1-27-09 What's Next for Makers of Fireproof? As family friendly blockbuster hits the DVD market, what will a Georgia church do for an encore? |
| 1-26-09 Ask Obama to Stop Using Tax Dollars to Support Abortion Industry The Mexico City Policy was put in place by President Ronald Reagan, reversed by President Bill Clinton and reinstated by President George W. Bush. |
| 1-26-09 Fox Show Highlights Teens' Faith "The Real Winning Edge" highlights young people who have overcome adversity with the help of their faith. |
| 1-26-09 Obama's Enduring Support for the Gay Agenda 'Homosexual "marriage" is certainly "change," but it’s clearly not the kind of change that most Americans want.' |
| 1-26-09 ‘No Name-Calling Week' Has a Hidden Agenda 'Schools are not required to encourage particular sexual behavior or certain views on sexuality.' |
| 1-23-09 Friday Five: Pro-Life Hero and Snowflake Mom Mitzi Bishop 'When they were little tiny seeds, God gave them to us and we adopted them.' |
| 1-23-09 Despite Pro-Abortion Views, Hillary Clinton Receives Wide Support Today, President Barack Obama was expected to reverse the Mexico City Policy. |
| 1-23-09 Dr. Dobson Celebrates Option Ultrasound Potentially, as many as 63,000 babies have been saved. |
| 1-23-09 FDA Authorizes Embryonic Stem-Cell Clinical Trials “It’s unfortunate to see these clinical trials being approved, since there’s no evidence that destructive embryonic stem-cell research will cure patients.' |
| 1-23-09 Pro-Life Senators Take a Stand 'We're going to win this fight because of your faith and your commitment to your work.' |
| 1-22-09 Roe v. Wade Costs 45 Million Babies Their Lives It's been a long road, but life advocates will never give up the fight. |
| 1-22-09 Dr. Dobson: 'Bundy Was Right' about Dangers of Pornography Friday marks 20th anniversary of Dr. Dobson’s conversation with notorious serial killer. |
| 1-22-09 Judge Rules against Moment of Silence in Illinois Schools U.S. District Judge Robert W. Gettleman claimed: 'The statute is a subtle effort to force students at impressionable ages to contemplate religion.' |
| 1-22-09 Republican Lawmakers Defend Life on House Floor 'We are on the side of justice, we are on the side of the innocent and the defenseless, and we are on the side of equal dignity for every human life.' |
| 1-21-09 Obama Plans to Use Tax Dollars to Fund Abortions Overseas Seventy-seven members of Congress have asked him to keep the Mexico City Policy in place. |
| 1-21-09 Obama Reveals the 'Change' He Will Bring ' This is the most bold and comprehensive pro-homosexual, abortion-friendly administration agenda we've ever seen.' |
| 1-21-09 Ohio's School-Choice Program on the Chopping Block The Ed Choice program has broad support from parents. |
| 1-21-09 Serial-Killer Ted Bundy's Dire Warnings About Pornography The evening before his execution, Bundy told Dr. James Dobson how violent pornography had laid the foundation for his coast-to-coast killing spree. |
| 1-21-09 U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Consider Porn Case The law has been stuck in the court system for 10 years and now is dead. |
| 1-20-09 ADF Defends Arkansas Policy that Reserves Adoption for Married Couples The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is up in arms after voters in Arkansas approved Act 1 in November. |
| 1-20-09 Abstinence-Based Sex Education under Attack, even as Study Suggests Condom Failure 'Comprehensive,' condom-based sex education doesn't seem to be doing much good. |
| 1-20-09 Christian Leaders Call for Prayer for Obama 'Barack Obama professes to follow Christ, and so his heart should be primed for a miraculous change of heart in his plans for the innocent preborn.' |
| 1-20-09 Maryland May Force Doctors to Provide Information on Suicide 'This death culture is not only a threat to vulnerable patients, it’s a threat to medical professionalism itself.' |
| 1-19-09 FCC Chairman Leaves a Lasting Legacy 'He never lost sight of who he works for — the American people, not corporations, not industries, but Americans.' |
| 1-19-09 Gainesville, Fla., to Vote on Statute that Caters to 'Transgendered' Individuals 'The statute says if they have an inner sense of being of a specific gender, then they can be that gender.' |
| 1-19-09 Gene Robinson's Prayer for the Nation and Obama The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson, Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire, said a prayer at the Lincoln Memorial on Jan. 18. |
| 1-19-09 Lifetime Movie Casts Christians in Ugly Role Family advocates are concerned the film on homosexuality tells only half of the story, leaving out the redemptive power of Jesus Christ. |
| 1-19-09 University of Wisconsin Plans Late-Term Abortion Clinic The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) said the plan likely would compel employees to participate in the abortions. |
| 1-16-09 Friday Five: Pro-Life Hero Sydna Masse 'Abortion is not the easy option everyone offers.' |
| 1-16-09 Holder Appears Headed toward Confirmation 'It is shameful that pro-family Republicans refused to question Holder on his future enforcement of federal adult-obscenity laws.' |
| 1-16-09 Judge Decides God is Welcome at Inauguration A group of atheists and agnostics, led by California atheist Michael Newdow, had sought to keep God out of the proceedings. |
