This headline is hard to miss.  “Why is the Government Trying to Force Me to Divorce My Wife?” But even more noticeable is the $80-100,000 dollars Scott Sumner and his wife will miss over their lifetime simply because they’re married. Sumner opines about the marriage tax penalty on the Wall Street Pit blog, and points out that the [...]

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Chuck Colson was radically transformed in 1973, from being the “hatchet man” for President Richard Nixon and incarcerated on Watergate-related charges to a humble Christian servant, seeking to bring reform and Christian outreach to those in prison. A noted author and speaker, Colson now focuses on cultural issues, the reclamation of morals and equipping the [...]

The ongoing battle over the limits of free speech continued on Thursday, when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filed an appeal after a federal court struck down its “fleeting expletives” policy. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled the policy unconstitutional, has left the broadcasting industry without the necessary federal guidelines to restrict [...]

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II raised the ire of abortionists this week when he issued a ruling – requested by two state agencies – that gave the Board of Health jurisdiction over abortion clinics. Abortion clinics in 27 states have basic regulations that protect women’s health. Penny Nance, chief executive officer for Concerned Women [...]

An Iowa grassroots movement is gaining steam to remove three of its Supreme Court justices as a “reward” for inventing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. That effort is rattling more than a few cages nationwide, as it has even attracted the attention of the Washington Post. Iowa uses a system that follows many other [...]

Chuck Colson was radically transformed in 1973, from being the “hatchet man” for former President Richard Nixon and incarcerated on Watergate-related charges to a humble Christian servant, seeking to bring reform and Christian outreach to those in prison. A noted author and speaker, Colson now focuses on cultural issues, the reclamation of morals and a [...]

Although New York’s legislative session has long since ended, the push for same-sex marriage continues. New York City’s powerful council approved a measure on Wednesday, by a vote of 47-1, to require the City Clerk’s office to provide same-sex New York couples seeking domestic partnerships about nearby states where same-sex marriage is legally recognized. To [...]

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli will allow local governments to recognize holiday displays – including one depicting the “birth of Jesus Christ.” Responding to a request by Robert G. Marshall, a state delegate representing Prince William County, Cuccinelli wrote that counties are “free to create a nondiscriminatory forum for recognition of holidays, including Christmas, if [...]

With a little more than two months to go before the Nov. 2 elections – and the stark reality that their days of influence and handouts may be numbered – organized labor unions have pledged more than $100 million to defend pro-union candidates, most of whom are liberal Democrats. The American Federation of State, County [...]

Denver’s Archbishop Charles Chaput spoke to Catholics in Slovakia on Tuesday in a speech entitled “Living within the Truth.” Although directed to Catholics, it could easily have been directed to all of Christendom in its call to stand tall and resist the cultural slide (in Europe as well as America) into “post-Christianity,” characterized by intolerance [...]

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