http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/frc/ en-us Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:27:52 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372604/posts Senior congressional Democrats want a report on the ouster of Honduran president Manuel Zelaya to be retracted. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) made the demand in a letter dated Tuesday to James Billington, the Librarian of Congress. They asked the Law Library of Congress to withdraw and correct the August 2009 report titled “Honduras: Constitutional Issues.” “The report, which has contributed to the political crisis that still wracks Honduras, contains factual errors and is based on a flawed legal analysis that has been refuted by experts from the United States, the Organization of American States, and... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372604/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:27:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360650/posts FRC Action PAC Endorses Chris Christie for New Jersey Governor Date: October 9, 2009 - Friday Washington, D.C. - Today FRC Action PAC, the political action committee connected to Family Research Council, is endorsing Chris Christie for New Jersey Governor. "Chris Christie will bring real change for New Jersey families. As a U.S. Attorney he was unapologetic in busting corrupt politicians," said Connie Mackey, President of FRC Action PAC. "As New Jersey's next governor he will continue to hold political leaders accountable." "He is a true friend to New Jersey's families, advocating school vouchers, smaller government, and pro-life legislation. New... FRC Press Release online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360650/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:48:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2344729/posts Conservatives Bring it Back to the Constitution by: Sarah Carlsruh, September 21, 2009 Conservative Americans are finally uniting in what appears to be a peaceful revolt against big government. Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council (FRC), addressed a packed Bloggers Briefing this Tuesday to talk about this increasing frustration with government intervention in the economy. Briefing attendees asked Perkins questions about hot topics such as health care reform and abortion. Using health care reform as a prime example, Perkins pointed to the disconnect between what Washington hears and what Americans are actually saying, calling it a sign that... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2344729/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:50:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344374/posts Author Joel Rosenberg spoke tonight at the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit in Washington D.C. Rosenberg is the author of several best-selling fiction novels about intrigue in the Middle East (I’ve read all but the last one) and several non-fiction books about the Middle East. Rush Limbaugh highly recommends Rosenberg’s works, and his first fiction book (The Last Jihad) was somewhat prescient of the Iraq War. His father is Jewish and his mother is Gentile, by the way, and by his writings he seems to be a genuine Christian…with a LOT of knowledge of Jewish history. Rosenberg said these... Dakota Voice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344374/posts#comment Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:44:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344362/posts "A National Townhall on Health Care Reform" examines the moral, ethical, and financial dangers of President Obama's health care plan. Join our stellar lineup of Congressional leaders and policy experts as they dissect the dangers inherent in the President's proposed plan, and answer your questions on the President's plan and some alternative approaches. Family Research Council http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344362/posts#comment Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:18:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344056/posts Mike Huckabee may have won the straw poll at the Family Research Council's Values Voter Summit, but Tim Pawlenty may have done himself the most good. I saw the major contenders give their speeches and thought, like Mark Hemingway of NRO, that Pawlenty showed he had the goods. Pawlenty's presentation of his own record as a budget-balancer in MN was impressive and he sounded like the kind of conservative candidate who knows how to handle himself in a debate. The Minnesota governor came off as smart, tough, and ready for prime time. If he keeps making the rounds speaking the... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344056/posts#comment Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:42:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343891/posts Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Saturday won a 2012 presidential preference straw poll of social and religious conservative activists from 49 states gathered in Washington, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said at an afternoon press briefing at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. It was sweet revenge for Mr. Huckabee, who narrowly lost a similar poll in 2007 to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Only in-person voting was permitted in this vote -- Mr. Romney had won with combined Internet and in-person voting. On Saturday Mr. Huckabee took 28.48 percent of the vote, while Mr. Romney was in a four-way... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343891/posts#comment Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:23:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320694/posts (WASHINGTON, DC – C-FAM) Patrick Fagan, family scholar at the Family Research Council, told the World Congress of Families last week in Amsterdam that there are two competing cultures of sexual morality and that both have a profound effect on culture and public policy. Fagan called one culture “monogamous” and the other “polymorphous” and he warned that one is “snatching” children from the other. Fagan told the audience that “the culture of the traditional family is now in intense competition with a very different culture. The defining difference between the two is the sexual ideal embraced [by each].” He described... Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute Friday Fax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320694/posts#comment Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:27:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305591/posts Someone is right and someone is wrong. There is no middle ground on this one. The truth must be revealed and shouted from the Housetops. In fact, it really is a matter of life and death. It will frame our action and response as Pro-Life people. It must be the determining factor as to whether faithful Catholics, other faithful Christians, Pro-Life people of faith and people of good will who recognize the truth concerning the personhood of our first neighbors in the womb can participate in any Health care Plan which funds the taking of innocent human life in the... Catholic Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305591/posts#comment Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:18:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2305141/posts I asked Judie Brown, president of American Life League, to comment on the latest media release from the Obama-loving, vomit-inducing Catholics United calling on the Family Research Council and the Stop the Abortion Mandate campaign to "suspend these efforts immediately," with CU's executive director Chris Korzen asserting that said efforts "pose perhaps the single greatest threat to the passage of health care reform." Judie Brown's response: 'Catholics United has verbally excoriated the Family Research Council's factual campaign to expose the sordid pro-death underbelly of the Obama health care plan. By doing this Catholics United has united itself to those who... Renew America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2305141/posts#comment Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:30:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2301174/posts The Episcopal Church in the United States took another major step toward ensuring its own demise last week, by adopting a resolution endorsing the ordination of homosexuals as clergy and bishops. The resolution, adopted at the denomination’s General Convention, said that “gay and lesbian persons . . . have responded to God’s call and have exercised various ministries,” and declared that “God has called and may call such individuals, to any ordained ministry in the Episcopal Church.” The resolution was widely interpreted as abandoning a moratorium on the ordination of homosexual bishops that was adopted after the furor surrounding the... Family Research Council http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2301174/posts#comment Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:41:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265974/posts Date:Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Time:10:30am - 12:30pm Location:East Steps, State Capitol City/Town:Albany, NY Join the expected thousands of concerned citizens standing for the traditional definition of marriage. Scheduled to attend are Sen. Rev. Ruben Diaz, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, Bishop Harry Jackson, Jr. of the High Impact Leadership Coalition, State Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long, and many pro-family legislators. All are welcome – including children. It is important that we remind legislators that marriage is about the needs of children, and not just the preferences of adults. Please feel free to bring your own signs with statements... NY Family Research Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265974/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jun 2009 02:55:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262184/posts Nineteen years on the U.S. Supreme Court and David Souter retires like Rodney Dangerfield: He gets no respect. When the liberal press does praise him, it’s for his logic. Really? Let’s parse the premier sample of his logic. He’s credited with the co-authorship of what has been termed the “Mystery of Life” passage in the 1992 ruling in Planned Parenthood v. Casey: “At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.” Justice Scalia has made wicked sport of this passage. “Ah, the... Opposing Views http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262184/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 15:31:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242716/posts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fir2JM5HByM Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242716/posts#comment Sat, 2 May 2009 14:47:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234916/posts The religious right, which vehemently opposed Rudy Giuliani’s 2008 bid for the Republican presidential nomination, is rallying to the former New York mayor’s defense against attacks from gay rights groups. The skirmish began when Giuliani in an interview with the New York Post opposed New York Gov. David Paterson's proposed gay marriage bill and asserted it would spark a backlash against Democrats. ....[S]ocial conservatives are applauding him for his stance on an issue over which they have often been at odds with him. SNIP Even Tony Perkins, president of the influential Family Research Council and an outspoken critic of Giuliani’s... POLITICO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234916/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:03:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234744/posts BREAKING NEWS... Kansas Gov. Kathleen Seblelius has won approval from a divided Senate panel to become secretary of Health and Human Services in the Obama administration ... The head of the Family Research Council says he hopes the latest revelation about the "blood money" Health and Human Services secretary nominee Kathleen Sebelius received from Kansas abortionist George Tiller will cause senators like Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts to reconsider their support for her appointment. Family Research Council (FRC) and other pro-life groups have obtained a copy of a 2002 letter [PDF] in which notorious late-term abortionist George Tiller claims that... One News Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234744/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:43:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2175957/posts Family Research Council recognizes and respects the inherent dignity of every human life from conception (whether by natural or artificial means) until death. FRC desires to help build a culture of life, holding that all human life is a gift to be treasured. The life of