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.
Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen just signed an executive order defining the words “men” and “women.” We commend him. At the same time, it is revealing and disturbing that such action is needed in 2023 in the United States. But it is needed as “trans” ideology sweeps through our culture.
The Labor Day weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal features an interview with Tina Descovich and Tiffany Justice, the co-founders of Moms for Liberty. This parental rights group was founded on January 1, 2021, to the applause of millions of Americans who were tired of the government takeover of parents’ rights and responsibilities. The timing was exactly right. Today, it has 300 county chapters in 46 states and “120,000 active on-the-ground moms.”
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 shares audio from the famous “I Have a Dream” section of Martin Luther King’s speech from the Washington, D.C. Mall, delivered 60 years ago. Bauer adds colorful commentary and incredible behind-the-scenes details surrounding King’s unforgettable remarks—many of which you may have never heard. You won’t want to miss this powerful and inspiring podcast.
On September 1, Christian football coach Joe Kennedy will return to his beloved Bremerton High School in Washington state for his first game in eight long years. That was when he was fired for continuing to kneel and pray on the football field after games when he was ordered to stop by school officials.
The battle to restore parental rights in the education of their own children is making news across America. Sadly, parents who want to protect their kids from inappropriate material are being resisted by “progressive” politicians, recalcitrant school boards and big media hostility.
JDFI condemns the outrageous conviction of five pro-life activists who were found guilty in federal court this week of violating the FACE Act. They peacefully held a sit-in at a notorious Washington, D.C., abortion clinic.
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 shares some good news for a change. Bauer points to recent decisions by the Supreme Court for reintroduction of the display of the Ten Commandments and our national motto, "In God We Trust,” in public schools in Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, and Tennessee.
Between 2011 and 2020, U.S. chemical abortions doubled. This trend has accelerated since the Supreme Court overturned abortion on demand. What a sad commentary on the “culture of death” in our country. Not only do the pills kill unborn children, they also present significant risks to the women who ingest them.
One month ago, the North Carolina legislature passed three commonsense measures to protect that state’s children. Democrat Governor Roy Cooper shockingly vetoed all three commonsense proposals. Last Wednesday, the GOP “supermajority” in the North Carolina House and Senate voted overwhelmingly to again pass the child protections by overriding the governor’s vetoes.
On April 18, 1775, American patriots were alerted by couriers, including famously Paul Revere, that British troops were headed their way. Citizen volunteers and militia, known as the Minutemen, headed to Concord Bridge to stop them.
