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Gary Bauer

Gary currently serves as senior vice president of Public Policy and Culture at JDFI, president of American Values, and chairman of Campaign for Working Families PAC. Previously, he served in the Reagan administration as Under Secretary of Education and Head of the Office of Policy Development. Gary became president of the Family Research Council, senior vice president of Focus on the Family, and was appointed by President Trump to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.

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Defending Faith, Family, and Freedom Podcast

Georgia Resident Laken Riley’s Murder Entirely Avoidable: Biden Administration’s Reckless Open-Border Polices to Blame

In this week's episode of Defending Faith, Family, and Freedom with Gary Bauer, senior vice president of public policy at the James Dobson Family Institute, Bauer discusses the shocking murder of Athens, Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. Twenty-two-year-old Riley, who was jogging at the University of Georgia’s intramural fields, was allegedly brutally murdered by a 26-year-old Venezuelan, who was in the U.S. illegally and had been previously arrested and released in New York for attacking a child. This heinous act on this Christian young woman was entirely preventable. The blame for this tragedy falls at the feet of President Joe Biden and his reckless open-border policy.

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Policy & Culture

Baby Olivia

The pro-life group Live Action, led by Lila Rose, has created an excellent educational video titled, "Baby Olivia." In just over three minutes, it shows the development of Baby Olivia in her mother's womb. The video was developed with advice from six doctors, including experts in anatomy, biochemistry, and neuroscience. There's no activism in the video, just the facts.

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Policy & Culture

Vive Death!

France, sadly, made history today (March 4, 2024) when members of both houses of parliament met in a joint session and voted 780-72 to enshrine a right to abortion in that nation's constitution.

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Broadcasts

Firm Foundations Romania: An Update with Sarah Vienna

Hebrews 11:1 says, “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” Today on Family Talk, Gary Bauer talks with Sarah Vienna, singer/songwriter, and the co-founder and CEO of Firm Foundations Romania. Sarah shares about the leap of faith she took over 20 years ago and how God turned her faith and passion to share the love of Jesus Christ into a global ministry. She seeks to support and educate the beautiful children and people of Brasov (pronounced brah-showv), Romania.

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Policy & Culture

NRB And Trump

The National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) 2024 convention in Nashville, Tennessee, was a great event. The JDFI team was there to tell over 1,500 attendees about the many new initiatives Dr. Dobson is launching in 2024. The enthusiasm level was gratifying as God continues to bless the ministry of Jim and Shirley Dobson.

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Policy & Culture

Our Rights: From God or Government?

"… but the thing that unites them as Christian nationalists—not Christians by the way, because Christian nationalist is very different—is that they believe that our rights as Americans, as all human beings, don't come from any earthly authority, they don't come from Congress, they don't come from the Supreme Court; they come from God," Heidi Przybyla, MSNBC investigative reporter.

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Defending Faith, Family, and Freedom Podcast

Reflections From the 2024 National Religious Broadcasters Convention

In this week's episode, Gary Bauer shares highlights from the 2024 National Religious Broadcasters convention in Nashville. He speaks specifically about former President Donald Trump’s keynote speech, where he called out the Left’s war on Christians, through their attempts to rebrand Jesus-serving, America-loving Christians as “Christian Nationalists.” The term is intended to scare the general electorate into believing that all conservative voters are Nazis. It is also meant to intimidate believers from speaking out on issues such as abortion, gender ideology, and open borders. Those who heard Trump’s speech, which received virtually no coverage in the mainstream press, have called it the singularly most pro-Christian speech they had ever heard from a past or current President of the United States, or from anyone running for office. You will want to listen to this special podcast to hear the details. And when you do, share this podcast with your family and friends.

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Policy & Culture

What Would the Presidents Say?

February is the month when two of our greatest presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, were born. Both of these great men loved America and loved God. I suppose they would be called "Christian Nationalists" today—and it would not be meant as a compliment. Here are just two quotes of what they thought about God and America.

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Policy & Culture

Our Out-Of-Touch Elites

Our country's founding idea was really revolutionary in that it declared that our liberty comes from God, not government. Throughout our history, the story of America has been one of liberty being expanded to include more and more people in the promises of our Declaration of Independence and Constitution.

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Policy & Culture

LGBTQ Advocates the Desecration of Iconic Cathedral

America's churches are increasingly targets of violence and desecration from radical LGBTQ fanatics. Sadly, elected officials, particularly on the left, have been silent or slow to condemn the disturbing and unacceptable trend.

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