In a huge win for thousands of Christian families in California and nationwide, a California appeals court Aug. 8 reversed itself and ruled that parents do in fact have a right to homeschool their children even if they lack teaching credentials. The three-judge panel received nationwide attention and criticism in February when it ruled that “parents [...]

By Tom Strode, Baptist Press Massachusetts abortion doctor Rapin Osathanondh, charged with manslaughter in the death of a 22-year-old woman last year, has pleaded not guilty. Laura Smith’s death in September became noteworthy not only because it occurred while she was in the presence of a doctor who had just performed an abortion on her but because [...]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski As the California Marriage Amendment debate heats up Barack Obama and John McCain have made clear their respective positions on the issue. Two weeks after the California Supreme Court announced its decision to allow same-sex couples to “marry”, opponents of same-sex marriage succeeded in placing on the November ballot a proposed constitutional amendment [...]

Re-Election Necessary to Keep Planned Parenthood Case Alive - Asks Pro-Life Movement For Support Kansas district attorney Phill Kline is fighting a critical primary challenge on August 5 that threatens his efforts to prosecute the only criminal case ever filed against the abortion giant Planned Parenthood in the United States and is asking pro-life advocates to [...]

By Piero A. Tozzi (C-FAM June 19. 200 With the recent addition of Bolivia, seven counties have now ratified a treaty called the Ibero-American Convention on the Rights of Youth (ICRY), a document that worries Latin American social conservatives for its not-so-veiled promotion of radical social policies. The document includes references to “sexual and reproductive [...]

Although based on a 2006 CBS report, Dr. Mercola article is still worth a reading. How can state officials and physicians justify giving children as young as 2 years old psychotropic drugs in order to control their behavior? It is difficult to image any good reason. For one argument against it is that psychotropic drugs [...]

From Aaron Leichman’s the Christian Post news report on June 13, 2008. In one of the nation’s most high profile cases involving the prosecution of obscenity, pro-family groups and other commentators believed that they had a solid case against a Los Angeles advertizing agency owner who produced and sold thousands of what one attorney described as [...]

The Louisiana legislature defeated bill HB 981 Homosexual Privileges Bill on May 30. Rep. LaFonta’s bill would have forced government agencies to add homosexuality as a protected class under hiring practices. Fascist gay activists and politicians are seeking to convince local, state, and federal government to pass this type of bill. The bill is sometimes [...]

Tim Waggoner of LifeSite News reported that a women on February 12, 2008, filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood Metropolitan located in Washington, D.C. for damages suffered during an abortion procedure at a Planned Parenthood centre. Emma Jean Butler, mother of Shantese Butler, is suing Planned Parenthood for $50 million dollars in damages. Butler took [...]

Earlier today, Dane County Circuit Judge Richard G. Niess ruled that Wisconsin’s Marriage Amendment is constitutional. Judge Niess said the amendment clearly dealt with a single purpose: defining and protecting marriage. Wisconsin Family Council, represented by Alliance Defense Fund, submitted a friend of the court brief in this case, which the judge referred to several times [...]