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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

In this First Pod of the New Year, Bauer Walks Listeners Through the Opportunities and Threats Facing America and the World in 2024

In this week's episode of Defending Faith, Family, and Freedom, Gary Bauer discusses the specific threats brought about by war and rumors of war, and the vast political and cultural divide. He stresses that, along with these grave concerns, as Christians we have hope. The New Year brings with it exciting opportunities to change the trajectory of America through our constitutional election process. But we cannot stand idly by thinking our neighbors will do the heaving lifting for us. God forbid! Christians must engage. Bauer says he was encouraged by a late 2023 poll that showed a strong majority of Americans plan to take their faith more seriously in 2024. If we all hold to this resolution, America’s outlook for this year will be bright.

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Policy & Culture

What Was He Thinking? Ohio’s Governor Stands With Trans Insanity

We are deeply disappointed in Ohio Governor Mike DeWine. He closed out 2023 by vetoing a commonsense bill that would have protected Ohio's children from the toxic transgender ideology. The legislation would have prevented a minor child from being given powerful chemicals to block their normal puberty. The bill also protected women's sports in Ohio by ensuring that only biological girls could participate in female sports competitions. Similar legislation has passed in dozens of states around the country, and polling shows the public agrees with the legislation's goals.

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Defending Faith, Family, and Freedom Podcast

Biden White House Dumps Christ from Christmas Messages

In this week's episode, Gary Bauer contrasts President Joe and Jill Biden’s holiday greeting to that of former President Donald Trump. Here is a portion of the former President’s text from his video message released to social media on Christmas Eve: “In this holy time of year, Christians everywhere give thanks that over 2,000 years ago, God sent his only son into the world to be the savior of all mankind. The birth of Jesus Christ is the true miracle we celebrate each Christmas. He is the ultimate source of our joy, our hope, and our sense of peace, and goodwill as we gather with family and loved ones. It is such a great time of the year. This is why we can never stop saying that beautiful phrase, 'Merry Christmas.’”

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Policy & Culture

About Those Books…

An openly homosexual school board member in Fairfax County, Virginia, was just sworn into office on a stack of sexually explicit books that many leftists insist are being banned.

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Policy & Culture

Virginia Religious Liberty Victory

There was a victory for religious liberty in the state of Virginia on December 13, 2023. Admittedly, the decision by the Virginia Supreme Court was a procedural one, but it is significant nonetheless.

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Policy & Culture

Does America Need More Boys in Dresses?

Reports continue to come in from across the country of contemptible efforts to indoctrinate very young children with LGBTQ+ ideology. This information is a reminder that parents cannot "let down our guard." God requires us to protect our children who are created in His image from this moral insanity.

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Defending Faith, Family, and Freedom Podcast

Radical School Board in Pennsylvania Threatens School Bus Drivers: They Could be Fired for Displays of Christmas on Their Buses

In this week's episode of Defending Faith, Family, and Freedom with Gary Bauer, Bauer calls out a grossly overofficious Pennsylvania school board who believes they are the arbiters of what can and cannot be seen by kids riding on school buses, as it relates to high national holidays. Bauer goes on to “school” this rogue group of neo-Marxists on the historical and true meaning of Christmas.

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Policy & Culture

Pro-Life Youth Not Voting?

The Kennedy School Institute of Politics at Harvard University has released the results of its Fall 2023 Youth Poll. The Institute sampled 2,098 young Americans between the ages of 18 and 29. The survey results on the question of abortion and voting were alarming.

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Policy & Culture

Christian Nationalism Hysteria

Virtually every week there is a new attack on Christians who love Jesus and love America. Left-wing commentators and politicians have come up with an odd name for these folks. We are now labeled "Christian nationalists." Sounds scary! But, in fact, from the American founding throughout most of our history, most Americans were Bible-believing Christians who loved America. God help us if this is now considered dangerous.

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Policy & Culture

Moral Cowards In Academia

The clueless testimony presented by the presidents of three elite American universities before the House Education and the Workforce Committee has ignited a national firestorm. The hearing dealt with the shocking explosion of anti-Semitism on American university campuses in the weeks after Hamas massacred 1,500 Israelis on October 7th. Concerned members of the committee demanded an explanation for why Jewish students are being threatened and harassed with no consequences for the students who are doing the harassment.

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