Faith and Family on Townhall

• Thou Shalt Not be Catholic Mon Apr 8
  Michael Brown
  It was prescience, not paranoia, that prompted some social commentators to predict that gay activism would become the principle threat to religious freedoms in America. A recent incident at George Washington University provides the latest confirmation. ... more
• Reverend Leon and Obama Wrong on Easter Mon Apr 8
  Bruce Bialosky
  A controversy exploded into the national forum when President Obama and his family crossed the street to attend Easter services at St. John’s Church, an Episcopal church attended by every President since James Madison. In the end both the Reverend who delivered the sermon and the President were wrong. ... more
• Swallowing Camels/Straining at Gnats Mon Apr 8
  Ken Blackwell
  Some media types these days don’t like “Bible thumping.” But there are times when, as the author of Cultural Literacy, Prof. E. D. Hirsch noted, the Bible can be a useful communications tool. ... more
• Walk a Hutterite Mile in Their Shoes Sat Apr 6
  Kathryn Lopez
  Have you noticed all the talk about the "inevitability" of same-sex marriage? ... more
• Students Want Anti-Gay Priest Removed from University Fri Apr 5
  Todd Starnes
  Religious liberty groups are mobilizing to defend the chaplain of George Washington University’s Newman Center after gay students launched an effort to have the priest fired because he preaches against homosexuality and abortion. ... more
• Why Black Conservatives Are Liberals’ Worst Nightmare Fri Apr 5
  Crystal Wright
  Agitated by the vitriol hurled at Carson, one of the world’s preeminent pediatric neurosurgeons, I thought it was timely to remind everyone Carson, though a new face to the movement, certainly isn’t the only black conservative to be assailed by the left. ... more
• Obama: Israel Visit Made Easter Extra Special Fri Apr 5
  Washington, D.C.
  President Barack Obama says he "felt the spirit of Jesus Christ" on a recent visit to Israel and it made this Easter particularly special for him. ... more
• Callers Support Planned Parenthood, Infanticide. Claim Judgement By Others Is Wrong Thu Apr 4
  Tony Katz
  At a committee hearing in the Florida legislature on a proposed “Born Alive Bill,” Planned Parenthood’s Alisa Lepolt Snow stunningly asserted that the fate of a child who survives a botched abortion should be left to the discretion of the mother and her doctor. ... more
• Renew Our Founding Principles Thu Apr 4
  Michael Reagan
  Billions of Christians around the world celebrated Easter last Sunday, but not our media. Once again the holiest day of the Christian year slipped under their godless radar. ... more
• Go to Church, Live Longer Thu Apr 4
  Jerry Newcombe
  The quest to live longer is an old one. Around this time, we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the first known European discovering Florida---Ponce de Leon. ... more
• No Surer Bet Wed Apr 3
  Ken Connor
  This past Sunday, Christians around the world celebrated Easter as a memorial of Christ's resurrection. If Christians are correct about what happened on the first Easter morning, then the resurrection is the single most important event in human history. ... more
• Faith in Freedom Tue Apr 2
  Rick Santorum
  On Easter Sunday, Christians around the world celebrated the resurrection of the Lord, Jesus Christ. For us, it was a time of renewal -- a renewal of our baptismal promises, a rebirth of our faith in the Father, a moment to rejoice in our love for the church and its teachings. Also, our Jewish friends and neighbors recently observed Passover and hosted Seder dinners for family and friends. ... more
• Gay Activists’ Double Standard Tue Apr 2
  Ashley Herzog
  Gay activists know they’ve lost the moral high ground when even their supporters are laughing at their double standards and hypocrisy. ... more
• Marriage is What it is Mon Apr 1
  Matt Barber
  Here’s what marriage is: The God-ordained, lifelong, covenantal union between man and wife, designed to provide men, women and children optimal stability and overall well-being. Marriage is that biologically, spiritually and morally centered institution calculated to ensure responsible procreation and perpetuate the human race. Marriage – real marriage – represents the fundamental cornerstone of any healthy society (any society that hopes to survive, at least). ... more
• We Have Come a Long Way, America...The Wrong Way Sun Mar 31
  Michael Youssef
  During a time when we are about to celebrate the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus the Christ, the United States Supreme Court is deliberating the possible crucifixion of the moral foundation of America. ... more
• Lawmakers: Anti-Bullying Conference Bullies Conservatives, Christians Fri Mar 29
  Todd Starnes
  A group of nearly two dozen Republican lawmakers is threatening to pull state funding from an Iowa community college unless they defund an anti-bullying program that the lawmakers say bullies Christians and conservatives. ... more
• The Gay Marriage Divides Fri Mar 29
  Brian and Garrett Fahy
  This week, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in two gay marriage cases: Hollingsworth v. Perry, which will decide the fate of California’s Proposition 8; and United States v. Windsor, which will decide the fate of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), signed in 1996 by President Clinton. ... more
• It's Not Cool To Cherry Pick Scripture Fri Mar 29
  David Limbaugh
  With Easter approaching and the Astroturf groundswell for same-sex marriage at its apex, I thought I'd put in a plug for the Bible, whose integrity and timeless principles are under increasing assault in our culture. ... more
• Let the People Decide Fri Mar 29
  Linda Chavez
  The arguments on gay marriage before the Supreme Court this week pose the most momentous questions the court has faced in the past 50 years -- and perhaps in its history. At stake is the definition of an institution that has been the bedrock of civilization from time immemorial. ... more
• Stepping Across the Line to Support Marriage Thu Mar 28
  Caleb Dalton
  As a Texan, I grew up hearing about the legend of a fellow attorney, William Travis, who, when surrounded in the Alamo by Santa Anna’s army, drew his sword, traced a line in the sand, and invited all who were ready to give the ultimate price for their cause to step across the line. Of 183 men with him, all but one crossed the line. ... more
• One Nation Above God Thu Mar 28
  Scottie Hughes
  I, like many Christians, watched in disbelief this past September at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina as the delegates not only voted once, but three times, to deny the reinstatement of God into their platform. ... more
• Clintons' Progress: Bill and Hillary Clinton Embrace Gay Marriage Thu Mar 28
  Paul Kengor
  Bill and Hillary Clinton have endorsed gay marriage, completely reversing their support of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage as between one man and one woman, and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton. ... more
• The Unstompable Jesus Christ Thu Mar 28
  Jerry Newcombe
  By now, it seems most everyone has heard about an inane assignment that boggles the mind. Earlier this month a professor at FAU, Florida Atlantic University (the Davie campus, near Ft. Lauderdale), had his students participate in a bizarre exercise. ... more
• Eagle Scouts: We’re Being Bullied by Gay Rights Activists Wed Mar 27
  Todd Starnes
  A coalition of Eagle Scouts, Scoutmasters, and parents have launched a new organization vowing to keep sex and politics out of the Boy Scouts of America. ... more
• Are Classes Too Sexy for Fourth Grade Students? Wed Mar 27
  Marybeth Hicks
  In this week’s email, a question comes from parents who don’t want their fourth grader to take the school district’s sex ed class. ... more
• School Bans the Word ‘Easter’ Tue Mar 26
  Todd Starnes
  Boys and girls at an Alabama elementary school will still get to hunt for eggs – but they can’t call them ‘Easter Eggs’ have the principal banished the word for the sake of religious diversity. ... more

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