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How Does Your State Rank in Church Attendance?
A new Gallup poll offers some clues about Americans’ church attendance—and the sizeable difference depending on the state where you live. Gallup asked 177,030 American… Read More
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How Many Kids Grow Up With Their Married Mom and Dad?
It’s not normal these days for a teen to live with their married mom and dad. Fifty-four percent of U.S. teens 15-to-17-years-old do not live… Read More
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State Says 70-Year-Old Flower Shop Owner Discriminated Against Gay Couple. Here’s How She Responded.
A judge in Washington state ruled this week that a 70-year-old florist who declined to make flower arrangements for a gay couple’s wedding violated the… Read More
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Former Fire Chief Sues Atlanta, Mayor for Firing Him ‘Solely’ Because of His Beliefs About Marriage
Former Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran filed today a federal lawsuit against the city of Atlanta and its Mayor Kasim Reed alleging they terminated his employment… Read More
Q&A: What You Need to Know About Court Order Stopping Obama’s Immigration Actions
A federal judge’s ruling Monday halted President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, stopping—at least temporarily—the government’s attempt to grant legal status to an estimated 5… Read More
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Republicans in Congress Demand Answers About Military Chaplain Disciplined for Referencing the Bible
A group of 24 Republican lawmakers are demanding an explanation about why the Army disciplined a military chaplain for making references to the Bible during… Read More
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Pro-Life Group’s Graphic Signs Spark Debate Over Images of Abortion
A recent pro-life protest in Columbus, Ohio, drew a heated response from a neighbor upset by the group’s graphic depiction of aborted fetuses on signs… Read More
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It’s Time to Rediscover George Washington’s Greatness
What’s so great about George Washington? I don’t mean this as a rhetorical question, implying that Washington really was not great—as such a question might… Read More
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How the Welfare State Penalizes Parents Who Marry
Fifty-one years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson launched the War on Poverty. Since then, taxpayers have spent more than $22 trillion fighting Johnson’s war, three… Read More
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Appeals Court Rules Against Geneva College in Obamacare Abortion Drug Case
Chalk up another setback for religious freedom. Earlier this week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled against Geneva College and other… Read More
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5 Facts About Cohabitation You May Not Know
More young adults are opting to cohabit rather than marry or to delay marriage for financial reasons, such as debt, according to a recent study… Read More
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Conservatives ‘Aren’t Scared’ to Hold Their Ground on Homeland Security Bill
A group of conservative members of Congress are urging Senate Republicans to stand their ground in the high-stakes standoff with Democrats over funding the Department… Read More
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Does Marriage Make You Happier? What a New Study Found
“Those who marry are more satisfied than those who remain single,” claims a new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research. But does marriage… Read More
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How the D.C. Central Kitchen Became a Place for Second Chances and Fighting Hunger
Located just blocks from the U.S. Capitol, a local food kitchen in Washington, D.C., is changing the way people think about food distribution to those… Read More
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Mitch McConnell Concedes Homeland Security Funding Bill Is ‘Stuck’ in Senate
In a move that surprised some Republicans in Congress, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters his chamber is “stuck” in its standoff with Democrats… Read More
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Gary Haugen’s Congressional Testimony on Human Trafficking
In his recent testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Gary Haugen, President and CEO of International Justice Mission, shared practical steps that Congress could… Read More
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Bakers Who Declined Service to Same-Sex Couple Found to Violate Anti-Discrimination Law
The owners of an Oregon bakery who declined to make a cake for a same-sex couple’s wedding celebration were found guilty last week of violating… Read More
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Canada’s Highest Court Has Overturned Ban on Assisted Suicide
In a decision with serious international ramifications, Canada’s highest court has overturned an absolute ban on assisted suicide/euthanasia and has given Parliament one year to… Read More
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How This Christian Group Promotes a Pro-Life Message Through Running
It was a cold and cloudy day with poor visibility on the side of a mountain in Colorado when Dr. Pat Castle first encountered Padre… Read More
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South Korean Pastor’s ‘Drop Box’ Saves Hundreds of Unwanted, But ‘Perfect’ Lives
Most people associate the words “drop box,” with the online file-sharing tool that allows users to share data across computers and smartphones from anywhere, instantly…. Read More
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‘It’s a Two-Way Street’: What Americans Think About Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty
A new Associated Press-GFK poll shows that more Americans favor legalizing same-sex marriage, but a majority believe businesses that provide wedding services shouldn’t have to… Read More
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How Customers at This Philadelphia Pizzeria Are Helping the Homeless
Mason Wartman, 27, is the proud owner of Rosa’s Fresh Pizza, a restaurant known not only for its pizza but for its efforts to help… Read More
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This Daughter of a Gay Parent Thinks Traditional Marriage Should Be Protected
In an open letter to Justice Anthony Kennedy, the daughter of a same-sex couple writes that the Supreme Court should “protect marriage.” Katy Faust, who… Read More
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Support Family-Friendly, Economically-Wise Policies—Not Transportation Pork or Dependency
Is Obama’s new federally-funded infrastructure package the key to strengthening our nation’s families? That’s the argument of W. Bradford Wilcox of the American Enterprise Institute… Read More
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Harry Jaffa and the Most Controversial Speech in Political Convention History
In academe, the late Harry Jaffa of Claremont McKenna College was most famous for his groundbreaking scholarship on the Declaration of Independence and Abraham Lincoln,… Read More
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Nancy Pelosi’s Policy Agenda, Summed Up in These 10 Quotes
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi engaged in an hour-long defense of President Obama’s budget and liberal priorities at the Brookings Institution yesterday. Throughout her speech… Read More
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20 Percent of Children Are on Food Stamps. Here’s How to Change That.
According to a Census Bureau report released last week, 20 percent of American children received food stamps last year. More than half these children, approximately… Read More
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Why ISIS Burned Jordanian Pilot Alive
ISIS terrorists today released a video that appears to show a captive Jordanian pilot being burned alive while standing inside a cage. The pilot, 1st Lt. Moaz… Read More
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Will GOP Blink in Fight Over Obama’s Executive Amnesty?
How serious are Republicans about their promise to stop President Obama’s executive actions granting work permits and Social Security cards to millions of people in… Read More
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Children of Fallen Veterans Get the Surprise of Their Life From NFL’s MVP
It is a surprise they will never forget. Aaron Rodgers surprises fallen veterans' children in latest #ItsAaron video http://t.co/KrvfZDj3RO pic.twitter.com/4iiZVqiP9L — Green Bay Press-Gazette (@gbpressgazette)… Read More
