Generation Strategies: September 2012

The anticipation grows as the nearness of the looming day darkens our door.

The worst part is not what will be, but the unknown and what could be. It feels comparable to a rookie disarming a bomb. With sweat dripping down their face and adrenaline pumping, the mind races with the horrible question of "Do I cut the red or the blue wire!!" knowing full well, clipping the wrong one will end poorly for him and all those in its wake.

In the same way, many citizens face V-Day - Voting Day - with the same trepidation. Political operatives, passionate college students, concerned grandparents, parents and business owners are doing what they think best to bring about the best result, whether its literature drops, door knocking, reminder phone calls, prayer gatherings or one more rally. But just like the hesitant hero disarming a bomb, they too do not know the fool proof way to move more votes to the polls to result in a positive outcome. But they see the results with the potential of life-threatening repercussions. T

Has there ever been a day like the encroaching one, with so much potential for doom in conjunction with an American election? Those who know me and my love of politics may laugh at my dramatic statement. But this time there is more seriousness of this election, other than just an opportunity for Amy's dramatic pontification using emotional words.

The results on Election Day mean more than whether "my team" wins or loses. It has more to do with whether freedom returns to our great land or disintegrates even more from our grasp. But in this case, the results are based, not on a random lucky snip of the wire cutters, but on our voice at the ballot box.

What a powerful action. Who would ever think a vote would mean everything and a collective vote even more. Freedom or Tyranny for now and beyond? Only God and November 7, 2012 will tell.

Thanks to Family Research Council for these substantive emails they send out on issues that matter to the so-co base. Enjoy the articles, share them with your network and thank FRC and other organizations like them for the work they are doing for your values!

Amy

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Dear Friends,

Barry Brown is a bear of a man. A veteran and an athletic trainer, he is also the recipient of adult stem cell therapy.

When Barry learned he needed triple bypass surgery, he began working with Dr. Joshua Hare of the University of Miami's Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute. While undergoing heart surgery, Barry's adult stem cells - harvested from his bone marrow - were injected directly into his heart.
Did the treatment work? Well, on the third anniversary of his adult stem cell transplant, Barry ran a half-marathon of more than 13 miles.
Ethical stem cell research and treatment is working. As David Prentice, Ph.D., director of the Family Research Council's Center for Human Life and Bioethics, said earlier this year in congressional testimony:

Numerous peer-reviewed papers document improvement in patient health after adult stem cell treatment, including a paper published in 2008 in theJournal of the American Medical Association reviewing 10 years of studies and 69 published patient trials that documented the benefit to patient health of adult stem cells for autoimmune conditions such as multiple sclerosis, juvenile diabetes, systemic lupus, and Crohn's disease, as well as acute and chronic heart damage and peripheral vascular disease.

You can view a video about Barry and other short films about patients treated successfully with adult stem cells here. FRC believes that sound science and moral integrity not only can coexist, but necessarily complement each other.

Adult stem cells save lives. Take a jog with Barry Brown and see for yourself.

Sincerely,
Rob Schwarzwalder
Senior Vice-President
Family Research Council

P.S. Read FRC President Tony Perkins' Washington Times op-ed on party platforms and the fall election to learn more about the stakes involved this coming November.

Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

"Education Establishment Still Doesn't Get It!," Home School Legal Defense Association
"Homeschooling is a plausible and economically sound choice for education," Examiner.com
"Homeschool co-ops: Point-counterpoint," WORLD Magazine

Legislation and Policy Proposals

"Suits Challenge Classrooms That Segregate Boys, Girls," The Wall Street Journal
"Maintenance of Inefficiency," Education Next
"Virginia's 'together and unequal' school standards," The Washington Post
"President Obama and Education Reform: The Personal and the Political," American Enterprise Institute
"Condoleezza Rice's Inspirational Remarks on School Choice," The Heritage Foundation
"Should the White House Control What Your Kids Learn?," Ethics and Public Policy Center
"Real 'School Choice," First Things
"Another Example of Liberal Bias in Higher Education," Alliance Defending Freedom

College Debt

"The High Cost of College: An Economic Explanation," The American
"A conversation with Sens. Wyden and Rubio: Holding higher education accountable," American Enterprise Institute
"Debt Collectors Deputized in Student Loan Manhunt," Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"How Not to Blow It With Financial Aid," The Wall Street Journal

Government Reform
Regulation

"The Culture of Over-Regulation Must Stop," The Heritage Foundation
"Bill could restrict efforts to regulate Wall Street," The Boston Globe
"Anger over Government plans to cut thousands of health and safety inspections," The Independent

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

"Are Entitlements Corrupting Us? Yes, American Character Is at Stake," The Wall Street Journal
"Health System in U.S. Plagued by $765 Billion in Waste," Bloomberg BusinessWeek

Health Care
Abstinence

"Mississippi Schools, With America's Highest Teen Pregnancy Rate, Largely Adopts Abstinence-Only Sex Education," The Huffington Post
"District seeks grant for abstinence ed in middle schools," Palm Coast Observer
"Try Before You Buy?," Salvo

