Summer of Intolerance Regarding Same-Sex Marriage Bleeds into Fall
Gallaudet University put its chief diversity officer, Angela McCaskill, on paid leave last week for the offense of joining 200,000 other Marylanders in signing a… Read More
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Family Fact of the Week: Religious Practice Still Alive and Well in U.S.
A new report by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life shows an increase in religiously unaffiliated Americans. The survey shows that almost 20 percent… Read More
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Religious Freedom Restrictions on the Rise—Even in the U.S.
The Pew Forum recently released a noteworthy report demonstrating that religious restrictions worldwide are on the rise. Pew found that between mid-2009 and mid-2010, religious… Read More
What Malala’s Story Tells Americans
Malala Yousafzai was 11 years old when she inadvertently became the voice for millions of Muslim girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan who want to attend… Read More
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Religious Liberty of Illinois Pharmacists Vindicated
Illinois bureaucrats’ senseless, now seven-year-long crusade to crush the faith-based conscience rights of two pharmacists hit another snag recently when a state appellate court ruled… Read More
Fact Checking the Fact Checkers on Welfare Reform (VIDEO)
On July 12, the Obama Administration released a policy directive from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declaring that it would no longer… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama Doesn’t Just Gut Welfare Reform, He Turns It Upside Down
The controversy over the Obama Administration’s gutting of welfare reform continues to grow. Two new government reports show the move’s illegality and effects on taxpayers…. Read More
Family Fact of the Week: Marriage Is the Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty
New research shows that marriage is the nation’s best antidote to child poverty. This holds true in every state across the country. On Wednesday, The… Read More
Morning Bell: Clinton Is Wrong on Welfare Reform
Last night, in his nationally televised speech, former President Bill Clinton said the charge that President Obama has gutted welfare reform was “a real doozy.”… Read More
Marriage: The Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty
The collapse of marriage, along with a dramatic rise in births to single women, is the most important cause of childhood poverty—but government policy doesn’t… Read More
Case Closed at UT Austin: Regnerus Exonerated
In a victory for academic freedom, the University of Texas at Austin on Wednesday made clear that sociologist Mark Regnerus’s study of adults whose parents… Read More
The Silent Genocide You Aren’t Hearing About
“It’s a girl!” Usually, this phrase is heard as a declaration of joy—but in some parts of the world, it can be a literal… Read More
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15 States File Brief in Support of DOMA
Fifteen states have filed an amicus brief in support of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), urging the Supreme Court to review an appellate… Read More
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Religious Freedom Means “Sticking up for All Believers”
The crowd erupted into disarmed laughter when Kevin J. “Seamus” Hasson got to the point. “I have to say when it comes to religious freedom… Read More
Family Fact of the Week: Parents, Pop Culture, and Early Teen Sex
Parents instinctively know that the over-sexualized culture promoted by Hollywood is not healthy for their teens. A recent study in the academic journal Psychological Science… Read More
With Marriage on Ballot in Four States This Fall, Prop 8 Supporters Seek Supreme Court Review
Earlier this week, supporters of Proposition 8, the 2008 California marriage amendment, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the freedom of California voters to… Read More
Family Fact of the Week: One in Four Babies Born to Cohabiting Women
The percentage of babies born to cohabiting women has jumped substantially in the last 10 years, according to new data from the National Center for… Read More
The Future of Marriage: Who Decides?
“Who gets to make the decision about restructuring and redefining the basic cell of the civil order?” asked University of St. Thomas law professor… Read More
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Online Chat on the Anti-Religious Freedom Mandate
Starting on August 1, employers were required to provide abortion-inducing drugs and contraceptives in their health care plans, or face a fine of $100 per… Read More
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U.N. Disabilities Treaty Leaves Door Open for Abortion Advocates
A heated abortion debate in the Senate gives the U.S. just one more reason to oppose the U.N. treaty it is considering on disabilities. Last… Read More
Jordan and Southerland: Conservatives Need to Get Back in the Game on Welfare Reform
“It’s time for conservatives to get back in the game,” on welfare reform, write Representatives Jim Jordan (R–OH) and Steve Southerland (R–FL) in The Washington… Read More
How Welfare’s Work Requirements Make a Difference in Lives
On July 12, the Obama Administration issued a directive to gut welfare reform of its work requirements. But those who work closely with individuals in… Read More
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Family Fact of the Week: The Dad Divide in Children’s Welfare
A recent New York Times article about the growing marriage and class divide in America featured two middle-class families in Ann Arbor, Michigan. At the… Read More
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Hercules Battles Anti-Conscience Mandate in Court as August 1 Deadline Looms
A federal district court judge in Colorado will hear arguments today regarding a motion for preliminary injunction in Newland v. Sebelius. Hercules Industries and the… Read More
Online Chat on Welfare Reform – LIVE NOW
Last week, the Obama administration bypassed Congress to gut the successful 1996 welfare reform law of its work requirements. Click here to join us right… Read More
Morning Bell: The End of Welfare Reform As We Know It
The Obama Administration made yet another end run around Congress last week—this time, to gut the successful welfare reform law of 1996. If this is… Read More
Obama Ends Welfare Reform as We Know It, Calls for $12.7 Trillion in New Welfare Spending
Last Thursday, the Obama Administration quietly issued new bureaucratic rules that overturned the popular welfare reform law of 1996. This was an illegal move, and… Read More
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Family Fact of Week: The Abstinent Majority
The abstinent minority has now become the majority. Over the last two decades, teens have become more likely to remain sexually abstinent. According to the… Read More
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Obamacare’s Many Victims
The Supreme Court’s refusal to overturn Obamacare last week has set the stage for another legal battle over the law’s onerous, liberty-trampling provisions. Now, the… Read More
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ADF Appeals Case of Christian Photographer Who Refused to Photograph Same-Sex Ceremony
The drive to redefine marriage is inextricably linked with the stubborn habit of punishing those who disagree with the redefinition and hold to marriage as… Read More
