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Persecutors All over the Map, Christians Warn
"We will cut you. We will kill you. We will do anything we want to you." The threat, Arjun and Neha knew, was real. Banished from the village well -- the only source of water -- the family left, carrying what they could hold. They had just become Christians, and like a lot of places in India, the decision to follow Jesus was a dangerous one. "God didn't call me to a life of comfort," one of the persecuted said. "But He does promise to walk with me." Mohan points to a field of wheat. "I loved my village," he says. "It was my favorite place. We worked the farm." Then, one terrifying day, people broke down his door and destroyed everything in his home. "We made a small hut by the church and live there. We have nothing." For people watching from the West, the stories are more and more ... (more)
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Today’s show features:

John Stemberger, former Scoutmaster, Chairman of the Board for Trail Life USA, and President of the Florida Family Policy Council, on the Boy Scouts filing for bankruptcy and the alternative built on biblical morality.
Tony Perkins, President of Family Research Council and Host of Washington Watch, on his visit to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Elise Anderson, Senior Program Officer for Research and Advocacy at the Uyghur Human Rights Project, on newly leaked records from the Chinese regime, detailing the invasive, detailed surveillance of Uyghur families.

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Marching for Lives

by David Closson

David Closson is FRC's Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview. This article appeared on The Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood on January 24, 2020. Today in our nation's capital, hundreds of thousands of people will mark the 47th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion by participating in the 47th annual March for Life. The pro-life movement has been gaining momentum in recent years, driven by increased pro-life sentiment nationwide. Two days ago, a new Marist poll indicated that 65 percent of ... (more)

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The Unfairness of the "Fairness for All Act"

by Family Research Council

In the wake of the Equality Act's passage in the House of Representatives, Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) has introduced H.R. 5331, the Fairness for All Act (FFA). FFA is supposed to be a grand compromise seeking to find a resolution to the firestorm of litigation and controversy that led up to and has only increased since the Supreme Court's opinion constitutionalizing same-sex marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges. However, despite having the best of intentions, FFA is an ill-advised and poorly-drafted bill that does not achieve its goal. FFA ... (more)

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Pakistan religious discrimination is enabling human trafficking

by Arielle Del Turco and Travis Weber

Travis Weber is FRC's Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs. Arielle Del Turco is with FRC's Center for Religious Liberty. This article appeared in The Washington Examiner on February 3, 2020. At 24 years old, Samia Yousaf was forced into marriage. She was promised an escape from poverty in Pakistan, but her new Chinese husband abused her, denied her food, and eventually separated her from her own baby. Horrific human trafficking stories such as these are common among young Christian women from Pakistan. And because religious ... (more)