Conscience Protection

"Proclaiming 'individual' religious liberty," WORLD Magazine
"Catholics for Choice argues religious freedom only applies to private actions," Catholic News Agency
"Catholic Women and Contraception: Stark Challenges, Hidden Opportunities," Ethics and Public Policy Center

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

"The Casualties of the Healthcare Law," Family Research Council
"Why Is the ObamaCare Tax/Penalty Needed at All?," The American
"Health Reform Consensus Seen Possible," MedPage Today
"Maine Challenges Health Care Law's Medicaid Provisions," The FedSoc Blog
"Calling the shots," WORLD Magazine
"Does Paul Ryan Want to Take Medicare Away From Seniors?," The Center for Vision and Values

Homosexuality

"What You Need to Know About the Mark Regnerus Study of Homosexual Parents," Family Research Council
"NY Gay Bar Hosts Obama Fundraiser," The Washington Post
"Under the Radar," World Mag
"SBTC pres.: gay marriage not civil rights issue," Baptist Press
"Gay Marriage Gets Full Support From White House at Democratic Convention," Turtle Bay and Beyond
"BREAKING: Franciscan U of Steubenville faces sanction for teaching homosexuality as deviant," LifeSiteNews.com

Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion

"Abortion and Women's Health," Family Research Council
"Abortion and the Courts: A Brief Political History of Judicial Conservatism," The Public Discourse
"Abortion and the Black Woman," The Gospel Coalition
"The Party of Abortion," The Weekly Standard
"Life isn't perfect but should be cherished," The Washington Times
"The Right to Life and the Irrelevance of Rape," The Public Discourse
"Not even one peer-reviewed study shows Medicaid funding reduces incidence of abortion," LifeSiteNews.com
"Abortion on Demand Democrats," First Things
"Nine-Year Battle to Prosecute Kansas Planned Parenthood Comes to an End," Crosswalk
"China Human Rights Dissident Asks Apple to Help End One-Child Policy," Turtle Bay and Beyond
"People Are Dying... and No One Seems to Care," Julian Freeman
"Ireland Pro-Lifers Fighting to Keep Unborn Children Protected," LifeNews.com

Bioethics and Biotechnology

"The Surrogate Uterus: Baby M and the Bioethics Commission Report," The Public Discourse
"Bioethics the Spearpoint of Attack on Religious Liberties," First Things
"The conflict between gender ideology and science exposed again," The Iona Institute

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

"Respecting Uncle Jack: On Death With Dignity," The Public Discourse
"Euthanasia is a Cultural Addiction," First Things

Stem Cell Research
To read about the latest advances in ethical adult stem cell research, keep up with leading-edge reports from FRC's Dr. David Prentice, click here.

"Missing Link Discovered Between Stem Cells And Immune System," Medical News Today
"The controlled cell," Physorg.com
"Neonatal heart stem cells may help mend kids' broken hearts," Medicalxpress

Human Trafficking

"California Legislature passes anti-slavery bills in its last week in session," Examiner.com
"Runaway platform ," WORLD Magazine

Women's Health

"Full-Time Work Means Better Health for Mothers," First Things
"Egg donors often recruited unethically, study finds," Fox News
"I'm Totally Gonna Buy This Book," Live Action

Marriage and Family
Adoption

"IN OUR VIEW: Adoption, foster care," TheSpectrum.com
"Tevlin: Adoption case from long ago brings lessons for one now," Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Adoption conundrums," MercatorNet

Family Economics

"Want More Jobs? Let's Build Stronger Families," Family Research Council
"The Problem With Modern Economics," Institute for Faith, Work & Economics
"Misunderstanding Markets," Economics for Everybody
"Family Property Means Managing for a Legacy," New York Times
"An Economic 'Plan'?," Townhall.com

Family Structure

"Marriage: The Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty ," The Heritage Foundation
"Want to Love Your Kids? Stop Overparenting Them," Christianity Today
"How Do You Explain the Trinity to Children?," Moore to the Point
"When Should My Children Be Baptized?," Challies.com
"Children's "Rights" That End the Lives of Children," Townhall.com
"Why California's Three-Parent Law Was Inevitable," The Public Discourse

Media
Pornography

"Group believes Romney administration should prosecute pay-per-view porn (The Hill)," PornHarms.com
"Democratic platform puts no limits on Internet porn, pushes for Web freedom," The Daily Caller

Internet

"Bit by Bit It Takes Shape: Media Evolution for the 'Post-Truth' Age," The Atlantic
"Children's Immersion in Technology is "Shocking"," Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty

"Irony of Ironies: Vatican II Triumphs Over Moribund Modernity," The Acton Institute
"Proclaiming 'individual' religious liberty," WORLD Magazine
"Catholic bishops: Gay marriage threatens religious liberty," Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"It Happened One Night: Alexis and Mitt in America," Library of Law and Liberty
"Driving the Churches Away," Challies.com
"Court Rulings Secure Greater Religious Freedom For All Americans," Alliance Defending Freedom

Religion in America
Check out Dr. Kenyn Cureton's feature on Watchmen Pastors called "The Lost Episodes," featuring how religion has had an impact on our Founding Fathers.