A dozen groups fighting against marriage equality are touting a controversial study about gay and lesbian parenting that was funded by two conservative organizations. More…
DENVER– Opposition to a gay-rights civil unions bill defeated here last month was directed in large part by Colorado Springs-based evangelical empire Focus on the Family and the Colorado Catholic Conference. The Christian-right campaign, however, also reenergized a leading anti-gay rights activist organization of the 1990s, influential rough-and-tumble group Colorado More…
More…Under the radar and with clever wording, social conservatives in several states are trying to make it illegal for local communities to protect their LGBT citizens from discrimination in housing and employment. And they hope that by not explicitly mentioning “sexual orientation” in the legislation, judges may let the proposed
For the average crisis pregnancy center, each abortion stopped is counted as a victory in what is often described, by both sides of the abortion-rights debate, as a war. And while unhappily pregnant women tend to seek out abortion clinics, crisis pregnancy centers tend to seek out those unhappily pregnant More…
Minnesota’s largest school district has become the national poster child for the debate over how schools should approach LGBT issues in the classroom. More…
James Dobson, founder of Colorado Springs, Colo.-based evangelical Christian empire Focus on the Family, on Thursday endorsed Rick Santorum for president. The move comes a week after prominent conservative leaders met in Texas More… to choose one candidate to rally around in the so-far deeply fractious Republican primary. As a U.S.
In four days, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum will face off frontrunner Mitt Romney and the dwindling pool of contenders in South Carolina’s primary — this time with the backing of the top leaders within America’s influential conservative Christian movement. By that time, Santorum is expected to have more cash in his war chest, as Christian leaders put their money where their endorsement is. But this time, will the Christian coalescence around a highly social conservative candidate pay off? More …
CitizenLink More…, the Focus on the Family Christian news site based in Colorado Springs, Colo., weighed in Thursday on the latest political controversy winging out of Washington, D.C. The site reported that, in using “recess appointments” to fill three seats on the National Labor Relations Board and to place Richard
