The Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List) launched today its “Life Speaking Out” campaign to encourage House Republicans to add a family values plank to its economy-laden Legislative Blueprint – expected to be released after Labor Day. The 1994 “Contract with America”–which jumpstarted the “Reagan Revolution”–failed to include pro-life or “family values” legislation.  The SBA [...]

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is using taxpayer dollars to marketing contraceptives and “family planning” services to the Philippines. With the assistance of the Philippine government, USAID will launch a marketing campaign that focuses on “increasing modern contraceptive use through demand generation,” and “repackaging or selling the concept of family planning as [...]

Carroll Conley recently joined the Maine Family Policy Council as its new executive director. A native of Maine, Conley understands his audience and the issues; yet, he also brings a fresh perspective to the challenges he will face in defending the biblical concepts of family, faith and freedom. 1. Tell us about the path that [...]

On July 25, 2010, seven lesbian-, gay- or transgender-identified men and women were welcomed into the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America in a “rite of reconciliation” and a “rite of reception.” The group, known as the Sierra Pacific Synod Seven, or SPS7 had been ordained or worked under the ministry of a group known as “Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries,” [...]

Carroll Conley recently joined the Maine Family Policy Council as its new executive director. A native of Maine, Conley understands his audience and the issues; yet, he also brings a fresh perspective to the challenges he will face in defending the biblical concepts of family, faith and freedom.

It’s pretty much well-known by now that California Governor Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown have stated that they don’t intend to appeal Judge Vaughn Walker’s Prop 8 decision, potentially preventing any appeal. A lawsuit seeking to force the Governor and the Attorney General to defend the constitutional amendment was quickly dismissed without explanation this [...]

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The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the U.S. Constitution on Wednesday – and upheld a lower court’s decision–when it ruled that the University of Wisconsin-Madison unconstitutionally discriminated against a religious student group by withholding funding. Asserting the “separation of church and state,” the university had refused to fund Badger Catholic, a student-led [...]

LifeWay Research released its latest survey on Millennials – Americans born between 1980 and 1991 –and found that 61 percent either strongly agreed or somewhat agreed with same-sex marriage. The research findings will be highlighted in a new book – “The Millennials: Connecting to America’s Largest Generation” – by the president of Lifeway Christian Resources, [...]

The divide between his rhetoric and reality continues to mount: President Obama’s health care law is creating government rationed health care. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Wednesday that $17 million in taxpayer funds would be used to create “comparative effectiveness research” –a term identified during the health care debate as [...]

California’s 3rd Appellate District Court summarily denied today Pacific Justice Institute’s petition, which sought to force the state attorney general to defend marriage. Presiding Justice Arthur Scotland rejected the petition without comment. The Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) filed a request on Monday in state court aimed at forcing California’s governor and attorney general to appeal [...]

In his Stoplight® commentary, Stuart Shepard shares about some warning labels he’s seen. And some things that ought to have labels, but don’t.

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The tenuous relationship between grassroots conservatives and the “conservative establishment” appears to be a reflection of a deeper issue – the ongoing contention between social and fiscal conservatives. Yet, what is evident to grassroots conservatives still seems to escape the establishment: Social issues, such as marriage and life, still do matter. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s [...]