The Social Conservative Review: August 8, 2013

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Dear Friend:

It's not every radio program that features a different Member of Congress on an almost daily basis. FRC's radio program, "Washington Watch," does just that.

Hosted by FRC President Tony Perkins, "Washington Watch" has become a must-listen broadcast from the nation's capital. The program provides conservatives with up-to-the-minute information about breaking policy and political developments that affect faith, family, and freedom - developments you won't learn about anywhere else.

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FRC and Tony offer this program for one reason: We want social conservatives nationwide to learn what's really going on in Washington, and on the cultural front across the country, and to hear from the key players in the battles for life, liberty, family and faith.

Join us for the next program, which runs every weekday from 5-6 p.m. EST. You'll be challenged, encouraged, and grateful for the men and women making a difference on your behalf in Washington, D.C and throughout the country.

Sincerely,

Rob Schwarzwalder
Senior Vice President
Family Research Council

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Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

• "Washington Post Gets it Wrong on Freedom, Homeschooling," Home School Legal Defense Association
• "Asylum From Learning," The Huffington Post
• "The home-schooling debate: Does a child's right to learn trump parents' religious freedom?," U.S. Catholic

Legislation and Policy Proposals

• "Why the Common Core Became a Political Football," Education Week
• "Moving Schooling Forward: Next-Gen Grants Possess Promise," EducationNext
• "A decade of charter school growth, but where to now?," Thomas B. Fordham Institute
• "Economist's dream of school choice is reality," The Columbus Dispatch
• "Privacy and Common Core," Crisis Magazine

College Debt

• "This Is What Student Loan Debt Is Really Costing the Economy," Yahoo Finance
• "For some, college not worth the debt," USA Today
• "Average Student Loan Debt Could Cost A Household $208,000 Over A Lifetime: Study," The Huffington Post

Government Reform
Regulation

• "Beer, banks and metals: Think there's too much government regulation?," The Plain Dealer
• "Occam's Razor would cut regulation and boost the economy," The Washington Times
• "Unchartered Territory," City Journal

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

• "Cutting government waste by crunching the numbers," Marketplace
• "Bankrupting America's 'The Government' web series gives crash course in government waste," RedAlertPolitics
• "Mr. Lawmaker Goes on Vacation," The American Spectator

Health Care
Abstinence

• "Supply-Side Campus Sex: Stats Show Women Sell Themselves Short," The College Fix
• "Obama Judicial Nominee Calls Abstinence Education Unconstitutional," Catholic.org

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

• "DEMOCRATIC BILL WILL PUNISH SMALL BUSINESSES that Cut Employee Hours Due to Obamacare," The Gateway Pundit
• "Obamacare versus the Faculty," Greg Mankiw's Blog
• "Obamacare Forces Methodists to Drop Coverage," The Acton Institute
• "Perkins: Obamacare Is 'Rare Strain of Flesh-Eating Bacteria'," CNSNews.com
• "ObamaCare: Delays and Cancellations," The Galen Institute
• "CBO Study Underestimates Real Costs Of Delay Of ObamaCare," Investor's Business Daily

Homosexuality

• ""Marriage Equality"?," Encourage and Teach
• "Judges Extend High Court Same-Sex Ruling," The Wall Street Journal
• "Do Christians Have Free Speech Rights to Preach That Homosexuality is a Sin? British Police Asked to Confirm After Arrest," The Christian Post
• "'Ex-gay is OK'," WORLD Magazine
• "Accommodating Transgendered in Our Nation's Military," Touchstone Magazine
• "UN Risks Credibility with Campaign Pushing Homosexual Rights," C-FAM

Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion

• "The "Mystery of Life" Makes Law a Mystery," The Public Discourse
• "Human Dignity and the Image of God," Patheos.com
• "Fertility forecast: Baby bust is over; births will rise," USA Today
• "Pain, Profit, and Third-Party Conception," Catholic World Report
• "Planned Parenthood now under nationwide investigation by GAO, Congressmen announce," LifeSiteNews.com
• "Majority of Women Disagree with Wendy Davis on Backing Late-Term Abortions," LifeNews.com
• "Momentum for Late-Term Abortion Limits," Charlotte Lozier Institute
• "Bombshells in Planned Parenthood Settlement," Jill Stanek
• "Killing babies no different from abortion, experts say," The Telegraph
• "Planned Parenthood Now Over $12.5 Million in Government Determined Waste, Abuse, and Fraud," Alliance Defending Freedom
• "IRS Harassment of Pro-Life Groups Continues Despite Claims to Contrary," Thomas More Society
• "In Liberal Europe, Abortion Laws Come With Their Own Restrictions," The Atlantic

Bioethics and Biotechnology

• "The Layman and the Scientist: A Response to Miller," The Public Discourse
• "Having Children: What's Love Got To Do With It?," National Review Online

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

• "Very few doctors in Canada would kill a patient by euthanasia," National Right to Life News
• "World Medical Association Opposes Euthanasia," National Review Online

Stem Cell Research
To read about the latest advances in ethical adult stem cell research, keep up with leading-edge reports from FRC's Dr. David Prentice, click here.

