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09-03-2010 - Baptist Press: Okla. Ten Commandments display could carve new church-state path
09-03-2010 - OneNewsNow: ACLU sues FBI, helps 'country's enemies'
09-02-2010 - Heritage Foundation: Second Gulf Explosion Doesn’t Take Away Need for Drilling
09-02-2010 - My Way News: Israelis, Palestinians resume direct talks
09-01-2010 - ERLC: Congress gears up to challenge court victory on stem cells
08-31-2010 - Politico: Justice Department sues Arizona school system
08-31-2010 - OneNewsNow: CA lawmakers hope to repeal DOMA
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09-01-2010 - Ann Coulter: OBAMA IS NOT A MUSLIM
08-27-2010 - Chuck Colson: Eggsploitation
08-27-2010 - Victor Davis Hanson (National Review): The Sources of American Anger
08-25-2010 - Cal Thomas: Lower Expectations
We support the promotion of biblical morality in society– abstinence outside marriage and fidelity within marriage. We are opposed to the use of public funds to promote homosexuality as an acceptable life-style—whether in the classroom or in state policy. We are opposed to pornography in any form. We are opposed to gambling.
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08-31-2010 - Baptist Press: FCC's appeal of indecency case applauded
08-23-2010 - American Family Association: The Home Depot says AFA is lying - Here's Proof We're Not
08-19-2010 - Lifenews: Obama Admin Blocks Release of Study Showing Abstinence Education Works
08-16-2010 - NC Family Policy Council: NC Sex Education Requirements
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DISCLOSE Act
08-05-2010 - Project Votesmart: Kagan Confirmation - How They Voted
Project Vote Smart - HR 5175 - Campaign Finance Disclosure Requirements
06-30-2010 - OneNewsNow: A 'muzzle' on pro-family groups
Govtrack.us: HR 5175: DISCLOSE Act - passed in the House of Representatives
Govtrack.us: S. 3295: DISCLOSE Act - Being Considered in the Senate
06-30-2010 - OneNewsNow: A 'muzzle' on pro-family groups
Other Legislation
Project Vote Smart - HR 4213 - Medicare Reimbursement Rate Modification
Project Vote Smart - HR 5136 - Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Defense Authorizations
Project Vote Smart - HR 3590 - Health Care and Insurance Law Amendments
Project Vote Smart - HR 4872 Health Care Reconciliation Act Member Vote List
05-26-2010 - Politico: Ben Nelson to back 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal
04-09-2010 - GovTrack Insider: Health Care: How did we get here?
02-26-2010 - Project Vote Smart: Bill Passed: HR 2701 - Intelligence Appropriations Fiscal Year 2010
01-28-2010: Project Vote Smart - HJR 45 - Increasing the Public Debt Limit - Bill Passed
10-28-2009 - HR2647: Hate Crimes Legislation
NC
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07-30-2010 - NC Family Policy Council: Poll Finds Jesus OK In Prayer
07-12-2010 - NC Family Policy Council: Pastor Challenges Prayer Policy
07-11-2010 - Christian Post: 'Jesus' Prayer Pastor Demands Apology from N.C. Lawmakers
07-09-2010 - Christian Law Journal: N.C. Pastor Fired For “Jesus” Prayer At State Capitol
07-09-2010 - Foxnews Radio: Pastor Yanked From Capitol Over 'Jesus' Prayer
07-09-2010 - News & Record: House to review prayer rules after Forsyth pastor complains
07-08-2010 - WXII: Pastor Says Prayer Got Him Banned From Legislative Session
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March, 2007: "Joyner vs. Forsyth County Commissioners" lawsuit filed
October 14, 2009: Case is presented in district court
November 9, 2009: Magistrate declares prayer in Jesus' name unconstitutional; ACLU declares victory
November 16 2009: ADF "looking forward to continuing this case" - final ruling expected in December
January 28, 2010: Final Ruling: Prayer Before Council Meetings Unconstitutional
February 22, 2010: The county commissioners voted 4-3 to appeal the district court ruling
Click here to read the District Court ruling (PDF)
Click here to visit the NC Partnership for Religious Liberty
07-16-2010 - NC Family Policy Council: Attorney General Joins Prayer Brief
07-09-2010 - Journalnow: Groups back judge on prayer
06-29-2010 - Winston-Salem Journal: ACLU Wants Ruling Intact
05-26-2010 - OneNewsNow: Rutherford argues council prayers constitutional
05-20-2010 - Greensboro News & Record: Forsyth files appeal in meeting prayer case
03-08-2010 - Alan Sears (Alliance Defense Fund): In North Carolina, A Night To Remember
02-23-2010 - News & Record: Forsyth commissioners to appeal prayer ruling
02-23-2010 - Journalnow: Prayer appeal OK'd: Plyler agrees to go along with his party
08-04-2010 - Lifenews: Pro-Abortion Obama Health Care Bill Takes Major Hit, Proposition C Passes
07-29-10 - Heritage Foundation: Oh What a Tangled Web Obamacare Weaves!
