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Dear Friends,

Welcome to this edition of the Social Conservative Review. This week, in addition to our usual compilation of articles and stories relevant to conservatives, we want to highlight a recent debate in which FRC Special Counsel and Director of the Center for Religious Liberty, Ken Klukowski, participated at the University of Michigan School of Law.

A frequent lecturer at law schools around the country, in these debates Ken makes a compelling case that Left-wing activist groups lack standing to bring lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of prayer at public functions. Click here to listen to Ken debate UM law professor Don Herzog on this important religious liberty issue.

Family Research Council is working to advance and protect religious liberty for all Americans. That's our ongoing and unwavering commitment to you and your family. Thank you for standing with us.

Sincerely,

Rob Schwarzwalder

Sr. Vice President, Family Research Council

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Educational Freedom and Reform

• "Worldview Conflicts in Education: Revisiting "The Closing of the American Mind"," The Colson Center
• "LA mayor: Unions will not stop school reform moves," Christina Hoag, Business Week
• "Speak Up on D.C. Schools, Mr. President," William J. McGurn, The Wall Street Journal
• "The Erosion of American Higher Education," Bill Costello, American Thinker
• "Job security," Alisa Harris, WORLD Magazine
• "President Obama No Superman for Schoolchildren," Rachel Sheffield, The Heritage Foundation
• "Teachers Unions and Civil Rights Groups Block School Choice for Black Students," Anthony B. Bradley, The Acton Institute
• "Teaching Students or Subjects?," Hayden Butler, The Examined Life

Environmental Issues

• "The UN carbon fiasco," Terence Corcoran, Financial Post
• "Kill a schoolchild. How hilarious," Dominic Lawson, The Independent
• "Greens shackle national security -- and renewable energy," Paul Driessen, CFACT
• "Black Crosses and black deaths," Bishop Harry Jackson and Niger Innis, Canada Free Press
• "California's Green Nightmare," Stephen Moore, Environment and Climate News

Faith and Policy

• "A Window Into Barack Obama's Theology," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
• "Walking away from church," Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell, Los Angeles Times
• "Federal authorities defend Tennessee mosque," Kristen M. Hall, OneNewsNow
• "What are Christians known for?," Marcia Segelstein, OneNewsNow
• "Social Darwinism and the Left," Jay Richards, The American

Health Care

• "How to Reform ObamaCare Starting Now," Scott Gottlieb and Tom Miller, Wall Street Journal
• "New England Journal of Medicine Pushes NICE-Style QALY Health Care Rationing," Wesley Smith, Secondhand Smoke
• "Politics of health," Edward Lee Pitts, WORLD Magazine
• "Don't forget Obamacare," Marvin Olasky, WORLD Magazine
• "How Best to Monitor Health Care" Tevi Troy, NRO Corner Blog
• "States Permitted to Continue Part of Their Challenge to Healthcare Law," Liberty Counsel
• "ObamaCare Already Hurting Businesses and Infringing on Liberty ," Liberty Counsel
• "What's the Worst That Could Happen With The New Health Law?," Rea Hederman, The Heritage Foundation
• "Medical Innovation in Peril," Scott Gottlieb, American Enterprise Institute
• "ObamaCare, for Some," Editorial, The Wall Street Journal
• "Would the Supreme Court Dare Undo the Mandate?," Megan McArdle, The Atlantic

Homosexuals in the Military

• "Federal Judge Ignores the Constitution, Military Leaders On 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'," Press Release, Family Research Council
• "Unexpected Turns for Suit Over 'Don't Ask' Rule," Lizette Alvarez, New York Times
• "Don't Defend, Don't Tell: The Obama Administration has chosen to place political considerations over a proper defense of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell law," Ed Whelan, The Public Discourse
• "Christian compassion requires the truth about harms of homosexuality," Tony Perkins, The Washington Post
• "Study: Gay Parents More Likely to Have Gay Kids," Paul Kix, AOL News
• "What homosexual-run military could lead to," Chad Groening, OneNewsNow

Judiciary

• "The Rot at the Department of Justice," Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
• "The Supreme Court and Religious Liberty," Allen D. Hertzke, The Weekly Standard
• "California 2010: The Courts and the Economy, White Paper on the California Supreme Court," The Federalist Society
• "Supreme Court Starts Term With 51% Approval," Lydia Saad, Gallup

Marriage and Family

Family Economics

• "The Family GDP: How Marriage and Fertility Drive the Economy," Patrick F. Fagan, Family Research Council
• "'Culture of Poverty' Makes a Comeback," Patricia Cohen, New York Times
• "ACSTO: Is the government's decision not to tax every dollar you make the same as taxing and spending it? The ACLU seems to think so.," David Cortman, Alliance Defense Fund
• "The 2010 Spending Record," Editorial, The Wall Street Journal
• "2010 Sets Record for Cost of Government," Mattie Corrao, Budget and Tax News
• "Liberals Reexamining the Culture of Poverty? Guess Again," Robert Rector, National Review
• "Americans Prefer Social Security Upper Income Benefit Reductions to Tax Hikes," Conn Carroll, The Heritage Foundation