| 1-16-09 Reclaiming our Country through Prayer As Inauguration Day arrives, it's a great time to renew our commitment to pray for those in authority. |
| 1-16-09 Web Site Aims to Unite Hollywood Conservatives Andrew Breitbart said his goal is to create a safe place to reveal a conservative bent. |
| 1-15-09 GOD TV Takes Love Won Out Message Around the World Love Won Out addresses the causes of male and female homosexuality, pro-gay theology and gay activism in the culture. |
| 1-15-09 Maine Appears Headed Toward Same-Sex 'Marriage' Damon's bill would repeal the Maine Defense of Marriage Act, which passed in 1997 and defines marriage as the union between one man and one woman. |
| 1-15-09 Obama Supported Gay 'Marriage' before He Opposed It 'Is this what Obama supporters meant by change we can believe in?' |
| 1-15-09 Postcard Campaign Targets Freedom of Choice Act All pro-life Americans are encouraged to get involved. |
| 1-14-09 Ask Senate Committee to Grill AG Nominee 'There are a number of items in Mr. Holder’s background which raise a question.' |
| 1-14-09 Louisiana Schools Allowed to Discuss Criticisms of Evolution Gene Mills, president of Louisiana Family Forum Action, said students will benefit from the Science Education Act. |
| 1-14-09 Obama Nominees Clinton, Duncan Receive Warm Welcome in Senate Ashley Horne, federal policy analyst at Focus on the Family Action, said the hearings have been nothing more than "coronation ceremonies." |
| 1-14-09 Rates of Chlamydia, Syphilis on the Rise Every year in the U.S., there are an estimated 19 million new cases of STIs — almost half of them among those age 15 to 24. |
| 1-14-09 The March of Death: A Culture Commits Suicide 'God has set before us life and death. And our culture is choosing death.' |
| 1-13-09 Casino Industry Targets Texas, Montana, Other States More than 60 gambling-related bills are sitting in 17 state legislatures. |
| 1-13-09 Congressman Introduces Pro-Life Legislation The bill lays the foundation for further legislation protecting the preborn. |
| 1-13-09 Eight Traits Characterize Teens Who Abstain from Sex The National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health identified eight personality and behavioral traits that were associated with both abstinence and academic achievement. |
| 1-13-09 Faith-Based Initiatives Pay Off President Bush's effort to direct federal funding to local groups has transformed thousands of lives. |
| 1-9-09 Dr. Phil Welcomes Focus on the Family Expert Glenn Stanton will again tackle the difficult topic of children who identify more with the opposite sex. |
| 1-12-09 Focus on the Family’s Option Ultrasound Program Celebrates 5 Years Dr. Dobson says: 'To all the women who have been impacted, may God bless you for choosing life for your babies.' |
| 1-12-09 March for Life Returns to Washington Nellie Gray, who founded the march and organizes it, said her main goal is to lobby lawmakers. |
| 1-12-09 Obama's Energy Team: Playing with Fire? The agenda will be the domain of Energy Secretary Steven Chu and climate czar Carol Browner. |
| 1-12-09 Public Health Group Supports Assisted Suicide, Abortion 'It's hypocritical for the APHA to claim they are protecting Americans from serious health threats while at the same time advocating for the killing of the weakest among us.' |
| 1-9-09 ADF Defends California Marriage Advocates More than 7 million voters supported Prop. 8 at the polls in November, but intimidation followed, as gay activists checked the list of donors. |
| 1-9-09 Friday Five: Pro-Life Hero Dr. David Prentice 'If we really cared about the patients first, we would focus on what works and what is ethical.' |
| 1-9-09 Montana Judge Reaffirms Assisted-Suicide Ruling 'The value of even one human life in Montana is more than sufficient reason for the court to hit the pause button.' |
| 1-9-09 Republicans Take a Stand for Talk Radio Congressional Democrats have threatened to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine. |
| 1-8-09 Daschle Faces Second Confirmation Hearing Daschle has been under fire from life advocates for his strong pro-abortion views. |
| 1-8-09 Exodus Expands Network 'When you call Exodus, we offer our point of view — which is biblical (and) redemptive, but also practical.' |
| 1-8-09 Planned Parenthood Applauds Senate Legislation Life advocates say it will do little to decrease abortions, as it claims. |
| 1-8-09 Richard Neuhaus Brought 'Gentle Spirit to Great Debates about Truth' He advised President George W. Bush on a range of religious and ethical matters. |
| 1-8-09 Students Encouraged to Celebrate Religious Freedom Day 'It’s important for Americans to be reminded that everyone is protected by the First Amendment.' |
| 1-7-09 House Democrats Change Rules to Silence GOP Shift could create 'the most closed Congress in history.' |
| 1-7-09 Radio Network Donates Obama Ad Money to Pro-Life Groups Bott distributed the $4,000 to pregnancy resource centers in Missouri and Indiana. |
| 1-7-09 Study Confirms Importance of Mom and Dad Janice Crouse, senior fellow at Concerned Women for America, said it's nice when the research backs up what we already know. |