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08-28-2010 - Jerusalem Post: 'War talk is Zionist propaganda'
08-27-2010 - Jerusalem Post: 'Israel ready to destroy LAF in 4 hours'
08-17-2010 - Jerusalem Post: 'Obama won't hit Iranian reactor'
08-12-2010 - Jerusalem Post: US may be ready to meet with Iran
We believe in freedom of conscience and of worship. We support those efforts to remove any governmental control over churches and pastors. We oppose any attempt to suppress the free exercise of churches to advance the Christian faith— such as the threat of the loss of tax-exempt status or legislating the preaching of the Word of God as a hate crime.
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08-24-2010 - Christian Post: World Vision Can Continue Faith-Based Hiring, Court Rules
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We believe in the principles set forth by our forefathers in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. We believe the courts should interpret law according to the original intent of the framers. We oppose any activist judiciary which would legislate and that from the European model or any other which would diminish our national sovereignty or undermine our spiritual foundation. We oppose the secularization in the public square which would purge Christianity from the books and the speech of our children, and would forbid any recognition of our religious heritage in the public sector. We oppose the theory of evolution and believe the teaching of origins should be balanced with the teaching of biblical creation. We believe in and support the right of the private ownership of property. We oppose governmental seizure of church property by measures such as eminent domain, economic development, and public use.
08-28-2010 - My Way News: Obama marks formal end of US combat in Iraq
08-25-2010 - Wallstreet Journal: U.S. Weighs Expanded Strikes in Yemen
08-24-2010 - Heritage Foundation: Confronting Future Bioterrorism Weapons
08-23-2010 - My Way News: US troops unlikely to resume combat duties in Iraq
08-19-2010 - My Way News: Goodbye Iraq: Last US combat brigade heads home
08-18-2010 - Washington Times: Rep. Pelosi calls for investigation of WTC mosque opposition
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We believe God gives life and society should do everything possible to protect this unalienable right. We oppose abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia and the harvesting of embryonic stem cells.
President Obama's Pro-Abortion Record
Personhood.net: Eugenics: An Unwelcome Subject
08-24-2010 - Baptist Press: Judge halts embryonic stem cell research federal funding
08-24-2010 - OneNewsNow: Ultrasound law constitutionally sound
08-20-2010 - Baptist Press: Adult stem cells succeed for lethal disease
08-20-2010 - Baptist Press: Bill would hinder crisis pregnancy centers
08-19-2010 - Lifenews: Obama Admin Blocks Release of Study Showing Abstinence Education Works
08-16-2010 - Baptist Press: Pro-lifers: FDA-approved 'ella' is really an abortion pill
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We believe the most basic unit of society is the traditional family– one man and one woman legally joined in marriage. We support both state and federal constitutional amendments to protect the traditional family. We support the rights of parents to rear their children in accordance with their own religious beliefs. We oppose all efforts to redefine the family in any way. We oppose immorality in elected officials
08-26-2010 - Alliance Defense Fund: Washington Post Slanders Marriage Supporters
08-18-2010 - Christian Post: Prop. 8 Appeal Could Conclude Without Ruling on Gay Marriage
08-18-2010 - Alliance Defense Fund: ADF files suit to stop violation of Wis. marriage amendment
08-17-2010 - My Way News: Calif. gays must wait to wed during Prop 8 appeal
08-16-2010 - Baptist Press - Pollster: Most 'gay marriage' polls skewed
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