The Springfield School Committee in Massachusetts has voted 5-1 in favor of a policy that would provide free condoms to students as young as 12. Peter Murphy, the lone dissenting vote, was “not comfortable with the idea of making condoms available to students so young.” We think that Mr. Murphy voted correctly. Click here to read the full story.
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has launched a so-called “accountability project” aimed at 36 commentators who do not agree with their views on homosexuality and marriage. Glenn Stanton with Focus on the Family—who is on GLAAD’s list—writes in National Review that what’s really happening is that GLAAD wants to permanently silence dissenting voices. It’s not about “accountability” or “balance” at all.
A bill known as “the Blunt Amendment” would have helped protect people’s religious liberties in the face of the HHS mandate requiring they purchase contraception coverage under Obamacare. Yesterday, Arkansas’ Senator Mark Pryor voted to kill the amendment.
I’m sure Senator Pryor is friends with some very devout Catholics. Senator Pryor and I have both sent sons to the same Catholic high school in Little Rock. I wonder what Father Tribou, Little Rock Catholic High School’s legendary school principal, would have to say, were he alive to learn the father of one of his students, a U.S. Senator, voted against something intended to protect religious liberty; given the fact that Father Tribou often stated his opinion very frankly to President Clinton, I’m sure he would want to speak with Senator Pryor about this matter.
Please call Senator Pryor’s office and express your concern over his unwillingness to stand up for Americans’ religious liberties. His office phone numbers are (501) 324-6336 (Little Rock) and (202) 224-2353 (Washington, D.C.).
When you’re done talking to Senator Pryor, you can also call and thank Senator John Boozman for supporting the Blunt Amendment in yesterday’s vote. His phone numbers are (501) 372-7153 and (202) 224-4843.