http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/familyvalues/ en-us Mon, 4 Jan 2010 17:20:13 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420656/posts The United States has lifted a 22-year ban preventing anyone with HIV or Aids from entering the country. President Obama said the measure was not compatible with American ambitions of becoming a world leader in the fight against the disease. BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420656/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 17:20:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413683/posts The family of a Mexican marine who died in the shootout last week which killed Arturo Beltran Leyva was wiped out by more than a dozen hitmen from the drug kingpin's cartel as reported by Sara Miller Llana for The Christian Science Monitor: "This is a new message by organized crime, in which intimidation even reaches the families of those who are fighting them," says Erubiel Tirado, a security expert at the Iberoamerican University in Mexico City. "This is a very worrisome indicator of their behavior, and a new pattern that we might see." Fallen marine Melquisedet Angulo was buried... Friends of Ours http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413683/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:05:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410029/posts A spokesman for the American Family Association says a Republican homosexual activist group doesn't belong at a popular conservative political conference in February. The homosexual activist group GOProud, an offshoot of the Log Cabin Republicans, boasts on its website that it will be a co-sponsor of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington on February 18-20. Jimmy LaSalvia, executive director of GOProud, says taking part in CPAC "is one of the most important things [GOProud] will do all year," and affords the homosexual activist group "an incredible opportunity to deliver [its] message." GOProud advocates same-sex "marriage," a repeal of... One News Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410029/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:17:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408007/posts Police Find Body of Unborn Baby Killed in Abortion in Christmas Gift Box Mission, TX -- In a bizarre case that is beginning to draw national attention, police in a city in south Texas say they have found the remains of an unborn baby victimized by abortion placed in a Christmas gift box. The incident took place in this city near McAllen, on the Texas side of the Mexican border. http://www.LifeNews.com/state4645.html LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408007/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:51:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407764/posts Tiger Woods spoke of his commitment to his family during an interview screened in New Zealand on Tuesday, but conducted in the days before his car crash and subsequent admission of several infidelities. Asked in the interview "family first and golf second ... always been like that?", Woods replied: "Always. Always." He goes on to say that having a family - he has two young children with wife Elin Nordegren - "has been great, actually, the best thing that ever happened." The interview was conducted on November 17 - ten days prior to the accident outside his Florida family home... Western Australia Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407764/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:10:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399511/posts Seven women were murdered in Mexico, including one who was beheaded in the southern beach resort of Cancun, authorities reported Monday. Four of the women were killed in Ciudad Juarez, where two were shot to death, another beaten with a baseball bat and a fourth, a school teacher, also was beaten to death. The northern border city is at the center of a raging drug war that has claimed 2,300 lives so far this year. In Baja California state, two women were found shot to death in Mexicali, also on the US border, the Attorney General's office said. In the... France 24 International news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399511/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 18:41:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391671/posts A woman accused of holding down a child while her husband sexually assaulted the girl — an act captured on video — pleaded guilty in a Travis County courtroom Friday and was sentenced to 40 years in prison. Mariana Garcia's punishmentfor two counts of aggravated sexual assault was part of a plea bargain with prosecutors. The charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. Charges are pending against Garcia's husband, Adrian Navarro, 30. Garcia, 24, showed little emotion during the proceedings before state District Judge Bob Perkins. At one point, prosecutor Joe Frederick asked her whether Navarro is her... Austin-American Statesmant http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391671/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:54:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392704/posts How nine Houston men were assaulted and robbed in the ranchlands of Mexico MEXICO CITY — Like generations of Texans, nine Houston hunters traveled each autumn into northeastern Mexico's wildlife-rich ranchlands for a few uninterrupted days of shooting game, far removed from the workday world. But that ended abruptly last month after the men were rounded up, robbed and terrorized by well-armed marauders. The nine were wrapping up an afternoon of white-wing dove hunting about 100 miles south of the Rio Grande when a dozen men, armed with assault rifles, roared into the grain field in pickup trucks. The businessmen,... HOUSTON CHRONICLE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392704/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:00:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389992/posts Arrests of illegal immigrant workers have dropped precipitously under President Obama, according to figures released Wednesday. Criminal arrests, administrative arrests, indictments and convictions of illegal immigrants at work sites all fell by more than 50 percent from fiscal 2008 to fiscal 2009. The figures show that Mr. Obama has made good on his pledge to shift enforcement away from going after illegal immigrant workers themselves - but at the expense of Americans' jobs, said Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the Republican who compiled the numbers from the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). Mr. Smith,... