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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

Children at Risk in Schools Increasingly Hostile to Biblical Worldview

In this episode, Gary Bauer discusses the book he co-authored with Dr. James Dobson titled, Children at Risk. Written in the early 1990s, the work was prophetic in what it foresaw coming at kids and their parents in classrooms across America. Listen to this episode to find out what you can do to protect your young people.

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Policy & Culture

Is Abortion Really A “Choice”?

A disturbing new study just released by the Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) found that 61% of women who undergo abortions do so because of pressure from "male partners, family members, other persons, financial concerns and other circumstances."

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Policy & Culture

Trans Scandal In St. Louis

JDFI has warned repeatedly that the growth of so-called "gender-affirming medical care" for children suffering from gender dysphoria is irreparably harming those children.

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Policy & Culture

FBI Targets Orthodox Catholics

The attack on religious liberty, and Christians in particular, has just crossed another dangerous line. The FBI's Richmond, Virginia, division produced an intelligence report claiming that "white supremacy" is rampant among Orthodox Catholic groups that desire to retain the Latin Mass in Catholic churches. Just as disturbing is that the FBI expressed confidence it could infiltrate the traditionalist Catholics.

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Policy & Culture

Linn-Mar Community School District Lawsuit, Iowa: JDFI Files Amicus Brief in Parents Defending Education

Oral arguments took place this week in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in a critical parental rights case. Iowa parents are challenging the radical policies of the Linn-Mar Community School District that allow teachers and school officials to "socially transition" or change a student's name and pronouns without the knowledge of their parents.

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Defending Faith, Family, and Freedom Podcast

Stop Complaining About Your Government. Do Something About It!

In this episode of Defending Faith, Family and Freedom, Gary Bauer encourages Christians in America to stop complaining about their government and get involved! He stresses that churches in our country have failed us.

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Policy & Culture

The Parental Rights Movement

Over the last two years, controversy has erupted in school districts all across the United States.

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Policy & Culture

Socialism Divides House

There are a lot of "tough" votes in Congress which good people can disagree on. But a vote last week condemning socialist tyranny has raised some serious questions about why 86 congressmen voted not to do so.

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Policy & Culture

Freedom From Religion?

On February 2, 2023 a revamped National Prayer Breakfast took place in Washington, D.C., bringing together members of Congress for fellowship and prayer. That sounds like something most people would see as positive, but not the Freedom From Religion Foundation. FFRF is a radical-left anti-Christian organization founded by militant atheists.

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Defending Faith, Family, and Freedom Podcast

In Defense of Religious Liberty

In this week’s podcast, Gary Bauer gives a full-throated constitutional defense of religious liberty. Bauer makes a strong case that Christians are the most persecuted of all faiths worldwide.

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