Marriage

• "Marriage and the Law of Tradition," RJ Snell, The Public Discourse
• "GAO: Defense domestic violence tracking remains flawed," Norah Swanson, Government Executive
• "Is America in a 'Father Absence' Crisis?," Ryan O'Hanlon, Good Feed Blog
• "Ads Urge Fathers to 'Take Time' to Be a Dad," Jane L. Levere, New York Times
• "Marriage Goes Down, Poverty Goes Up," Rachel Sheffield, The Heritage Foundation
• "D.C. City Council Attacks Marriage Again," Bishop Harry Jackson, Townhall

Pornography

• "A front for sex trafficking in U.S.," Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow
• "Library to block porn on kids' computers," Amanda Lehmert, Greensboro News and Record
• "Porn-Free Vision," Jim Graves, National Catholic Register

Religious Liberty

• "Secularists Unite to Destroy Parental Authority and Religious Liberty," Alan Sears, Alliance Defense Fund
• "Religious Speech Vital to Democracy," Kevin Theriot, Alliance Defense Fund
• "Historic Turnaround in Europe Preserves Conscience Rights," Terrence McKeegan, C-FAM
• "What the Wilders Trial Means ," Editorial, National Review
• "Who Says Islam Is Totalitarian? Not long ago, Bernard Lewis sounded almost like Geert Wilders," Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review
• "Christians in Turkey Acquitted of 'Insulting Turkishness'," Damaris Kremida, Compass Direct News
• "Study: Religious diversity increases in America, yet perceptions of Christian nation intensify," PhysOrg.com

Sanctity of Life

Abortion

• "What is the effect of "Ella" on a teenage woman's body?," Jeanne Monahan, Family Research Council
• "Fatal Clostridium sordellii Infections after Medical Abortions," Elissa Meites, M.D., Suzanne Zane, D.V.M., and Carolyn Gould, M.D., New England Journal of Medicine
• "Mildred Jefferson, 84, Anti-Abortion Activist, Is Dead," Dennis Hevesi, New York Times
• "Health-care overhaul: Does it provide tax dollars for abortions?" N.C. Aizenman, The Washington Post
• "No Truce on Abortion" Fr. Frank Pavone, The Washington Times
• "A Champion For Maternal Health," Amanda Pawloski, C-FAM
• "In Memory of the Greatest Pro-Life Orator," Cal Thomas, Crosswalk
• "Amnesty Demands Abortion Decriminalization in Latin America," Seana Cranston, C-FAM
• "Critics Call New Maternal Death Report Faulty," Susan Yoshihara, C-FAM

Adoption

• "Appeal in 'gay' adoption ruling uncertain," Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow
• "Pastor, church embrace adoption," Alyssa LaRenzie, Forsyth County News

Bioethics

• "Twins Socialize in the Womb," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
• "Sacred cells? A reply to Peters, Lebacqz, and Bennett," Gary S. Elkins, Ethics & Medicine
• "Twin fetuses learn how to be social in the womb," Lin Edwards, PhysOrg.com
• "Commercial Surrogacy is Human Trafficking: Biological Parents to Birth MotherAbort Down Fetus!", Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
• "A Noble Nobel?", Jennifer Lahl, The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network
• "Oregon Hospices Right Not to Cooperate With Assisted Suicide," Wesley J. Smith, The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network
• "Science Cannot Teach Us Right From Wrong and Distinguish Good From Bad," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
• "Stem-cell research lacks basic ethics," Letter to the Editor, Jonathan Embody, The Washington Times

Cloning

• "Federal Funding for Human Cloning?," Wesley J. Smith, National Review
• "Double Trouble: 'Never Let Me Go' is really about cloning, no matter what they say," Gina R. Dalfonzo, The Weekly Standard

Stem Cell Research

Articles by Dr. David Prentice

• "Adult Stem Cells-Best-Kept Secret, Treating Juvenile Diabetes," David Prentice, Family Research Council
• "Parents and Patients Welcome Maryland Cord Blood Bank," David Prentice, Family Research Council
• "Geron Begins Questionable Human Experiments," David Prentice, Family Research Council

Other Stem Cell Research Articles

• "What Do 30 Pieces of Silver Buy You Today?," Jennifer Lahl, Center for Bioethics and Culture
• "How much respect do we owe the embryo? Limits to embryonic stem cell research," Dennis L. Sansom, Ethics & Medicine
• "Stem Cell News: Hype Over Science," Michael Fumento, AOL News
• "More court deadlines set in stem cell case," Meredith Wadman, Nature

Other News for Social Conservatives

• ""The World Turned Upside Down"--Or, Why Americans Don't Bow to Kings," Robert Morrison, Family Research Council
• "Vote Yes on Slots? Here are some Why Nots," Robert Morrison, Family Research Council
• "Modern Hollywood's Love Affair With Satanism," Leo Grin, Big Hollywood
• "Reinter the Death Tax," Robert Knight, The Washington Times
• "Politics as a Profession," Roger Scruton, The American Spectator
• "Atheists Debate How Pushy to Be," Mark Oppehneimer, New York Times
• "Europe's Choice on Conscience Protection," Matthew Schmitz, The Public Discourse
• "The Credentialed Gentry and the Unpersuaded Yahoos," Elizabeth Scalia, First Things
• "The Presidency and the Constitution," Rep. Mike Pence, Imprimis
• "The Cult of Multiculturalism: This modern obsession has created problems so obvious that only the intelligentsia could fail to see them," Thomas Sowell, National Review