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Dear Friends,
Want to start an emotional discussion? Ask people what they think of "Common Core."
The new federal education standards being advanced by the Obama Administration are of great concern not only to parents and teachers but all who fear big government intrusion in American education. As President Eisenhower said years ago, federal aid to education leads to dependence by states and localities on Uncle Sam and also to Washington-based control of what's taught. His prophecy is coming true before our eyes.
FRC has just published three new studies of Common Core that will help you understand what's really happening and what's at stake. Written by our talented Common Core Coalition Manager, attorney Sarah Perry, you can download these relatively brief but thorough and carefully-researched documents at no cost:
Ten Things to Know About Common Core
Common Core State Standards: Mathematics
Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts & Literacy
Parents, not the government, are entrusted by God with the education and care of children. FRC is committed to keeping it that way, and we value your partnership with us in this effort.
Sincerely,
Rob Schwarzwalder
Senior Vice President
Family Research Council
P.S. Be sure to watch a presentation by Arina Grossu, Director of FRC's Center for Human Dignity, on the current state of euthanasia initiatives in the U.S. and how you can oppose them.
Human Dignity and the Sanctity of Life
Abortion
- "Fetal Tissue Used to Power Oregon Homes," ABC News
- "Supreme Court Will Decide if Pro-Life Groups Can be Censored for Telling the Truth," LifeNews.com
- "Health Regulations and Roe: The Fifth Circuit got it Right in Planned Parenthood v. Abbott," The Public Discourse
Euthanasia/End of Life Issues
- "Euthanasia, Physician-Assisted Suicide to Mirror Abortion Conflict, Says FRC Researcher," The Christian Post
- "Harold Shipman: Euthanasia without request or consent," National Right to Life News
- "Some Dutch Pharmacists Say No to Euthanasia," National Review Online
Stem Cells and Biotechnology
- "Secret life of cells revealed with new technique," Phys.org
- "Scientists create stem cells from adult skin cells," Dayton Daily News
- "Issue Analysis: Human Cloning," Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission
Marriage & Family
Common Core
- "Vision, Reality Collide in Common-Core Tests," Education Week
- "Common Core stirs controversy for Catholic schools," Fox News
- "Indiana's Potemkin Standards?," Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Family Life
- "Ignoring an Inequality Culprit: Single-Parent Families," The Wall Street Journal
- "For The Children's Sake, Put Down That Smartphone," NPR
- "The Single Life: Where Do We Go From Here?," The Public Discourse
- "In a world of family change, how are children faring?," MercatorNet
Human Sexuality
- "New Study Suggests Religion Can Predict Sexual Behavior," ChristianHeadlines.com
- "The Unexpected Backlash Against Onscreen Sex," Relevant Magazine
- "VIDEO: Teaching children about sexuality," Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission
Homosexuality and Same-Sex "Marriage"
- "God and the Gay Christian-An Evangelical Response to Matthew Vines," Patheos.com
- "A catechetical response to same-sex marriage," Our Sunday Visitor
- "A Manifesto for the Liberal Wing of the Gay-Equality Movement," The Atlantic
- "Bait And Switch: How Same Sex Marriage Ends Family Autonomy," The Federalist
Pornography
- "Pornography's False Promise," Crisis Magazine
- "China steps up purge of online porn amid wider censorship push," Reuters
- "The Proliferation of Pornography: What's a Parent To Do?," Public News Service
- "'Sex Workers' As Social Workers: A Hash Of Hollywood Idiocy," The Acton Institute
Human Trafficking
- "Human Trafficking is Happening in America and Abortion is Part of the Equation," LifeNews.com
- "Governor OKs tougher law against human trafficking," Arizona Daily Star
Religious Liberty
- "Air Force must follow Congressional intent on religious liberty," The Daily Caller
- "The Slow Death of Free Speech," The Spectator
- "Religious Freedom and the American Settlement," The Public Discourse
- "Kennedy's Question: How Will the Court Decide Hobby Lobby?," The FedSocBlog
- "New Research: Most Americans Want to Keep "Under God" in Pledge of Allegiance.," Christianity Today
Religion in Public Life
- "Why Younger Evangelicals Are Leaving the Church: Some Arguments against the Conventional Wisdom," Canon and Culture
- "The State of the Bible," American Bible Society/Barna Group
- "When Pastors Fall: Why Full and Public Repentance Matters," Christianity Today
- "W. Virginia high school bows to pressure from atheist group," OneNewsNow
- "Knowledge, religion and the hard work of faith," The Star-Telegram
International Religious Liberty
- "Is South Sudan the next Rwanda?," WORLD Magazine
- "Muslim Brotherhood Slaughter Christian Woman," The Christian Post
- "Religious Repression and Economic Opportunity in the Middle East," The Acton Institute
- "China on Course to Become 'World's Most Christian Nation'," The Gospel Coalition
Other important articles
- "The Moral Majority is No More," Canon & Culture
- "Down the Slippery Slope: A Timeline of Social Revolution," Crisis Magazine
- "Feminists Fighting McDonald's Are Learning The Wrong Lessons," The Federalist
Book Reviews
- "A CRB Discussion of Modern Liberalism's Origins," Claremont Review of Books
- "Center Church: summary and contextualization," The Cripplegate
- "A Call to Action," The Gospel Coalition
