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Dear Friends:

"The voice of Love seemed to call me," wrote British humorist P.G. Wodehouse, "but it was a wrong number."¹

This is the lament of many a young man whose ardent hopes have been dashed by an indifferent young woman. Such laments usually are short-lived, as one crush almost invariably leads to another.

Real love does not disappoint. The enduring love of a husband and wife, of a parent and child, of loyal friends for one another and of patriots for their country: Such loves are always true, even if they sometimes can be hard.

Of course, there is one love that surpasses all others - the love of God, most profoundly demonstrated in the redeeming death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. That's a love that never misdials.

Sincerely,

Rob Schwarzwalder

Senior Vice President

Family Research Council

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P.S. Tonight, watch FRC Action's Webcast, "Cut, Cap, and Balance: Why Congress must Cut the deficit, Cap the spending, and Balance the budget." Co-hosts FRC Action president Tony Perkins and "Let Freedom Ring" president Colin Hanna will be joined by Senators Jim DeMint and Orrin Hatch, House Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and other leaders.

Educational Freedom and Reform

Homeschooling

• "Homeschool graduations make The New York Times," Angela Lu, WORLD Magazine
• "Homeschooling: Right Choice for Your Child?," Emily Driscoll, Fox Business

Legislation and Policy Proposals

• "Hard work versus handouts," Robert Morrison, The Ellis County Press
• "Catholic U. president: it's time to ditch coed dorms," Kathleen Gilbert, Life Site News
• "Inner-city education fails without the church," Anthony B. Bradley, The Acton Institute
• "Why is U.S. History High-Schoolers' Worst Subject?," Gary J. Schmitt and Cheryl Miller, National Review Online
• "Contested Curriculum," Andrew P. Kelly, Daniel K. Lautzenheiser, and Cheryl Miller, American Enterprise Institute
• "School Voucher Programs and the Effects of a Little Healthy Competition," Lecture, American Enterprise Institute
• "The Dead Hand of Federal Education Reform," Lindsey Burke, The Washington Times
• "Course Corrections," Allen C. Guelzo, Touchstone Magazine
• "Teachers Without Students," R.R. Reno, First Things

Government Reform

Regulation

• "Back Door Social Engineering," Jordan J. Ballor, Capital Commentary
• "The Washington Diet," Steven Malanga, City Journal

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

• "The Fiscal Pledge We Need: Cut, Cap, Balance," Colin Hanna, Ken Blackwell, and Chris Chocola, The Wall Street Journal
• "California's Nutty Budget Battle," Steven Greenhut, City Journal California
• "The Facts about Transportation Spending," Veronique de Rugy, Reason
• "More Evidence That Federal Employees Are Overpaid," Andrew Biggs, The Enterprise Blog

Health Care

Abstinence

• "Deep divisions rock UN HIV/AIDS meeting," LifeSiteNews
• "Arizona needs to change its approach to sex education," Oonagh McQuarrie, The State Press
• "Women Who Lost Virginity Early More Likely To Divorce: New Study," Stephanie Marcus, The Huffington Post

Conscience Protection

• "The Health Care and Conscience Debate," Luke W. Goodrich, The Federalist Society
• "Senate strips changes in 'conscience protection' law out of abortion bill," Bill Barrow, The Times-Picayune

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

• "Why ObamaCare Is Losing in the Courts," David B. Rivkin, Jr. and Lee A. Casey, The Wall Street Journal
• "What Does Medicare Part D Say About the Ryan Plan?," Joseph Antos, RealClearMarkets
• "Spend More, Save More," Peter Suderman, Reason
• "Repealing and Replacing IPAB with Better Solutions," Grace-Marie Turner, The Galen Institute
• "The Accountable Care Fiasco," Opinion, The Wall Street Journal
• "Obama admin to end health care waivers," Ricardo Alonzo-Zaldivar, The Daily Caller
• "Obama's abortion extortion: Indiana's Medicaid funds withheld on behalf of Planned Parenthood," Emily Miller, The Washington Times

Homosexuality

• "Gay marriage at odds with U.S. liberties," Peter Sprigg, Albany Times-Union
• "French National Assembly rejects homosexual 'marriage' in historic vote," Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Life Site News
• "Intolerance about-face? Some gay-rights foes being bullied," David Crary, Associated Press
• "Obama's Views on Gay Marriage 'Evolving'," Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times
• "UN group backs gay rights for the 1st time ever," Frank Jordans, Associated Press
• "Offense and Criticism in the Marriage Debates," R.J. Snell, The Public Discourse
• "Tea Party and African Americans join up against SSM," Rick Karlin, Capitol Confidential
• "Obama Omits 'Creator' When Citing 'Inalienable Rights' of LGBTs," Jerad McHenry, CNSNews.com

