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It’s Time for American Christians to Stand With the Persecuted
By Fran Eaton   |   04.22.15
Over this past weekend, Christians were shot and killed, beheaded and drowned because they refused to abandon their faith in the face of venom-filled Muslim jihadists. In one case, twelve Christians were thrown overboard to their deaths in the Mediterranean...
Illinois Legislators Want You to Pay for Abortions
By Monte Larrick   |   04.21.15
Emily Zender for Illinois Right to Life is speaking out against HB 4013, a bill that would remove all prohibitions on taxpayer funding of abortions.  In other words, this legislation would reverse the current law which bans taxpayer funding of...
‘Gay Marriage’ Rooted in Fraud
By   |   04.21.15
The very notion of “gay marriage” is an artificial construct. It’s the aberrant byproduct of the sexual revolution, which, itself, was largely instigated by bug doctor turned “sexologist,” Alfred Kinsey. Though married to a woman who took part in his...
Tribune Op/Ed Misleads on Healthcare Right of Conscience
04.20.15
Sunday’s Chicago Tribune article, “State bill seeks to mandate disclosure,” is terribly misleading. It implies SB 1564 merely requires a healthcare provider to disclose that she has a conscientious objection, that the bill is simply about not having patients be “blind-sided” that a Catholic hospital/provider doesn’t perform abortions, elective sterilizations, etc. The bill does not require mere transparency about objections, but creates new obligations for healthcare providers, including pregnancy resource centers that offer women alternatives to abortion, to promote and participate in conscience-violating activities.
Redefining Marriage Redefines Parenthood
By   |   04.20.15
Redefining marriage doesn’t just redefine marriage. It also redefines parenthood. Just ask the kids.
5th Blow to ObamaCare: SCOTUS Rejects Abortion Mandate
By   |   04.20.15
Chipping away at ObamaCare one case at a time, pro-life advocates scored another victory for religious rights and preborn children on Thursday at the United States Supreme Court, where the controversial federal healthcare policy’s abortion mandate was struck down.
The Hysterical Hate for Ryan T. Anderson
04.18.15
The Washington Post published a profile of Ryan T. Anderson, a Heritage Foundation fellow who is a leading intellectual defender of traditional marriage, and a genuinely nice guy.
Rights of Conscience Still at Risk in SB 1564
By David E. Smith   |   04.17.15
Earlier this year, State Senator Daniel Biss (D-Skokie) introduced SB 1564 to radically alter the Illinois Healthcare Right of Conscience Act -- an Act that allows medical personnel & health care facilities to avoid participating in morally dubious medical procedures such as abortion, sterilization & certain end-of-life care.
AFA Mission Update from Tim Wildmon
By   |   04.17.15
Have you heard about Barronelle Stutzman, the florist in Washington state who politely, but firmly, declined to provide flowers for a wedding between two homosexual men? Her refusal to betray her Lord and her biblical beliefs didn’t come without consequences....
The Shifting Definition of Religious Freedom
By   |   04.16.15
It’s almost become a part of the weekly news cycle: American citizens publicly tarred and feathered for professing their sincerely held religious beliefs. Just this month, we watched a family-owned pizzeria close its doors after its owners received hate mail...
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