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.
Pro-family advocates scored a significant victory in Missouri recently. Here’s why it matters. The state passed a ban on so-called “gender affirm care” for children in June. These radical medical procedures are neither “affirming” nor are they health care. They involve powerful sterilizing drugs and extreme surgical procedures in vain attempts to deny biological reality.
In this week's episode, Gary Bauer reflects on the story of former Bremerton High School assistant coach Joe Kennedy whose name made national news in 2015 when he was fired for praying on the field after football games. Kennedy stood tall, fighting his way all the way to the Supreme Court. The court ruled that his religious freedoms had indeed been violated. The school district was forced to pay fines and backpay, and was required to rehire him for his former role. The big takeaway, says Bauer, is that one brave individual hero won back religious liberty for us all. For this, there is reason for every Christian in America to celebrate and understand that you have more power than you know.
Emily Drabinski is not a household name yet. But the new president of the American Library Association (ALA) is certainly not shying away from controversy.
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.
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.
