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Whether you work caring for young children, sitting behind an office desk, or researching in a library carrel, break times are always valued. Maybe it’s when your toddler is asleep or after a long meeting or the completion of a major project. Whenever it is, we all need some time to decompress and refresh ourselves as we complete our daily tasks.
Family Research Council’s lecture series gives you a chance to recharge and reflect, to slow down the pace and consider some of the key issues confronting our culture. Whether you join us in person here at our Washington, DC headquarters, listen live on-line, or tune-in to a recorded version of the event at a later time, you’re sure to learn and draw encouragement from our leading-edge speakers and thinkers.
Here are two of our upcoming events; click on the links to register (at no charge) to attend or listen-in:
Wagner v. Jones: Faculty Discrimination and Conservative Politics - Teresa Wagner, professor, wife, mother and third-generation attorney, took the University of Iowa College of Law to court for political discrimination based on her conservative and pro-life views. Join us as she gives an account of her determination to speak truth to power, how her struggle affected her and her family, and how she ultimately was vindicated by a unanimous jury and by two decisions of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Teresa will share her extraordinary story with us on March 18.
Distortion: How the New Christian Left is Twisting the Gospel and Damaging the Faith – On April 1, Chelsen Vicari of the Institute on Religion and Democracy will talk about her book Distortion and how the Evangelical Left is damaging the church’s testimony and diminishing our ability to stand for truth in the public square. A young Evangelical leader, Chelsen’s compelling presentation will challenge Christians to stay – or, perhaps, get – involved in public life.
Thanks for your continued commitment to advancing and defending faith, family, and freedom in a society that needs them so desperately. We’re grateful to partner with you.
Sincerely,
Rob Schwarzwalder
Senior Vice-President
Family Research Council
P.S. Be sure to read FRC President Tony Perkins’ testimony on international religious liberty, given earlier this week to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs.
Education
- How the Common Core Destroys Minds and Souls , Kirby Center, Hillsdale College
- 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech in 2014, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
- 5 Reasons Boys are Falling Behind in School, Vox
- On Campus: Theory is as High as an Elephant’s Eye, City Journal
- Government Should Help Parents, Not Daycare Providers, The Federalist
Human Dignity and the Sanctity of Life
Abortion
- In Brief: What Science Reveals about Fetal Pain, Family Research Council
- Abortion provider to colleagues: Don’t let women see the sonogram, National Right to Life News
- Regarding Life at the Beginning, New Atlantis
- Violent Population Control Continues in China, Population Research Institute
- Abortion and Breast Cancer: The Stubborn Link Returns, National Review
- New Test Will Reveal 600 Potential “Genetic Flaws” in Unborn Children, Will It Lead to Abortions?, LifeNews
- Over the Last 50 Years, More That Two Billion Babies Have Been Aborted Worldwide, LifeNews
- West Virginia Becomes the Eleventh State to Protect Pain-capable Children as Legislature Overrides Governor Tomblin’s Veto, National Right to Life News
Adoption
- Adopting Beauty and Dignity, National Review
- International Women’s Day Is No Cause To Celebrate in China, Acton Institute Power Blog
Assisted Suicide
- Following criticism, NPR host Diane Rehm scales back efforts in right-to-die debate, Washington Post
- Strong opposition voiced to proposed assisted suicide bills in Maryland, Catholic Standard
Bioethics
- His brother’s dad: U.K. agog after mother acts as surrogate for her son, giving birth to her own grandchild, National Post
- Bioethics expert: Genetically Modified babies are a “monstrous mistake,” Christian Institute
Obamacare
- SCOTUS Rejects the HHS Religious ‘Accommodation’ Logic, National Review
- Should Notre Dame Have to Provide Contraception? Circuit Court to Reconsider, Daily Signal
Marriage & Family
Economy and the family
- The State of Your Family’s Economy, 2015, Family Research Council
- The Millennial’s Guide To Reaching Adulthood, The Federalist
