Here’s the live feed (from 8:30-11:30 a.m.):

For more info, go here.

Comments: - |

By now, you’re all aware of at least some of the devastation resulting from the earthquake in the already-impoverished nation of Haiti.  Here are a but a few Christian organizations which are poised to help, with direct links to their Haiti-specific pages:

• Catholic Relief Services
• Compassion International
• Salvation Army
• Samaritan’s Purse
• Southern Baptist Disaster Relief
• World Vision

These are but a few of the organizations mobilizing support.  If you know of other ways to help, leave a comment below.

[UPDATED 1/19/2010]

Comments: 1 |

New video exposé of U.S. Department of Education Safe & Drug-Free Schools “Czar” Kevin Jennings:

Read more at stopjennings.org.

Comments: - |

FRC’s new ad, “Inheritance of Debt”:

Continue reading »

Comments: 7 |

Be sure to tune in tonight at 8:30 p.m. EST for the live video webcast of “Government Takeover of Health Care: Counting the Cost.” We’ve invited Members of Congress, financial analysts, and FRC policy experts to join us live at our Washington, D.C. headquarters to help us assess this bill as Congress prepares to vote this week.

Participants include:

• Host: Tony Perkins, President, FRC Action
• Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.)
• Congressman Charles Boustany, M.D. (R-La.)
• Congressman Mike Pence (R-Ind.)
• Douglas Johnson, Legislative Director, National Right to Life
• Karen Steward, Research Analyst, The Polling Company
• Tim Wildmon, President, American Family Association
• Bryan Fischer, Director of Issue Analysis, American Family Association
• Richard Scott, Chairman, Conservatives for Patients’ Rights, Conservatives for Patients Rights
• Phil Kerpen, Policy Director, Americans for Prosperity
• Tom McClusky, Senior Vice President, FRC Action
• David Christensen, Senior Director of Congressional Affairs, Family Research Council
• Dr. David Prentice, Senior Fellow for Life Sciences, Center for Human Life and Bioethics, Family Research Council
• Cathy Ruse, Senior Fellow, Legal Studies, Family Research Council

An archive of the webcast will be available following the event.

Comments: - |

FRC’s new ad on Health Care:

Comments: 21 |

Here’s the press release fro FRC Action with information on tonight’s live webcast on health care reform:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, September 10 at 8:30 pm ET, FRC Action, the legislative lobbying arm of Family Research Council, will host a special one hour “National Townhall on Health Care Reform” Webcast. FRC Action President Tony Perkins will be joined by Congressional leaders and policy experts to discuss the moral, ethical, and financial dangers of President Obama’s health care plan.

Webcast viewers will be able to:

* get their questions answered.
* dissect the dangers inherent in the President’s proposed plan.
* and examine the life and death implications this will have for themselves and their loved ones

Who: Tony Perkins, President, FRC Action
Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC)
House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH)
Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA)
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)
Ken Blackwell, former Ohio Secretary of State
Doug Johnson, National Right to Life Committee
Cathy Ruse, Senior Fellow for Legal Studies, Family Research Council
Bishop Harry Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian Church
Wesley J. Smith, renowned ethicist
Mat Staver, Liberty Counsel
Dr. David Prentice, Senior Fellow for Life Sciences, Family Research Council
Tom McClusky, Senior Vice President, FRC Action

Where: www.frcaction.org/webcast

What: “National Townhall on Health Care Reform”

When: Thursday, September 10 at 8:30pm ET

Register for the webcast here.

Comments: 5 |

…is happening at FRC Action’s The Cloakroom. What are you waiting for? Go now.

Comments: 1 |

On this week’s Washington Watch radio program, FRC President Tony Perkins interviewed Senator Orrin Hatch (R – Utah) about the president’s proposed heath care overhaul.

You can find the audio of the interview here, but below is a transcript:

TONY PERKINS:  Well, there is no shortage of problems with the Obama administration’s bill on healthcare reform.  From the massive cost to the accelerated timetable, I mean this thing is being pushed through.  And this is a massive change in public policy and it is vastly expensive.  And consider, this is probably about 16% or 17% of the nation’s economy and we’re talking about changing this overnight.  And another concern for many Americans is the fact that this issue, if it goes through as it is presently proposed, taxpayers will be forced to fund abortion in this country for the first time in over three decades.  And one of the Senators that’s been leading the charge on this to make sure that Americans are not brought into the process of funding abortion is Senator Orin Hatch of Utah, who introduced an amendment last week to keep abortion out.  His amendment was defeated by one vote but, he continues to bring attention to this issue and other aspects of healthcare reform. And he joins me now by phone from Capitol Hill. Senator, thanks for joining us.

SENATOR HATCH:  Well, it is nice to be with you.  This is a crucial time for our country because what they are trying to do on healthcare.

TONY PERKINS:  Not only that but you have been involved in the hearings for the Supreme Court nominee Sonya Sotomayor.  I mean, you have been running back and forth. I mean they are intent on getting something out on this healthcare, are they not?

SENATOR HATCH:  Well, they are.  You know, they are talking about a bill in the House that will be well over a trillion dollars.  Well, frankly, when you get rid of the budget gimmicks, it is one and a half trillion to two trillion dollars additional on top of the two and a half trillion dollars we’re already spending on healthcare  in this country.  And they don’t seem to care about how much it is going to cost.  It’s just awful.  And they use budget gimmicks to try to get the…, they’re trying to pretend that the costs are really lower.  But they’re not lower.

