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Family – When Less May Not Be More
From the Desk of Tori Black: Russell M. Nelson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has said, “The home is the laboratory of love, and in it resides the most important unit of the Church and of society—the family.” We live, however, in a day...
Parents: The First and Best Defense Against Pornography in Schools
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, Just a couple of thoughts…questions really. How familiar are you with everything that is going on at your children’s school (or your grandchildren’s)? And if something happened at school that was harmful to your kids, would...
The Major Forces We Are Up Against…
The Major Forces We Are Up Against… Borrowing a phrase from a prominent US city, the perspective of the vast majority of Americans is, “What Happens at the UN, stays at the UN.” Sadly, however, this isn’t the case. On the contrary, to a large degree the UN can...
Medical Marijuana Done Right
From the Desk of Tori Black: Dear Friends, A few years ago I went to my first legislative committee hearing about medical marijuana. It was eye-opening in a way that surprised me because it fundamentally changed the way I looked at cannabis and those seeking to...
China’s One-Child Policy and the Law of Unintended Consequences
Hello Friends, There is a law of unintended consequences in this world. The worst of unintended consequences are those that arise from the idea that people, humans, are a burden on society and on resources instead of a valuable asset that contributes to and benefits...
Abortion and Assisted Suicide: The New “Universal Human Right”
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, You know that something is seriously wrong in the world when death through abortion and assisted suicide is peddled as a “right to life.” I kid you not. At a recently concluded United Nations meeting regarding human rights,...
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Medical Marijuana Done Right
by Jenet Jacob Erickson This last week, Utah signed into law what some have called “the best-designed” medical marijuana law in the country. Crafting that law was not easy. In just a few years marijuana has become a key political issue across the nation. Utah was no...
Pornography : The Real Monster in Your Closet
By Alan Pastor Jamie was in middle school, or what I like to call the armpit of life. He hasn’t dated, kissed, or even held the hand of a girl; yet he’s on the Sex Offender Registry. He’s expressed to his therapist the fear of never having a relationship with a girl....
China’s One-Child Policy and the Law of Unintended Consequences
by United Families International China, a country who has never been reserved or timid about their “reproductive” regulations, has instituted a startling change in their population control policy. In a major reversal, China, rather than restricting parents from...
Gosnell Movie Review
By Holly Jo Martin The makers of the movie Gosnell deliver a horrifying suspense movie that just happens to be true. At first it seems like it is a movie about a pill mill being run in an abortion clinic in Philadelphia. The movie is fast paced and exciting before it...
Abortion and Assisted Suicide: The New “Universal Human Right”
“Your baby has no chance of life.” Those heartbreaking words were delivered to Siobhan Whelan following an ultrasound on January 4, 2010 whereupon she learned that her unborn baby boy was affected by holoprosencephaly, a congenital brain malformation that generally...
What A Firefighter’s Victory Means for Religious Liberty & Free Speech
By Elizabeth Warner Kelvin Cochran rose from poverty to become one of the first African-American firefighters in his hometown before becoming the fire chief from the entire city of Atlanta. His story is a remarkable one, but in recent years he’s become better known...
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