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389992/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:22:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378866/posts El Salvadoran leaders of the MS-13 gang allegedly put out a contract on the federal agent responsible for a crackdown on its New York factions, the Daily News has learned. The brazen plot to assassinate the unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was revealed in an arrest warrant for reputed gang member Walter (Duke) Torres. Torres tipped authorities to the plan after he and four other MS-13 members were stopped by NYPD detectives for hassling passersby on Northern Blvd. in Queens last month. He told cops he had information to pass on, and was debriefed Oct. 22 at Rikers Island,... NYDailyNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378866/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 02:59:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377027/posts NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A new charge has been issued against a man police describe as a suspected serial rapist. Mauricio Morales is already in jail and charged with raping two Nashville women in separate cases. Metro police believe Morales is the man behind the rape of a 10-year-old girl in her own South Nashville home near Old Hickory Boulevard and Nolensville Pike. The alleged incident happened back in April. Crime Scene investigators collected evidence from her room and the TBI crime lab determined the DNA matched Mauricio Morales. A Grand Jury indicted him Friday on the new charges. Morales had... Nashville Channel 5 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377027/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 01:25:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372826/posts A New Orleans man who was caught slipping DVDs into his son's diaper bag at a Kenner Wal-Mart abandoned the toddler in the parking lot when police tried to arrest him, authorities said. A Kenner Police Department report said an employee of the Wal-Mart at 300 W. Esplanade Ave. alerted an officer working as a private security guard that Joshua Gibson, 20, hid several digital video discs in a blue diaper bag he was carrying Saturday. The officer approached Gibson as he and his 2-year-old son exited the business. Gibson admitted that he removed several DVDs from their cases and... The Times-Picayune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372826/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:26:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369526/posts PEORIA, Ariz. - Peoria police are looking for a father suspected of running down his daughter because she was becoming too "westernized" and was not living according to their traditional Iraqi values. Peoria police say 48-year-old Faleh Hassan Almaleki of Glendale allegedly ran his daughter down Tuesday at an Arizona Department of Economic Security parking lot in Peoria. "When I walked out the door I saw two ladies on the ground, so my first thought was some kind of domestic dispute," says witness Synthia Diaz. The victim, 20-year-old Noor Faleh Almaleki of Surprise, is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. A second... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369526/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:07:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359477/posts It was shortly after midnight, and the Fairfax County couple were fast asleep in their quiet Oak Hill neighborhood. That's when three shadowy figures suddenly began pummeling them -- and one was wielding a machete. The beating became bloody. Then the silent home invaders left. That's when the homeowner screaming for help out the window of his second-floor master bedroom sparked calls to 911, and then an intense police investigation that resulted in the arrests of two men and the ongoing search for a third, Fairfax police said Friday. Police think that the couple's 23-year-old daughter complained to some friends... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359477/posts#comment Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:03:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357427/posts Remember when we used to jump on our bikes with a sack lunch, take off on a summer morning and not come back until suppertime? And nobody worried. Mom said, "Be careful"; Dad was at work; siblings were otherwise occupied or along for the ride. What did we do all that time? Nothing special, which turned out to be very special. When we speak of our childhood we don't mean babyhood or toddlerhood or the first day of school. We mean that burst of mobility after the training wheels came off the bike (or in my case, after my sister... WORLD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357427/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:24:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2351895/posts On Friday September 25, 2009 Glenn Beck had a special entitled “The Mother’s Challenge: A 9.12 Project.” During the final thoughts section Dr. Frank I. Luntz said, “If you begin everything with ‘as a mom…‘ You win.” That thought, and a brilliant comment by Nancy, during a discussion of the feeling of being alone, referring to her friends calling themselves “Sisterhood of the mommy patriots,” were the inspirations for starting this site. The purpose of this group is to give a forum for moms of all types to come together to discuss and resolve issues. Through the centuries women a... http://asamom..com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2351895/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:00:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346701/posts "Twenty years after the state began to address the problems faced by colonias — a byword for poor communities that lack basic infrastructure — bad water and sewage issues continue to plague them. Roads are rutted, and some toilets are known to flush into backyards, even if a homeowner is lucky to have a septic tank instead of an outhouse. Quality drinking water can be