David Cortman's Townhall.com Column

Boy Scouts Beware: If You Don't Stand for Something...

2013-04-18T00:01:00-04:00

David Cortman Column
Why can’t the Boy Scouts of America hold to the same moral code and resulting lifestyle principles they’ve held to since their formation? Has the moral code changed?

Tolerance For Thee, But Not For Me

2013-02-04T13:05:00-05:00

David Cortman Column
As a federal court recently declared, “Tolerance is a two-way street.” And this is a lesson the Atlanta-based Southern Education Fund needs to learn after its recent call for private, Christian schools in Georgia to be kicked-out of participating in the state’s tax credit scholarship program.

Rep. Pelosi Wants to Amend the First Amendment (And Silence Opposition)

2012-05-07T12:51:00-04:00

David Cortman Column
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made some unforgettable statements during her political career. Some of them have been laughable, while others have pushed the limits of believability—like her contention that the abortion coverage in ObamaCare will actually save lives. How can killing preborn children save lives?

Is Anyone Else Getting Tired of This Whole Politically Correct Bullying Thing?

2012-01-22T00:01:00-05:00

David Cortman Column
Maybe it is just me, but I am getting a bit tired of reading about the left’s aggressive push on the whole bullying issue. I am no bullying expert, nor am I a child psychologist, but I have been bullied before (after all, I am vertically challenged and wore braces growing up).

Are the inmates running the (public school) asylum?

2011-10-31T13:03:00-04:00

David Cortman Column
Nearly every week, I come across an article where parents in some community are in an uproar over school districts promoting inappropriate sexual materials to our kids. Whether it’s related to homosexual behavior or other age-inappropriate sexual issues, there seem to be school districts across the land intent on sexualizing our kids.

Christians Need Not Apply

2011-10-27T13:28:00-04:00

David Cortman Column
How exactly do we move from a nation whose founders and first public servants included many Christians, to a place where Christians are no longer fit to participate in public life? Because if the “Freedom From Religion Foundation” (FFRF) has their way, that’s exactly what our country will look like.

Remediation for those the tolerant left won’t tolerate

2011-10-11T00:01:00-04:00

David Cortman Column
In January 2009, Julea Ward, who is a Christian, was a graduate student in the counseling program at Eastern Michigan University. She was nearing the end of the program and had accumulated a 3.91 GPA. Then she was expelled.

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Civil Rights Group Would Not Have Been Recognized at San Diego State

2011-09-18T00:01:00-04:00

David Cortman Column
On college and university campuses around the country, officials are increasingly using “nondiscrimination” policies to deny religious groups the right to choose prospective members and leaders based on whether they share the group’s religious beliefs.