Written by David E. Smith
As we anticipate our upcoming 2022 Worldview Conference on February 26, this edition of Spotlight takes a look back at the 2021 conference. The focus for last year’s event was Critical Race Theory – a topic that is still very much in the news today. In her presentation, Counterfeit Justice: The Truth About Critical Race Theory, Angela Sailor outlines her opposition to the Marxist ideology movement and offers encouragement and practical suggestions for parents, and all Christians, who are ready to take a stand against federal overreach in education, identity politics, revisionist history and CRT.… Continue Reading
Written by Jorge Gomez
The Biden administration appears to be testing the idea of putting together a list of Americans who have religious objections to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Recently, the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia announced a new records system that will store the names and “personal religious information” of all employees who make “religious accommodation requests for religious exception from the federally mandated vaccination requirement.”
But this is only one agency implementing this type of tracking system.… Continue Reading
Written by Laurie Higgins
Here’s an excerpt from the disingenuous form letter U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) sends to constituents who plead with him to support the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act which would require doctors to provide health care to babies who survive efforts to kill them:
I believe that abortion should be safe and legal, consistent with Roe v. Wade. A decision that personal is best left to a woman, her family, her doctor, and her conscience.
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Tags: Andrew Koppelman, Ben Sasse, Bill Clinton, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, Dick Durbin, Heritage Foundation, Kermit Gosnell, Melanie Israel, Roe v. Wade
Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith |
February 20, 2020 4:00 AM |
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Written by Laurie Higgins
Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is not, in reality, married. Talk show host Dave Rubin is not, in reality, married. If or when Fox News contributor and Townhall editor Guy Benson legally marries his male fiancé, he will not, in reality, be married. Buttigieg and Rubin are no more married than Bruce Jenner is a woman.
Marriage, like biological sex, has an immutable, objective nature that the law cannot change. Neither the law nor judicial decisions can change intrinsically non-marital unions into marriages.… Continue Reading
Tags: Ben Shapiro, Bruce Jenner, Dave Rubin, Gay Republicans, Guy Benson, Heritage Foundation, Joe Rogan, Log Cabin Republicans, Obergefelle, Pete Buttigieg, Republican Party, Ryan T. Anderson
Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith |
May 13, 2019 4:00 AM |
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Written by Carly Hoilman
As the final weeks of the GOP-controlled Congress draw to a close, pro-life voters look on with great disappointment at the Republican politicians who failed to follow through on their most crucial promise: to defund Planned Parenthood. In about a month, Democrats will take over the U.S. House of Representatives and any hope of stripping the abortion giant of federal funding will pass away.
With precious little time left in the lame-duck session, GOP congressional leaders have chosen to ignore the persistent urgings of pro-life leaders.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alice Miranda Ollstein, Chris Pandolfo, Defund Planned Parenthood, Donald Trump, Heritage Foundation, Kristan Hawkins, Lila Rose, Lisa Murkowksi, Live Action, March for Life, Planned Parenthood, Students for Life America, Susan B. Anthony List, Susan Collins
Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith |
December 10, 2018 1:00 PM |
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Written by David E. Smith
Lest you think Illinois Family Action is being overly dramatic with that headline, you should know that we borrowed it from The Daily Signal, the news publication of the renowned Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.
In the article, writer Slade O’Brien lays out an encouraging argument for Americans to get involved:
While much of the media focuses on lawmakers in Washington clunking heads and getting little done, the common narrative has been that change is a pipedream.
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Written by Joshua Denton
In a move vigorously applauded by social conservatives and simultaneously denounced by same-sex “marriage” advocates, President Donald Trump has appointed Roger Severino to head the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Civil Rights.
Severino formerly served as the Director of the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society. As Director, his three main focuses where on religious liberty, marriage, and life issues.
His track record of defending religious liberty, natural marriage, and the sanctity of life go further back then his time at the Heritage Foundation.… Continue Reading
Tags: abortion, ADF, Alliance Defending Freedom, David Daleiden, Donald Trump, education, Heritage Foundation, Jim Domen, John Geradi, Jonathan Keller, LGBTQ, marijuana, Obamacare, Planned Parenthood, religious freedom, religious liberty, Ricardo Lara, Roe v. Wade, Roger Serverino, SCOTUS, The Center for Medical Progress, Transgender
Federal Issues | David E. Smith |
April 18, 2017 11:00 AM |
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Written by Peter LaBarbera
A pro-natural marriage advocate at the conservative Heritage Foundation said President Donald Trump “should not cave” to LGBT activists by failing to issue a strong executive order defending Americans’ religious liberty, a leaked draft of which has been the subject of intense criticism on the Left.
Heritage senior fellow Ryan Anderson said, based on a document first leaked to the leftist magazine The Nation, that the order would be a “great place to start” for President Trump to honor his pledge to strongly defend the freedom of people to exercise their spiritual and moral conscience.… Continue Reading
Tags: Donald Trump, Heritage Foundation, Homosexuality, Lbgt, Little Sisters of the Poor, Obamacare, religious freedom, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Ryan Anderson, same-sex marriage
LGBTQ Agenda, Religious Liberty | David E. Smith |
February 6, 2017 6:39 AM |
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Written by Dr. Brian Joondeph
Repeal and replace. That was and still is the Donald Trump promise for Obamacare. Congressional Republicans are ready to join in. Not that they haven’t been trying for the past six years, with over 60 attempts at repeal at the congressional level, all quickly dispatched by the Obama veto pen.
Now that there is a new sheriff in town, the veto threat is gone. Repeal and replace may actually happen. What will it mean?… Continue Reading