• "Efficient model for generating human iPSCs developed," Phys.org
• "Meet 'Schmeat': Say Hello to the Stem-Cell Hamburger," Time
• "For $60,000, You Can Store Your Stem Cells In This Bank," Fast Company
• "Stem Cells Found in Gum Tissue Can Fight Inflammatory Disease," Science Daily

Human Trafficking

• "Free at Last: 105 Children Rescued From Prostitution Ring," Family Research Council
• "Buying sex from minor is felony in Oregon," The Mail Tribune
• "Study: Homeless women in Fort Worth frequently victims of physical, sexual violence," The Star-Telegram
• "Sex Trafficking: There's More to Fighting it Than Arrests!," The Skanner
• "Uncertain future," WORLD Magazine
• "Women, Children and the Sex Industry: Laws, Law Enforcement and Society," Charlotte Lozier Institute

Marriage and Family
Adoption

• "Adoption Campaign Hopes to Find 1,000 Foster Children Homes," NBC 29
• "Special Needs Adoption Advcoate: Every Child Already is a Wanted Child," LifeNews.com
• "Krish Kandiah: Adoption 'most challenging and rewarding thing'," Christian Today
• "For Adoption or Against Abortion?," DesiringGod

Family Economics

• "America's 'not-horrible' economy," AEIdeas.org
• "The State of Economic Freedom in the United States and the World, Part 1," The American
• "Appreciating McDonald's: Beyond Minimum Mindedness," The Acton Institute
• "Tradition, Business, and Culture," Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics
• "Are We Becoming A Part-Time Nation?," National Review Online
• "How to Help Fast-Food Workers," Reason.com

Family Structure

• "Building stronger families and safer communities," The Clarion Ledger
• "Roaring lambs," WORLD Magazine
• "Does a Free-Market Mindset Harm Marriage?," Values & Capitalism
• "Celebrate me - I'm childless!," Rare
• "A high divorce rate means it's time to try 'wedleases'," The Washington Post
• "Must the Good Wife Always Stand By Her Man?," Christianity Today
• "6 Reasons Men Are Opting Out Of Marriage," HeadHeartHand Blog
• "Spousal and Sexual Abuse in the Church," Reformation21
• "The Waning Value of Men," The Integrated Catholic Life
• "The Childless City," City Journal
• "Raising Children in a Sex-Saturated Society," DTS

Media
Pornography

• "No More Playboy, Penthouse Sold at Army Bases," The Wall Street Journal
• "Porn, Pride, and Praise," DesiringGod

Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty

• "Censoring Eisenhower and Religious Freedom in the Military," CNSNews.com
• "How religious freedom has become a non-issue in our country," WORLD Magazine
• "Lessons on Conscience Protection from the UK," The Public Discourse
• "Europe's Curious Conception of Religious Freedom," The Acton Institute
• "Yes, Threats to Religious Liberty Happen Here," National Review Online
• "Why U.S. International Religious Freedom Policy Fails," First Things
• "Step By Step, "Small" Cases Regain Legal Ground For The Gospel," Alliance Defending Freedom
• "San Antonio's Proposed Ordinance Would Restrict and Discriminate Against Citizens with Traditional Religious Viewpoints," The Liberty Institute

Religion in America
Check out Dr. Kenyn Cureton's feature on Watchmen Pastors called "The Lost Episodes," featuring how religion has had an impact on our Founding Fathers.

• "Why Millennials Are Leaving the Church: A Response to Rachel Held Evans," The Gospel Coalition
• "Talking About My Generation: Millennials and the Church," Alistair's Adversaria
• "The Jesus We Want," The American Conservative
• "Religion Challenges Left & Right," Commonweal Magazine
• "The Future Belongs to Religious Liberals," The American Spectator
• "Five Fundamental Questions Conservative Evangelicals Must Address," Mere Orthodoxy
• "The Complacent Christian," Challies.com
• "Sin Is Cosmic Treason," Ligonier Ministries
• "A centrifugal church," The Cripplegate

Secularism

• "Got democracy? From Egypt to the U.S., religion and secularism must embrace women's rights," The Washington Post
• "The Utter Nonsense of Secularism," Patheos.com

International
Israel

• "Bibi and the true believers," CarolineGlick.com
• "Israel's National Security Council to discuss EU cooperation in wake of settlement boycott," Haaretz
• "How to Respond to E.U. Sanctions," The Jerusalem Post
• "Culture of Violence: A Palestinian Hobby," Commentary Magazine

International Economy and Family

• "Hyderabad blues," The Wall Street Journal
• "Good and Evil in Zimbabwe," First Things
• "Car wars," The Economist
• "Spanish Posturing on Gibraltar: This Is Why We Need the EU," Via Meadia

Religious Persecution

• "Syria: Rebels Increase Attacks," Persecution.com
• "Unique doors open to black missionaries overseas," Baptist Press
• "Egyptian Christians Allege Torture Under Morsi Regime," Religion Today

The Courts
Constitutional Issues

• "Loving God's Law: the Key to A Flourishing Society?," Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics
• "Supreme Court Refuses to Delay California Prisoner Release," The FedSoc Blog
• "On Reforming the Patent System," The Becker-Posner Blog

Other News of Note

• "Chains of Injustice," Christianity Today
• "Chris Christie vs. the Rand Old Party," The American Conservative
• "How is sociology like theoretical physics?," The Hipster Conservative
• "Virtue, Freedom and Redemption," Religion Today
• "Intentional dementia," The Center for Vision and Values

Book Reviews

• "The Hammer, the Sickle, and the Christian Scientist," The American Spectator
• "Church as Sacrament," First Things
• "Pregnant Pause," Claremont Review of Books
• "Pressure Points," Challies.com
• "The Pastor's Justification," The Gospel Coalition