| 1-7-09 Teen Birth Rate Soars in 26 States 'Since schools have our children for much of their adolescent lives, the message they give our kids about sexual activity is crucial.' |
| 1-6-09 Ask Senate Committee to Reject Daschle as Health Secretary Nominee shares Obama's radical abortion views. |
| 1-6-09 Bush Embraces Role as 'Comforter in Chief' His mission: to comfort the families of soldiers who died fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq and to lift the spirits of those wounded in the service of their country. |
| 1-6-09 Commentary: 'Safe, Legal and Rare?' 'If President Obama goes through with this unprecedented promotion of abortion, then pro-choicers will need to amend their mantra.' |
| 1-6-09 Federal Court Sides with Life Advocates 'Christians shouldn’t be penalized for expressing their beliefs.' |
| 1-6-09 Learn More about Obama's Cabinet Picks You can find background information, biographies and voting records on pro-family issues. |
| 1-5-09 Dr. Dobson Supports Blackwell to Lead RNC Republicans will vote during the party's winter meeting in Washington, D.C., later this month. |
| 1-5-09 Number of Home-Schoolers Soars The percentage of U.S. students who are home-schooled increased from 2.2 percent in 2003 to 2.9 percent in 2007, USA Today reported. |
| 1-5-09 Pro-Family Leaders: 'We’ve Got to be Active Citizens' Obama administration threatens marriage, life, other family values. |
| 1-5-2009 Pro-Life Message Needed as Economy Falters A year ago, abortions accounted for 1 percent of business at Planned Parenthood clinics in Fresno, Calif. Now, it's around 3 percent. |
| 1-2-2009 Family Advocates Tally 2008 Victories California courts took most of the headlines. |
| 1-2-2009 Friday Five: Works Family from New Life Church Book details their 'new normal' after losing two daughters in 2007 shooting. |
| 1-2-2009 N.J. Panel Charges Church Group with Discrimination The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), which is representing the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, is headed to court. |
| 1-2-2009 Students Sue Boise State University over Religious Discrimination The university provides student fee funding to the Secular Student Alliance but refuses to provide funding to religious student groups. |
| 1-2-2009 Video Friday Five: Works Family from New Life Church Book details their 'new normal' after losing two daughters in 2007 shooting. |
| 12-17-2008 CitizenLink Delivers Thank-You Notes to President Bush 'It is important for the president to see how much support he has across the nation.' |
| 12-19-2008 Friday Five: Talk-Show Host Glenn Beck This article is no longer available |
| 12-19-2008 Indiana Grand Jury Investigates Planned Parenthood The video shows a woman posing as a 13-year-old girl who says the man who impregnated her is 31. |
| 12-18-2008 Most Wyoming Voters Support Marriage Three-quarters said they would vote in favor of a constitutional marriage-protection amendment. |
| 12-19-2008 Regulations Protect Doctors' Freedom of Conscience The Department of Health and Human Services put the regulations in place last week to reinforce rules that protect doctors from being forced to participate in abortion and other anti-life practices. |
| 12-19-2008 Rick Warren: 'I am Honored' to Pray at Inauguration Just 2 percent to 3 percent of Americans are gay- or lesbian-identified, but they sure make a lot of noise. |
| 12-18-2008 Jesus at the Well Here’s the response of C. Ben Mitchell. |
| 1-14-2009 Answering Newsweek Five experts set straight the newsmagazine’s malicious distortion of the Bible and what it says about marriage. |
| 12-18-2008 David and Jonathan Here’s the response of Joe Dallas. |
| 12-18-2008 Dr. Dobson Remembers Paul Weyrich as 'Friend, Confidante, Ally' 'American families have lost one of their staunchest and most effective advocates.' |
| 12-18-2008 Gay Activists Erupt as Obama Invites Rick Warren to Pray Warren endorsed California's marriage-protection amendment, which has fueled protests and violence from the gay community since its passage in November. |
| 12-18-2008 Homosexuality and Slavery Here’s the response of C. Ben Mitchell. |
| 12-18-2008 Illinois Pharmacists Can Challenge Discriminatory Rule State rule requires them to dispense the morning-after pill, which contains a high dose of birth control. |
| 12-18-2008 Marriage and Polygamy Here’s the response of C. Ben Mitchell. |
| 12-18-2008 Marriage and Procreation Here’s the response of Glenn Stanton. |
| 12-18-2008 Religious and Civil Marriage Here’s the response of Glenn Stanton. |
| 12-18-2008 Same-Sex 'Marriage’ and Mainline Churches Here’s the response of Jim Tonkowich. |
| 12-18-2008 The Integrity of Scripture Here’s a response of Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr. |
| 12-17-2008 Dr. Dobson Thanks Listeners for Shopping with Christmas-Friendly Retailers 'I want to say a big thanks to our listeners out there for the positive impact they are having on retailers.' |
| 12-17-2008 Indiana Lawmaker Calls for Planned Parenthood Investigation A pro-life group has released two videos that show employees apparently covering up statutory rape. |
| 12-17-2008 Obama to Pour $10B into Early Childhood Education Finn Laursen, executive director of Christian Educators Association International, said he is not sure the money will be used wisely. |