- One-Parent Students Leave School Earlier: Educational Attainment Gap Widens, Education Next
Fatherhood
- Man Does Not Live by Man Skills Alone, Christianity Today
- Father's Day as Hate Speech?, Christian Post
Homosexuality and Gender Issues
- How Republicans Should Respond to a Supreme Court Marriage Ruling, First Things
- Corporations Ask Supreme Court to Impose Gay Marriage on the Country, Breitbart.com
- The Shopkeeper’s Dilemma and Cooperation with Evil, Public Discourse
- Freedom, yes. Redefining marriage, no., Washington Times
- Dear Rob Bell: The Church Isn’t Giving an Inch on Gay Marriage, Patheos.com
- UN Identifies “Extremism and Conservatism”--Not Islam--As Impediments to Gender Equality, CNS News
- Truth-Telling and the Right of Self-Government: Why Obama’s Marriage Lie Matters, Public Discourse
- Psychology Today bans ads for treatment of unwanted same-sex attraction, Life Site News
- Born That Way, The Catholic Thing
- Emotional Problems among Children with Same-Sex Parents: Difference by Definition, British Journal of Education
- Child Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Same-Sex Parent Families in the United States: Prevalence and Comorbidities The Catholic University of America
- Planet Fitness Bans Woman for Protesting Man in Locker Room, Breitbart
- Perpetual Grievance: The Latest Advance Links ‘Queer Theory’ with Immigration Reform, CityJournal
Human Trafficking
- Human trafficking bill hits abortion snag, Politico
- Sex Trafficking Opponents Need to Stop Watching Porn, Which Fuels Prostitution, Christian Post
Marriage
- Get Married BEFORE you Have Children, Marriage Foundation
- Can Pro-Marriage Policies Work? An Analysis of Marginal Marriages, Institute for the Study of Labor
- What you need to know about Marriage and the Supreme Court, Daily Signal
- Alabama Supreme Court Affirms Natural Marriage, Liberty Counsel
Pornography
- An Open Letter (of appreciation) to Russell Brand on the Detriments of Pornography, National Center on Sexual Exploitation
- Sexting: Girls as young as seven in explicit videos online,The Telegraph
Religious Liberty and Persecution
Domestic
- Biblical Orthodoxy and the Disqualification of Christians from Public Service, Reformed African American Network
- The Rich Roots and Spoiled Fruits of Liberal Toleration, Public Discourse
- After Speaking Honestly About His Religious Views, Baseball Player Instructed to Only Talk Sports, Daily Signal
- Supreme Court to lower court: Reconsider decision against Notre Dame, Becket Fund
- Former SEALs chaplain could be kicked out of Navy for Christian beliefs, Fox News
- Congress Should Protect Religious Freedom in the District of Columbia, Heritage Foundation
- DON’T MUZZLE OUR CHAPLAINS! U.S. Congressman Calls for Chief of Army Chaplains’ Help, Liberty Institute
- DON’T TREAD ON ME: Surveys Show Americans Support “Freedom of Belief” to Disagree with Same-Sex Marriage, Liberty Institute
International
- The Bogus ‘Others Have It Worse’ Argument, Breakpoint
- We Are Marie Harf, National Review Online
- Christians Under Siege: There's no time to waste, we must act now, Fox News
Religion in Public Life
Christian faith and public policy
- Lincoln's Biblical Meditation in the Second Inaugural Address, Library of Law and Liberty
- Dear Rob Bell: The Church Isn’t Giving an Inch on Gay Marriage, Patheos
- When the Good News Isn’t Proclaimed, Breakpoint
- Our Muslim Neighbors, Breakpoint
- If Uncle Sam Giveth, Breakpoint
Other Stories of Note
- Paganism in Today’s Culture, Truth X Change
- Is Making a Ton of Money a Moral Problem for Christian Churches?, The Commonweal Project
- Here’s How the New Christian Left is Twisting the Gospel, Juicy Ecumenism
- Meet the 19th Century American who warned about Big Government, Religious Liberty Assaults, Daily Signal
- We’ll Have to Pass the Iran Deal to Know What’s In It, Spectator.org
- President Obama’s Historical Legacy, NYMag
ISIS
- ISIS Isn’t About Jobs, Canon and Culture
- My ISIS boyfriend: A reporter’s undercover life with a terrorist, NY Post
- Battle-hardened and vengeful, 300 jihadists are back in Britain, The Telegraph
- What ISIS Really Wants, The Atlantic
Racial reconciliation
- Where’s the Conservative Outcry on Ferguson Police Abuses, The Atlantic
- Let’s talk about race, WORLD Magazine
Federalism and the Constitution
- Obamacare's 'Gobbledygook' Defense Sets A Bad Precedent, FORBES
- Obamacare Back in the Supreme Court: King v. Burwell, The Federalist Society