iffy. Even as colonias along the border have received assistance from state and federal officials, colonias here — near Corpus Christi — and in other parts of the state have historically been left out by... Austin American Statesman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346701/posts#comment Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:12:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331540/posts JUAREZ -- The Mexican Military dealt a blow to the "La Linea" criminal organization Wednesday as they arrested three of its alleged hitmen. La Linea has been known to be the "street enforcement" branch of the Juarez Cartel. The three suspects were presented to the media at once but were arrested in two separate incidents. Juan Gerardo Hernandez Del Real, 24, a.k.a. "El Moreno," was arrested Wednesday. At the time of his arrest, he was in possession of two firearms and crack cocaine, according to officials with "Operation Conjunta Chihuahua," a joint law enforcement operation involving Juarez Municipal Police, Chihuahua... KVIA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331540/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 21:30:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2288200/posts How often does your family have dinner together? That simple question often evokes an answer of, "Ummmmmm......" What used to be the most basic of activities has become increasingly difficult to schedule in today's busy world. But bringing back the time-honored practice of "breaking bread" with your own family could be the single greatest step you take toward saving your family from all kinds of ills. For more than a decade, the National Center of Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University has been studying the tremendous impact that family meals have on children. Their research repeatedly shows how... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2288200/posts#comment Wed, 8 Jul 2009 18:21:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2287914/posts HURLEY — The Cochran quadruplets have more than quadrupled in size. And they’re nearing their first birthday in a new house, where each eventually will have his and her own bedrooms. Mom Sandra and Dad Matt have been scrimping and saving since pregnancy to build the new home on a high school coach’s salary. They got it finished just in the nick of time, Sandra said, because the Cochran family, with a 4-year-old and four 10-month-olds, has outgrown the house trailer. The quads were born in August, and since they arrived home in the fall, they have slept in... SUN HERALD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2287914/posts#comment Wed, 8 Jul 2009 11:33:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2279423/posts The left are falling all over themselves to not only damn Republican South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, but to damn everything he claimed to stand for. Just as one among a gazillion examples: After Sanford, Let's End Hypocrisy and Promote EqualitySo Governor Sanford is another family values hypocrite. How many times did he deny privacy rights and marriage equality to others? According to OnTheIssues.org, as a Member of Congress, Mark Sanford voted repeatedly against abortion rights; against gay marriage, civil unions, and gay adoptions; and for posting the Ten Commandments. As Governor, he continued those positions. Let us express this... Start Thinking Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2279423/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:07:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279164/posts South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's admission today that he had an extramarital affair strikes another blow to the GOP's brand as the party of family values, particularly in a region of the country—the Deep South—that has become ever more critical to Republicans, who've lost ground recently in the Northeast and the West. Outside South Carolina, "Sanford is most well known in states like North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, which are growing more competitive for Democrats," says Cornell Belcher, a Democratic pollster who worked for Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee during the 2008 campaign season. "This is devastating for... US News & World Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279164/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:42:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279135/posts Mark Sanford's summer adventure to Argentina -- no, he was not hiking the Appalachian Trail, as his aides incorrectly told reporters -- is now a full-fledged personal and family embarrassment, a story of infidelity followed by a public confession of the kind that has become all too familiar from political leaders. But Sanford's story is more than personal. For a Republican Party down on its luck, the governor's disappearance and subsequent rambling apology to his wife, his family, his close friends and all the people of South Carolina draw more unwelcome publicity to a party that needs but cannot seem... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279135/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:58:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275774/posts Pornography is no longer a poison creeping into the crevices of our popular culture. It is part of the very fabric. One sensation at a recent Apple conference for new and developing applications in San Francisco was the "iPorn bikini girls" advertising free X-rated films for your iPhone. It sounds like a whole new reason to fear people using their mobile phones while they drive. Free porn sites are all over the Internet now, with zero restrictions or minimal electronic barriers against curious children who might be in for a very crude shock within seconds, just with the still photos... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275774/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:46:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2252915/posts Fox news just had a cute story about a brides'parade in Rumania. The purpose of the parade seems to be a promotion of marriage and family values. Wouldn't this be a cute and fun way to promote marriage in our communities? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2252915/posts#comment Mon, 18 May 2009 00:16:33 GMT