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Up until yesterday morning, Karen Handel, who is openly pro-life, was the vice president of the Susan G. Komen Foundation. But as the controversy continued to swirl over Komen’s decision to reinstate its funding of Planned Parenthood, Ms. Handel resigned her post.
“I was too much of a focal point,” she said. “I really felt I had a responsibility to just step aside so they could refocus on their mission.”
Karen Handel refused to accept a severance package that was offered.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith, homosexuality by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
I suspect more people were surprised with the New York Giants victory in the Super Bowl than were shocked to learn that two members of a three-member panel of the liberal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals have once again ruled California’s Prop 8 marriage vote to be unconstitutional. The decision will now be appealed and we’re optimistic that the United States Supreme Court will agree to hear the case.
Still, although there is no shock regarding today’s decision, it stings.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: homosexuality by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
The Susan G. Komen foundation succumbed this past Friday to a relentless barrage of political bullying, a fact that is not only sad news for those who cherish the sanctity and dignity of all life, but also for all of us who believe that a private philanthropic organization shouldn’t be subjected to such harassment.
That the Komen foundation apologized for its decision to halt contributions to Planned Parenthood is another illustration that political correctness is running amok.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: homosexuality, religious liberty by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
I’m delighted to share with you a sneak peek of one of the new Focus on the Family photo walls here on campus. Thousands of you have submitted terrific snapshots and it’s been a blast planning these displays.
But what you see aren’t just photographs. They’re memories of special moments, of times that pass all too quickly..
Moses said it best:
“..do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: family by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Why did he do it?
Why has President Obama decided to force Catholic universities and hospitals to pay for health insurance that will cover such services and drugs as sterilization, contraceptives and possible abortifacients for its employees, despite the Catholic church’s teachings against those practices?
Did he decide to do it in order to shore up the radical liberal base in an election year? Or is he being deliberate in curtailing religious freedoms?
Either answer is very disturbing.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: policy by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
The longtime relationship between Planned Parenthood and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation has always struck me as a peculiar alliance. That’s because according to some researchers, there’s evidence of increased risk of breast cancer after an abortion.
Fortunately, this incongruent partnership is no more.
That the nation’s leading breast cancer charity will no longer funnel funds to the nation’s leading abortion provider is a major and long sought victory in the pro-life movement.
Reports indicate that Planned Parenthood was expecting to receive upwards of $680,000 from Susan G.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: pro-life by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Since 1963 a mural that contains a very brief school prayer has been hanging in the gymnasium of Rhode Island’s Cranston High School.
Prior to the Supreme Court ruling in 1962 that banned official school prayer, students recited it each day. The next year’s graduating class presented the mural as a gift to the school, and there it has hung for nearly 50 years.
That is until a student complained about it and suggested its presence was unconstitutional.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: parenting by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
The public’s reaction to the John 3:16 ad which ran during the NFL divisional playoff game between Tim Tebow’s Denver Broncos and the Super Bowl-bound New England Patriots has given me and the team here at Focus on the Family a much needed lift.
Let me share with you how and why:
Times and finances are tough for all of us, especially for organizations like ours which are entirely reliant on the generosity of others to keep ministry efforts afloat.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
The late UCLA basketball legend John Wooden enjoyed incredible success as a coach. He won ten championships in a twelve-year period and finished his career with an astonishing record of 664-162. A man of strong Christian conviction, Coach Wooden received his eternal promotion in 2010 at the age of 99.
He once wrote something that strikes me as a fitting lesson for parents as well as players and coaches.
Can you relate?
If I could go back and pick one single day in my life – in sports – to live over again, my choice might surprise you.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: family by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
After a relatively quiet few months on the same-sex marriage front, activists in both Washington state and New Jersey have expressed a strong desire to push for legalization via their respective legislatures.
In Washington, some leading giants in corporate America have taken sides. Regrettably, Starbucks, Microsoft and Nike have all expressed strong support for what they view as “marriage equality” even though it’s anything but. As I and others have expressed on numerous occasions, same-sex marriage activists are striving to redefine, not equalize, a multi-millennial institution.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: homosexuality, policy by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Jim Daly is a husband, father and President of Focus on the Family and host of its National Radio Hall of Fame broadcast. His blog, Daly Focus, is full of timely commentary and wisdom designed to help you navigate and understand today’s culture. His latest book is Marriage Done Right.Home
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