This week, a new and more conservative Congress took office on Capitol Hill. With you, FRC looks forward to a House and a Senate more actively committed to advancing faith, family and freedom than in previous years.
Also this week, our friends at the worldwide anti-persecution ministry Open Doors released its annual “World Watch List,” which details the top 50 countries where Christians are persecuted. The report is difficult to read. But that it is hard reading makes it all the more imperative: Those suffering for the Name above all names deserve our prayer and active support, and Open Doors gives sage and practical counsel about what each of us can to do help the persecuted church.
FRC President Tony Perkins earlier this week interviewed Open Doors President Dr. David Curry to talk about what’s happening to Christian believers in nations around the world. Listen and learn – and then act.
Whether in the halls of Congress or the cells of persecuted, FRC is honored to stand with the men and women whose commitment to human dignity and liberty will not bend. And we’re thankful to stand in partnership with each of you to the same end.
Sincerely,
Rob Schwarzwalder
Senior Vice-President
Family Research Council
P.S. Be sure to watch FRC’s Senior Fellow for Family Empowerment, the Hon. Ken Blackwell, explain on “Meet the Press” how the “Obama boom” is really an economic bust.
Education
- Reauthorizing 'No Child Left Behind:' Four Recommendations to Advance Federalism in Education - Heritage Foundation
- Evaluating the Common Core – Fox News
College Debt
- A Theology of College Debt – Values and Capitalism
- How Financial Aid Drives Up the Cost of College -Reason.com
Human Dignity and the Sanctity of Life
Abortion
- Abortion and the Overpopulation Myth – Christian News Headlines
- Planned Parenthood Aborted 327,653 Babies in 2013, Received Over $528 Million in Federal Tax Dollars – Christian Post
- To Defend the Disposable: Jonathan Gruber and Abortion – First Things
- How ultrasound-on-a-chip will transform abortion - ERLC
- Abortion a Harmless Procedure for Women? – The Bay Reivew
- Pro-life Women Will Make History in 114th Congress - Townhall.com
Adoption
- The Costly Call to Care for the Orphan – By Faith
- From Rwanda's Genocide to Mother of Orphans – A Family for Every Orphan
Adult stem cells
- New Experimental Adult Stem Cell Treatment Helps Those with MS – Life News
- Could Adult Stem Cells Help with Infertility? – Haaretz.com
Bioethics
- Why Bioethics Should “Fail” – National Right to Life News
- A New Year’s Resolution for You – John Jay Institute
Euthanasia
- Prominent Euthanasia Activist Loses Medical License After Killing Six People – Life News
- Pope Francis: Euthanasia is a “Lie” – National Catholic Reporter
Marriage & Family
Economy and the family
- The Campus Rape Myth - City Journal
- Tax reform: Why it's needed, why it's hard for Washington to get it done – Christian Science Monitor
- Family fragmentation: Can anything be done? – American Enterprise Institute
Fatherhood
- The Church and the Dissolving American Family – The Anxious Bench
- Cardinal Burke: Radical Feminism Diminishes Fatherhood – New Evangelization
- Eleven Ways to Help Your Teenage Son Become a Good Man – Crosswalk.com
Homosexuality and Gender Issues
- Should the Church Speak of “Gay Christians?” – Journal of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
- The Church Needs the New Homophiles - Crisis Magazine
- Same-Sex marriage Starts in Florida – WORLD Magazine
- Five Feminist Myths that Will Not Die – Time Magazine
- Women of Mockery – First Things
- Harvard Law professor: Response to campus sexual assault is ‘madness’ - Washington Examiner
Human Trafficking
- Life After Human Trafficking – Houston Chronicle
- Funding sometimes lags for sex-trafficking victims – Associated Press
Marriage
- Brute Force, Cohabitation and the NFL – Christian Post
- Ancient Wisdom for a Sexualized World – The Gospel Coalition
- Protecting Marriage and the Role of Government - interview with MARRI Director Patrick Fagan - ISSUU
Pornography
- Canadian Tories Defy Elites by Criminalizing Prostitution - Crisis Magazine
- News Flash: Pornography Hurts Marriage – FRC Blog
- Pornography and Marriage – Journal of Family and Economic Issues
Religious Liberty and Persecution
Domestic
- Wash. grandmother’s religious freedom, livelihood at stake - Alliance Defending Freedom
- Marquette University suspends professor for conservative blog - Washington Times
- PUNISHED: Army Chaplain Seeks Religious Accommodation to Care for Spiritual Well Being of Soldiers - Liberty Institute
- Best of 2014: Liberty Institute’s Top 12 Advancements in the Fight for Faith - Liberty Institute
- Victory in Federal Court: Florida Clerks Are NOT Required to License Same-Sex “Marriage”, - Liberty Counsel
- Catholics Fight for Freedom in Washington, D.C. - Crisis Magazine
- Another Win for Religious Freedom – Acton Institute Power Blog
International
- “Our Battle Against Religious Persecution is Floundering” – Interview with Frank Wolf – Christianity Today
- Religious Hostilities Reach Six-Year High – Pew Research
- Persecuting Christians: The Top 50 Offending Countries – Christianity Today/Open Doors
- What Christianity Contributes to China’s Economic Rise – First Things
- A Costly Lesson Paid for by Pakistan’s Children – Wall Street Journal
Religion in Public Life
Christian faith and public policy
- God is Not a Scientific Hypothesis - The Catholic Thing
- Top 10 Most Discussed Issues Inside the Evangelical Church in 2014 – Interview with Ed Stetzer – Christian Post
Christian faith and politics
- The Christian Heart of American Exceptionalism – Wall Street Journal
- GOP Moves Early to Court Conservative Christians - CNN
Other Important Things:
Conservatism and American Politics
- An Active President: Obama on the March as the GOP Preps to Run Congress – FRC Blog
- Does the Democratic Party Have a Future? – American Spectator
- IRS Hid Conservative Targeting Until After 2012 Presidential Election. Smidgen Corrupt? - Forbes
- Roger Scruton on the Heart of Conservatism – National Review
- The 5 New Members of Congress Who May Actually Do Something Interesting – National Journal
- Have We Already Reached Peak Leftism? – The Federalist
Federalism, the Constitution and the Federal Judiciary
- The IRS violated the law and state sovereignty - Galen
- Youth Misery Index Grows More Than 50% Under Obama Administration - Breitbart News
- Why Constitutionalism Is a Dangerous Thing – The Federalist
Marijuana legalization
- So You Think Marijuana Isn’t Addictive? Why legalizing marijuana will lead to more drug addiction – Chicago Tribune
- Nebraska and Oklahoma Sue Colorado Over Marijuana Law – New York Times
Obamacare
- Obamacare: The Real Pain Starts This Year – American Spectator
- A Guide to a Better Alternative to Obamacare - Heritage Foundation
- 46 Changes to Obamacare so far - Galen
Racial reconciliation
