by Steve Deace www.stevedeace.com
If what Chris Broussard said on ESPN yesterday amounts to hate speech, then the day will soon arrive when preaching the Bible publicly is no longer free speech.
Since the economy is in tatters and they still want to ignore Benghazi and Kermit Gosnell, the Leftist media in this country needs something else to discuss.… Read the rest
In an effort to protect traditional marriage, I believe we should make both the moral argument; i.e., God created marriage and calls same-sex relationships an abomination; and the “secular” or practical argument; i.e., that the state plays an important role in marriage because it is best for children that may be produced as a result.… Read the rest
Prepared by Paul Smith, Executive Director, Citizen Impact
Updated March 29
FINAL ISSUES
Georgia’s Tax Credit Scholarship Program/Student Scholarship Organizations (SSOs)
House Bill 283 included changes to this program as an amendment to a large education bill. The final version included a modest increase to the annual cap of $58 million, and removed the automatic escalator (which automatically raised the cap each year based on an inflation index).… Read the rest
Prepared by Paul Smith, Executive Director, Citizen Impact
Updated March 15
Race to the Top/Common Core
A meeting took place on March 14 with Gov. Deal and numerous groups regarding the Common Core standards. It gave me the opportunity to express concerns for Christian schools and home schools.… Read the rest
from Washington Update, Family Research Council
If there’s one subject giving Massachusetts schools trouble, it’s anatomy! The state’s Department of Education shocked everyone last week with new directives that completely abolish traditional gender roles, gender-based bathrooms and clothing, and even gender-specific sports in public schools.… Read the rest
Prepared by Paul Smith, Executive Director, Citizen Impact
Updated March 5
CURRENT ISSUES:
Race to the Top/Common Core
SB 167 (pertaining to common core curriculum, and nullifying any commitments relating to the federal Race to the Top program) did not get a vote in committee, so is stalled, but not dead.… Read the rest
Implementation of Common Core Standards increases federal control of education, and negatively impacts private schools and home schools.
The state of Georgia applied for the federal Race to the Top grant, and by accepting these funds, agreed to adopt Common Core State Standards.… Read the rest
By Rep. J. Randy Forbes
(Click here to read article at Washington Times site)
Catholic adoption agencies have been forced to close their doors in Illinois, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., because their religious beliefs about marriage were deemed unacceptable by their jurisdictions.… Read the rest
By Sue Ella Deadwyler of Georgia Insight
“Pathological gambling is extremely incapacitating and results in failure to maintain solvency or provide basic support for one’s family.” – American Psychiatric Association
When gambling expands, government expands.
More police are hired to investigate and prosecute increased crime; more judges and
courts are needed to investigate and prosecute gambling addicts’ crimes; more welfare
programs are needed to support gambling-related poverty; more agencies are created to
monitor and regulate gambling; more medical services are needed to treat diseases of
addicted gamblers; and more laws are needed to control crime and money launderers.… Read the rest
Paul A. Smith, Citizen Impact Founder & Executive Director
Many Americans are fed-up, jaded, discouraged, or cynical, after November’s election, because they think “nothing has changed.” Unfortunately, this is a focus on the national scene, and a result of a news media who offers only the news they decide we need/want to hear. … Read the rest