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Fidelity Month, EFA Rules, and More from the Week

Jun 5, 2026Jerry CoxCurrent EventsUpdate, Weekly Rewind

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Here’s a quick recap of the week’s top stories from Family Council and our friends:

From Family Council

💰 Little Evidence New EFA Rules Will Save State Money. Family Council has recently spoken to a few policymakers who believe Arkansas’ Educational Freedom Account (EFA) program needs to cut costs. Some hope a new set of rules from the Department of Education will do that. But Family Council has analyzed the rules, and there is very little evidence the new rules will help the State save money. Keep Reading.

💍 Governor Sanders Declares June “Fidelity Month” in Arkansas. Last week, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued a proclamation declaring June “Fidelity Month” in the Natural State. The governor’s proclamation says: Keep Reading.

🏥 Texas Hospital Opens First-Ever Detransition Gender Clinic: A Texas hospital has opened a “detransition” gender clinic following a $10 million settlement with the Trump Administration. Keep Reading.

💉 Suicide Advocates Continue to Promote “Medical Aid in Dying” in U.S. and Abroad: In Ohio, legislators recently introduced an assisted suicide measure, arguing that “medical aid in dying” provides terminally ill people with a compassionate option. But our friends at the Center for Christian Virtue (CCV) rightly called the legislation “a Trojan horse for mandated death” that would pressure vulnerable people to end their lives via assisted suicide. Experiences elsewhere have shown CCV’s concerns about assisted suicide are spot on. Keep Reading.

From Our Friends

Gallup Data Reveals Support for LGBT Ideology is Declining. From Daily Citizen.

Another Male Won Awards at Another Girls Track and Field Championship. From Daily Citizen.

“Help Me!” Cries From Canadian Man in Botched Euthanasia are Haunting. From LifeNews.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

Mail-Order Abortion, Homeschool Rules, and More: New This Week

May 29, 2026Jerry CoxCurrent EventsUpdate, Weekly Rewind

Here’s a quick recap of the week’s top stories from Family Council and our friends:

From Family Council

⚖️ Family Council Asks U.S. Attorney’s Office to Enforce Federal Law Against Mail-Order Abortion Drugs: Last week, Family Council sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas respectfully asking the office to enforce federal law as it applies to mail-order abortion drugs. Keep Reading.

📅 Lawmakers Could Vote on EFA Homeschool Rules at June 15 Meeting: The Arkansas Legislative Council’s Administrative Rules Subcommittee could vote on a proposed set of Educational Freedom Account (EFA) rules at its June 15 meeting at 1:30 P.M. in Little Rock. Arkansans who want to make their voices heard on these rules should contact their lawmakers as soon as possible. Keep Reading.

🌊 Atheist Group Opposes Inmate Baptisms in Arkansas: Earlier this month, the Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter to Drew County Sheriff Tim Nichols complaining about inmate baptisms after Sheriff Nichols posted on the Drew County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page about 13 inmates who were baptized at Pauline Baptist Church in March. Keep Reading.

🍼 Investigation Shows Birth Tourism Centers Operating on American Soil: A new investigation shows Chinese birth tourism centers are operating on U.S. soil — and the problem may be bigger than most Americans realize. Keep Reading.

📱 Concerns Over Addiction Grow as Gambling Becomes as Easy as Sending a Text: Concerns are growing nationwide about a new wave of gambling addiction from sports betting and online “prediction markets.” Keep Reading.

💵 U.S. Senators Working to Protect Kids from Gambling Ads: The Wall Street Journal reports two U.S. Senators are working on a bipartisan effort to protect children from gambling ads. Keep Reading.

🏛️ Leaders Call for Congressional Inquiry into SPLC Fraud Allegations: The SPLC has spent decades opposing white supremacy while also branding Christian organizations like Family Research Council and Focus on the Family as “hate groups” on par with Neo-Nazis and the KKK. The organization has also urged financial institutions to de-bank conservatives. But last month an indictment from a federal Grand Jury said the SPLC has secretly funneled more than $3 million to a covert network of informants affiliated with groups like the Ku Klux Klan. Keep Reading.

From Our Friends

Boys Atop Girls’ Podiums: Where Are the Dads? From Daily Citizen.

Woman needed ‘advanced life support’ after abortion at Rhode Island Planned Parenthood. From Live Action.

Human Exceptionalism and Artificial Intelligence. From Breakpoint.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

Leaders Call for Congressional Inquiry into SPLC Fraud Allegations

May 28, 2026Jerry CoxCurrent EventsSPLC

Leaders are calling for congressional inquiries following accusations of fraud by the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).

The SPLC has spent decades opposing white supremacy while also branding Christian organizations like Family Research Council and Focus on the Family as “hate groups” on par with Neo-Nazis and the KKK.

The organization has also urged financial institutions to de-bank conservatives.

But last month an indictment from a federal Grand Jury said the SPLC has secretly funneled more than $3 million to a covert network of informants affiliated with groups like the Ku Klux Klan.

According to the indictment, the SPLC laundered donations through fictitious companies to people in the very groups the SPLC claimed it was working to dismantle. In some cases, the SPLC allegedly gave money to individuals listed on its “extremist” website.

On May 20, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins testified before the House Judiciary Committee in a hearing titled ‘The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate.’ The hearing examined the role SPLC has played in “distorting civil rights policy in recent years” — and the real-world consequences that followed.

Perkins testified that in August of 2012, a gunman entered FRC’s Washington, D.C., headquarters carrying a pistol and fifty rounds of ammunition. The attack was thwarted by a building manager who was seriously in the process.

The gunman later confessed to investigators that he selected FRC because of the SPLC’s website listing Family Research Council as a “hate group.” The attack cost FRC more than $6 million in security-related expenses.

Perkins also testified that around 2016, the SPLC began pressuring financial companies and tech platforms to deplatform and defund organizations it had labeled extremist.

Arkansas families and churches should pay close attention to this hearing. The SPLC’s “hate group” list isn’t trustworthy. Congress and federal officials are finally saying so out loud. Arkansans should encourage their representatives to support a full and thorough investigation — one that follows every spoke on that wheel.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.