February 20, 2013 | 4 comments
If same-sex marriage became legal today, would your church and pastor be protected from lawsuits brought by homosexual activists? In June, the U.S. Supreme Court may decide that homosexual marriage should be a legal right in all 50 states, a … Read more>
February 4, 2013 | 2 comments
On Tuesday, the Senate will vote on a priority bill of The Family Foundation, SB 1074, patroned by Senator Mark Obenshain (R-26, Harrisonburg). This bill will protect the rights of religious and political college student groups at public … Read more>
January 24, 2013 | No comments
Two of The Family Foundation’s highest priorities this year will be voted on in the House Education Committee Monday morning. The first, HB 1442, is legislation that would assist home school students in participating in public school sports, often … Read more>
August 24, 2012 | 1 comment
It’s not quite the Schoolhouse Rock! classic that “I’m Just A Bill” is, but Alliance Defending Freedom (formerly Alliance Defense Fund) has created a highly entertaining, but extremely serious and informative, animation that explains some of the numerous hideous surprises contained … Read more>
August 22, 2012 | 1 comment
The attack on the definition of marriage is never ceasing. So neither is our work.
In late May, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, covering Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire and Puerto Rico, ruled that the … Read more>
July 2, 2012 | 1 comment
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has given its imprimatur to Obamacare and its coercion of Christian faiths to provide for abortion and contraception against their beliefs (where are all the civil libertarians on this?), the hiring of a 16,000-man … Read more>
June 27, 2012 | No comments
The United States Supreme Court rarely shows unanimity in the cases it hears. But a 9-0 verdict in an obscure case about a chemically burned paramour from 2011 may provide an insight into how the court may rule tomorrow.
The … Read more>
June 13, 2012 | No comments
The Family Foundation is partnering with The Williamsburg Oak Initiative to present Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli for an evening of information and motivation on tomorrow night in Williamsburg. Join us and hear Attorney General Cuccinelli speak about the lawsuits pending against the federal … Read more>
August 12, 2011 | 1 comment
Funny how August, supposedly the slowest of all months for news, can gobsmack you in the face with a flying hammer full of headlines, and on a Friday of all things. In fact, there is a fair amount of state news … Read more>
August 9, 2011 | No comments
A three-judge panel of the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, by a 2-1 vote, recently upheld a lower court’s ban on prayers by clergy at public meetings that may mention the name of a particular deity. The ruling, in Joyner … Read more>