Through the Dobson Policy & Culture Center, we focus on issues related to righteousness in the culture, such as the sanctity of human life, the God-ordained institution of marriage, parental rights, freedom of religion, and other liberties guaranteed in the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
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.
Over the last two years, controversy has erupted in school districts all across the United States.
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.
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.
President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address last Tuesday night, the platform every president uses to address dozens of issues in our country, many of which are unrelated to the values agenda.
Professional sports leagues, movie stars, politicians, multi-national corporations, social media "influencers" and many other powerful entities have all taken a modern "progressive" view on the definition of marriage and gender fluidity. Christians in these institutions are increasingly forced to accept moral relativism on such issues or risk losing their jobs or other benefits. All of this is being done in the name of "tolerance."
The Minnesota State Senate just passed, by a 34 to 33 vote, arguably the most radical pro-abortion law in America. Gov. Tim Walz (D) has already signaled that he will proudly sign it into law.
Last week we praised Ivan Provorov, a defensive player for the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team. He refused to wear a jersey with the LGBTQ rainbow flag on the Flyers' "Pride Night." He said he respected everyone, but could not participate because doing so conflicted with his Christian faith (He belongs to the Russian Orthodox Church.)
The pro-abortion movement is still reeling from the overturn of Roe v. Wade and the ending of the legal fiction that there is a right to kill an innocent unborn child in our Constitution.
Today, 41 members of Congress sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland accusing the Biden Administration of abdicating its constitutional responsibility.
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.