every human being is an intrinsic good, not something whose value is conditional upon its usefulness to others or to the state.Threats to human life include abortion, euthanasia, and many new forms of biotechnology. However, human beings need not prove their moral worth by demonstrating sentience, or self-awareness, or a certain level of cognitive... FRC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2175957/posts#comment Sun, 1 Feb 2009 02:12:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2175949/posts Adult Stem Cell Success Stories - 2006 The political battles raging in Congress and in state legislatures over whether to destroy human embryos in order to get embryonic stem cells have obscured an important fact. There is one kind of human stem cell research that everyone can and should support--that involving adult stem cells. Many scientists feel that adult stem cells, which can be found throughout the human body, even in infants, are the real hope for the future. James Sherley, associate professor of biological engineering at MIT, notes: "Adult stem cell research is predicted to beat the pants... FRC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2175949/posts#comment Sun, 1 Feb 2009 01:56:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2175928/posts As the reader will see from our prior publication, "Adult Stem Cell Success Stories - 2006," [1] adult stem cell research had an impressive track record as of 2006-over 1100 FDA approved clinical trials in the United States for 72 different illnesses and disabilities. 2007 has seen further advances in adult stem cell research and therapy. Currently, peer-reviewed studies have documented 73 different conditions in humans where patient health has been improved through adult stem cell therapy,[2] and over 1400 FDA approved trials are ongoing.[3]Adult stem cells are found throughout the human body from birth onward, in placentas, and in... frc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2175928/posts#comment Sun, 1 Feb 2009 00:58:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2175925/posts Adult Stem Cell Success Stories 2008 Update: January-JuneWe are pleased to present FRC's June update on advances in human treatments and research with adult stem cells.  This is the third report.  The prior ones were "Adult Stem Cell Success Stories - 2006"[2] and "Adult Stem Cell Success Stories-2007 Update".[3]   Every six months, we will present new cases of people being helped by adult stem cells, which are abundant throughout the human body and whose use does not pose the ethical dilemmas encountered with embryonic stem cell research.  Adult stem cells are already being used to treat over 73 different... FRC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2175925/posts#comment Sun, 1 Feb 2009 00:48:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138520/posts More than 3,000 people, including longtime Mormon critic James Dobson of Focus on the Family, have signed an online petition thanking the LDS Church for its efforts on behalf of California's traditional marriage initiative known as Proposition 8. "Anyone who participated in this process has come to admire the competence, diligence and moral courage that so many members of your faith community displayed as part of this coalition effort -- as Catholics, Evangelicals, Mormons and people of other faith communities all came together to fight this great battle for marriage," says the petition, which is addressed to LDS President Thomas... Salt Lake Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138520/posts#comment Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:47:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133510/posts As the dust settles on Washington following the Barack Obama earthquake, one group more than any other is expecting to be out in the cold. For the past eight years, the so-called Religious Right has enjoyed a warm reception at the centre of White House policy-making, and with the Republican coalition on Capitol Hill. Mainly white, "born again" evangelical Protestants, who adhere to a literal interpretation of the Bible - and oppose abortion rights above all - the Religious Right comprise around 40% of the Republican Party's support. "The Republican Party as it exists today could not exist without the... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133510/posts#comment Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:58:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113596/posts The Family Research Council's (FRC) political arm ripped Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) Thursday for withdrawing ad spending on behalf of two endangered Republican candidates. FRC President Tony Perkins said in a letter to Cole, chairman of the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC), that the committee "is abandoning social conservative candidates" by pulling ads from the reelection races of Reps. Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo.) and Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.). Bachmann has come under fire recently for stating -- then denying -- her concern that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and other members of Congress hold "anti-American" views. Musgrave is considered to be a... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113596/posts#comment Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:34:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2105893/posts California Needs Help!!! Family Research Counsel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2105893/posts#comment Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:45:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101730/posts WASHINGTON, Oct 09, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Today, FRC Action decried comments made by Democrat Party Senate candidate Mark Warner. Warner, who served formerly as Governor of Virginia, was recently recorded speaking at a Democratic Party event. In his speech, Warner accused pro-lifers, homeschoolers, and members of the National Rifle Association, as threatening to "what it means to be an American." Warner said that "one of the things you're going to see is a coalition that has just about completely taken over the Republican Party in the state [Virginia] and if they have their way, it's going to take... http://www.marketwatch.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101730/posts#comment Thu, 9 Oct 2008 21:53:20 GMT