Continue reading »

Comments: - |

Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the Tiananmen square massacre in Beijing. When BBC reporter James Reynolds tried to enter the square to cover any memorials that might be taking place, he was met with resistance and a bizarre display of what can only be described as umbrella censorship:

The earpiece-umbrella guys are indeed weird, but it’s a sign of the times that apparatchiki would be wearing shorts and alien T-shirts.

Comments: - |

Comments: - |

Live Action’s Lila Rose investigates yet another Planned Parenthood (Memphis, TN this time) , which yields what’s becoming an all-too familiar result — people’s ages being mysteriously lowered by clinic workers:

Comments: - |

It hasn’t yet been officially launched, so I’ll unofficially (off the record) refer you to FRC Action’s new blog The Cloakroom, where you’ll find Tom McClusky and crew hanging out these days. That’s right, Tom has been hiding in the cloakroom.  Head on over to check out their new digs.

(Remember, this is all off the record, and you never heard it from me…)

|

Conscience protection is in the news again, and not just on this blog.  On our sister blog at FRC Action, FRCA’s newly-minted Senior Vice President Tom McClusky has posted a primer on what these regulations are, and whom they protect:

These conscience protections are important because powerful interests are inclined to force health care workers and others to participate, directly or indirectly, in morally controversial procedures. Physicians, nurses, pharmacists and others have been denied employment, dismissed, or penalized because of objections to abortion, contraception or the morning-after pill. The same pressure will almost certainly be applied to force conscientious objectors to participate in reproductive technology, eugenic screening, and in euthanasia and assisted suicide, particularly where such things are legal or are tolerated.

Read the rest here…

|

If you’ve ever been confused about the national debate over stem cell research, you’re not alone.  Politicians, preachers, and pedestrians alike are likely to be confused, given the vague rhetoric that’s often thrown about. 

For a good primer on the debate, and to learn about the difference between adult and embryonic stem cells, which ones are ethical and which were not — or which is truly yielding successful treatments,  tune in today at 11:00 a.m. EST for the live webcast of a lecture by FRC’s Dr. David Prentice.  In ”The Audacity of Hype: Embryonic Stem Cells — Wasting Taxpayer Lives and Wasting Taxpayer Dollars,” Dr. Prentice examines “the real facts on the science and the difference between hype and hope” in the stem cell debate.

View the webcast here.

|

Indiana doesn’t have the corner on the market for the “wink, wink — we’ll take care of you” style of illegal abortion counseling. Lila Rose and the crew from Live Action go undercover into an Arizona Planned Parenthood where instead of reporting statutory rape, a worker counsels a young girl to keep silent:

|

In case you missed it this morning, posted below is the full video of the 2009 Blogs for Life conference. In the coming days, we hope to have the individual speeches segmented, but until then, here’s the entire three hours:

[If you're reading this via RSS, please visit the site to view the video. You'll need the the Flash Player, of course.]

It was a great conference with good turnout both online and in person this year, and I’d like to thank all the speakers and attendees who made this year’s event one of the best we’ve had to date. Again, here’s the lineup:

Introduction – emcee Jill Stanek

Peter Shinn and Major Samuel Mosteller, Pro-Life Unity

Shaun Kenney, Executive Director, American Life League

Danny Glover, Blogger/Journalist

Michael New, Ph.D., University of Alabama

Charmaine Yoest, Ph.D., President, Americans United for Life

22 Weeks film preview

Chris Gacek, PhD., J.D. (FRC) and Martha Shuping, M.D.

Michael Illions, Conservatives with Attitude!

Amanda Carpenter, Townhall.com

Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kan)

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash)

Comments: 1 |

The 2009 edition of Blogs for Life is nearly upon us, and the schedule begins tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. as follows:

8:30-8:35: Introduction – emcee Jill Stanek

8:35-8:50: Peter Shinn/Major Samuel Mosteller, Pro-Life Unity

8:50-9:05: Shaun Kenney, Executive Director, American Life League

9:05-9:20: Danny Glover, Blogger/Journalist

9:20-9:35: Michael New, Ph.D., University of Alabama

9:35-9:50: Dr. Charmaine Yoest, Ph.D., President, Americans United for Life

9:50-10:00: Break [22 Weeks film preview]

10:00-10:15: Chris Gacek, PhD., J.D. (FRC) /Martha Shuping, M.D.

10:15-10:30: Michael Illions, Conservatives with Attitude!

10:30-10:50: Amanda Carpenter, Townhall.com

10:50-11:10: Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kan)

11:10-11:30: Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash)

if you’re unable to join us in person at 801 G St. NW, you can view the live webcast at this link.

|

Reacting to Tom’s post yesterday on Obama Attorney General nominee Thomas J. Perrelli, sportscaster Keith Olbermann (wasn’t he great in his ESPN days?) last night gave our own Tom McClusky the dubious honor of World’s (third) Worst Person:

Perhaps Mr. Olbermann is unaware that FRC is not “James Dobson’s lobbying arm” (we’ve been an independent non-profit since 1992), but around the office, we’re wondering if Tom was slighted a bit?

Is it more or less of an honor to come in third to Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin?

Comments: 4 |

What’s in store for the Obama administration? FRC has been keeping track of the president-elect’s nominees with detailed backgrounders. Here’s the list to date:

• Secretary of State: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton
• White House Counsel: Gregory Craig
• Secretary of Health and Human Services: Tom Daschle
• Chief of Staff: Rahm Emanuel
• Attorney General: Eric Holder, Jr.

There will be more backgrounders to come after the new year. Stay tuned to this spot for more additions.

|