The Values-less Welfare State

Just a generation ago, the majority of children were raised by a married mother and a father in the same home. Some families were below the “poverty line” and a growing secular government stepped in and awarded more money and food stamps to single parents. This welfare prompted an increase in sexual promiscuity and a decrease in marriage and two-parent families.

Today, the majority of children will face the trauma of divorced or separated parents, at some age before they graduate from college.

Among the many causes for concern is that when a child is raised without both a mother and father in the household, one of the first lessons he or she learns is that commitment is not valued.

Without valuing commitment, children don’t commit to their studies, to society or to relationships. This explains the breakdown of “values” in our society, because when government grows, so do socialism and secularism.

Let’s pray for a return of Bible-based “values” and personal commitment.

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Religious Rights & The Culture of Death

The Obama administration wanted to compel Catholic religious institutions to join the culture of death, by forcing them to provide insurance coverage for their employees for contraception, sterilization and drugs that cause abortions. The President is now reportedly willing to compromise and will require the insurance companies of those institutions to provide the controversial services. The religious institution would still have to pay for it–in higher premiums.

In its initial “mandate” this ultra-liberal administration violated not only the conscience rights of practicing Catholics, but also the conscience rights of millions of “separated brethren,” Protestants like us, who rely on Catholic health care to uphold the sanctity of life.

This unprecedented overreach by the federal government was not just out of step with conservatives and Republicans, it is completely out of line with the best traditions of President Obama’s own Democratic party. All Americans have a stake in this conflict. It is not a question of methods of birth control or even abortion itself. If the Catholic Church’s conscience rights can be rejected, our rights will not be respected long. If the government can “mandate” an individual or group to violate one’s “sacred” conscience, then there is no limit to governmental power. All of our cherished constitutional rights would be subject to the whims of the federal government and those in power. One religious group’s beliefs are being trampled today; another’s might be tomorrow.

This menacing mentality must be resisted by all Americans who value our God-given rights of conscience. Call or write your representatives in Congress now—before it is too late! And then, register and prayerfully vote—for those who will boldly protect your precious religious rights! It is your Biblical responsibility!

So Much for Democracy!

A three-judge panel of The United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has made its unprecedented ruling, striking down California’s Proposition 8, which had democratically defined marriage in this state as being between one man and one woman. In fact, sixty-three million Americans in 31 state elections have voted on marriage, and 63 percent voted to preserve marriage as the timeless, universal, unique union between husband and wife. Now—for the first time ever—this ultra-liberal 9th Circuit Court has found a “right” to same-sex marriage in the United States Constitution!

Alliance Defense Fund Senior Counsel Brian Raum has said:

“We are not surprised that this Hollywood-orchestrated attack on marriage–tried in San Francisco–turned out this way. But we are confident that the expressed will of the American people in favor of marriage will be upheld at the Supreme Court. Every pro-marriage American should be pleased that this case can finally go to the U.S. Supreme Court. The ProtectMarriage.com legal team’s arguments align with every other federal appellate and Supreme Court decision on marriage in American history.”

Let us continue to pray and believe that God will yet “protect and preserve religious liberty, the sanctity of life, marriage, and the family” in this great land.

A Tragic Paradox

First, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization announced it was halting contributions to the largest abortion provider in the country, Planned Parenthood and their affiliates. Komen, the nation’s leading breast-cancer charity, said the move was because Planned Parenthood (which apparently does not actually perform mammograms) was under the threat of a congressional investigation — a probe that was launched by Congressman Cliff Stearns (R-Florida) at the urging of pro-life groups. Under a newly adopted policy, the Komen charity bars grants to organizations that are under investigation by local, state, or federal authorities.

Komen’s donations reportedly jumped 100% after deciding to defund Planned Parenthood. Yet three days later, after receiving intimidating communications from California’s Senator Barbara Boxer and other pro-abortion advocates, Komen back-peddled its decision and will now continue making grants available to the mega-abortion-provider, until it is actually charged with criminal activity.

This is a tragic paradox for those who both seek a breast cancer cure and who respect the dignity of all human life*, since Planned Parenthood’s abortion procedures may actually be linked to significantly increasing the risk of breast cancer.  Breast Cancer Prevention Institute reports that dozens of studies have shown an association between abortion and cancer.

Sadly, it would seem that Susan G. Komen for the Cure is again part of the breast cancer problem, rather than its solution.

* Matt Barber, Vice President of Liberty Counsel Action, is encouraging its members to cancel any checks and credit card contributions made in the wake of Komen’s initial decision to defund Planned Parenthood and asking any pro-life participants in Komen’s June 2 Global Race for the Cure run, in Washington, D.C.,  to withdraw. Read more