Human Life and Bioethics

Abortion

• "The Fetus and Federal Regulations," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
• "The Real War Against Women: Sex Selection Abortion," Jeanne Monahan, Family Research Council
• "Phoenix woman refuses abortion, gives birth to baby carried outside womb," Peter Smith, Life Site News
• "Baltimore Moves to Distract, Detour Women Seeking Pregnancy Centers,"Alan Sears, Alliance Defense Fund
• "Planned Parenthood Closes Center Near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania," Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com
• "Last Tennessee county readies to kick Planned Parenthood funding," Kathleen Gilbert, Life Site News
• "Pain-capable abortion ban passes in Alabama, but personhood bill fails," John Jalsevac, Life Site News
• "The New Pro-Life Surge," Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, Christianity Today
• "The abortion industry's war on choice," Mailee Smith, The Washington Times
• "Don't Worry, Next Generation of Americans is Pro-Life," Michael New, LifeNews.com
• "United Nations' abortion fine print," Wendy Wright, The Washington Times
• "Safer chemical abortions? Yeah, right," Brendan Malone, Mercator Net
• "Guttmacher: Abortion Rate Down Overall, Up Among Poor Women," Michael J. New, National Review Online

Bioethics and Biotechnology

• "Comfort or conflict: Earlier Down syndrome test," Malcolm Ritter, Associated Press
• "The Human Lantern," Justin Paulette, The Ashbrook Center

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

• "The Antithesis of Love and Mercy: Physician Assisted Suicide," Jeanne Monahan, Family Research Council
• "Facing Death with Love and Dignity," Pia de Solenni, Headline Bistro
• "Euthanasia Study Raises 'Chilling' Concern That Patients Could be Killed to Harvest Better Organs," Jessica Ryen Doyle, Fox News
• "Dr. Kevorkian's Victims," Ross Douthat, New York Times

Stem Cell Research

• "ACT Picks First Human Subjects for Embryonic Stem Cell Eye Experiment," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
• "California company to use stem cells from aborted babies to treat paralysis," Christine Dhanagom, Life Site News
• "National Science Foundation Publishes False Stem Cell Paper," Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com
• "IPS Stem Cells Could Allow Human Organs to be Grown in Pigs," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke

Marriage and Family

Adoption

• "Seeking protection," Emily Belz, WORLD Magazine
• "Adoption, Identity, and Kung-Fu Panda," Russell Moore, Moore to the Point
• "Affording foreign adoptions," Myscha Theriault, The Sacramento Bee
• "Census shows rise in Gay adoptions," Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times
• "Catholic Charities, Refusing to Provide Adoptive Children to Homosexuals, End Adoption Services in Illinois Communities," Manya A. Brachear, Chicago Tribune

Family Economics

• "Our Fiscal Crisis: We Cannot Tax, Spend and Borrow enough to Substitute for Marriage," Henry Potrykus, Patrick Fagan, and Robert Schwarzwalder, MARRI
• "Articles of Faith," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
• "Recovery and resurgence starts with the family," Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski, The Washington Examiner
• "Social, economic conservatives need each other," Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski, The Washington Examiner
• "Social Contracts, Human Flourishing, and the Economy," Samuel Gregg, The Public Discourse
• "Unemployment? Blame ATMs," Robinson O'Brien-Bours, The Ashbrook Center
• "Salvaging the American Dream," Michael Auslin, The American
• "Retirement Security: Challenges Confronting Pension Plan Sponsors, Workers, and Retirees," Alex Brill, American Enterprise Institute

Family Structure

• "California Bankruptcy Court Strikes Down DoMA," Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
• "Study links education to responsible fatherhood," Tiffany Owens, WORLD Magazine
• "Economy of sex: It's cheap these days," Cheryl Wetzstein, The Washington Times
• "A Tale of Two Fathers," Paul Taylor, Pew Research Center
• "The Family's End," Scott Yenor, The Public Discourse
• "The Family: What Is to Be Done?," Scott Yenor, The Public Discourse

Media

Pornography

• "Spanish Bishops Denounce Sexually Explicit Ads In The Media," Catholic News Agency
• "Arousing Ourselves to Death," Russell D. Moore, Touchstone Magazine

Internet

• "Federal Court Rules Pa. Teens Can't Be Suspended for MySpace Parodies," Associated Press
• "Theology, Therapy, Twitter, and the Scandal of the Gospel," Albert Mohler, AlbertMohler.com

Religion and Public Policy

Religious Liberty

• "The Activists' Game Plan Against Religion, Life and the Family: The UN, the Courts and Transnationalist Ideology," Patrick F. Fagan, Ph.D. and William L. Saunders, Family Research Council
• "Five Books on the Body for Evangelicals," Matthew Lee Anderson, Mere Orthodoxy
• "A Circle of Exchange is Better than a Circle of Protection," Kevin E. Schmiesing, The Acton Institute
• "Let the Briefing Begin: The Supreme Court to Decide How Far Courts Can Intrude into Religious Life," Diana Verm, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
• "Minority Religious Communities at Risk - Event Audio/Video," Randolph Marshall Bell, Thomas F. Farr, Tad Stahnke, William L. Saunders, The Federalist Society
• "Protecting Religions From "Defamation": A Threat To Universal Human Rights Standards," Leonard A. Leo, Felice D. Gaer, and Elizabeth K. Cassidy, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy

Religion in America

• "First Amendment protects prayer, not obscene violence," Ken Klukowski, The Washington Examiner
• "Pledging Allegiance and Saluting Frank Mickens," Ken Blackwell and Bob Morrison, The Huffington Post
• "No worship allowed," Emily Belz, WORLD Magazine
• "California School District Cancels Fundraiser After Submission of Scripture-Inscribed Bricks," Joshua Rhett Miller, Fox News
• "Catholic group banned from town parade over baby picture on pro-life banner," Rebecca Millette, Life Site News
• "School Censors Religious Words in Graduation Speech," Todd Starnes, Fox News
• "Catholic Limits on Political Categorization," Joe Carter, First Things

Secularism

• "Faith and secularism in Turkey: A divide or a synthesis?," Joe Sterling, CNN
• "Global Survey: Evangelicals Say Secularism, Not Islam, Is Top Threat," Michelle A. Vu, The Christian Post

International

Israel

• "Might Israel Know What It's Doing?," Lazar Berman, The American
• "Is the US deliberately harming Israeli covert ops in Iran?," Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
• "Obama's Not Done Hammering Israel on 1967 Lines," Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary Magazine
• "Are Young Rabbis turning on Israel?," Daniel Gordis, Commentary Magazine
• "Confronting our subversive institutions," Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post

International Economy and Family

• "Germany Opts for Economic Suicide," Steve McCann, American Thinker
• "The End Of Europe: A Civilization Built On Sand," Jerry Bowyer, Forbes

Religious Persecution

• "Targeting The World's Worst Religious Persecutors," Doug Bandow, Forbes
• "Minority Religious Communities at Risk," The Federalist Society
• "Children of Persecution: Child-like Faith in Suffering," Carl Moeller, Crosswalk

Sharia law -- U.S., foreign

• "The Americanization of Islamism," Mohamed Nimer, The American Interest
• "SBC resolution targets Sharia law," Bob Allen, Associated Baptist Press

The Courts

Constitutional Issues

• "Getting schooled in the First Amendment," Mollie Hemingway, Get Religion
• "Supreme Court Assesses State Immigration Policy," Julia K. Stronks, Capital Commentary
• "The Upside of Voter ID Initiatives," Ike Brannon, The American

Judicial Activism

• "The 'Judicial Activism' Ploy," Thomas Sowell, Creators.com
• "Reasserting Federalism in Defense of Liberty," Ken Cuccinelli, Imprimis

Other News of Note

• "Who social conservatives want for 2012," Tony Perkins, CNN
• "The problem with the Republican Party," Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski, The Washington Examiner
• "May the Farce Be With You: Lessons for 2012 from Lincoln and Louis," Marvin J. Folkertsma, The Center for Vision and Values
• "World Agape as America Runs Over the Debt Cliff and the GOP Searches for a Candidate," Conrad Black, New York Sun
• "The Right To Work: A Fundamental Freedom," Mark Mix, Imprimis
• "Of Prudes and Libertines," Anthony Esolen, The Catholic Thing

Book reviews

• "The Wisdom of the Common Law," Richard Adams, The Ashbrook Center
• "The War Against Girls," Jonathan V. Last, The Wall Street Journal
• "The worldwide war on baby girls," The Economist
• "A Shameful Glory," Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing
• "Making Religion Safe for Democracy," Ian Buruma, Claremont Review of Books