Since 1990, Concerned Women for America has been educating and inspiring listeners nation-wide through a network of Christian radio stations. Now, CWA is advancing from broadcast to broadband with new audio content exclusively on the web. With the ability to offer up-to-the minute news and information from Washington, D.C., we hope to provide our members, the media, and the public at large with the latest audio - and video - news releases with commentary from its team of experts on social and cultural issues, right here from CWFA.org.
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What a candid interview on health care might sound like... Wouldn't you love to have a candid conversation on health care with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada)? Well, it's not going to happen, but here is our best attempt at what that conversation might sound like. Click here for more on health care.
A prayer event launched by Tamara Scott, State Director for CWA of Iowa, has spread like grassfire to CWA chapters across the nation. Today, the Thursday before Thanksgiving, Concerned Women for America is calling for Christians to devote the day to fasting, repentance, and prayer so that we can focus our hearts on the many blessings we have. Kenda Bartlett, National Field Director for CWA, shares more about how this call came about and how it is vital to CWA's mission. Listen | Download
To find learn about activities in your state, visit http://states.cwfa.org/states/.
Thanks to Lori Bardsley and Rush for mentioning CWA on the program this week. The mention came right after his great interview of Sarah Palin. The Lord has used this mention to encourage and energize many listeners to learn more about CWA. Listen | Download
Recent legislation providing more time away from work for new mothers has opened a world of options for women. Dr. Janice Crouse, Senior Fellow and Director of the Beverly LaHaye Institute, says that even with job sharing, telework, extended maternity leaves, and a host of other options, the stress on women to choose between work and home remains. Listen | Download
This past weekend marked the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. It's estimated that each year an average of 160,000 Christians worldwide die as martyrs for Christ and 400 million others do not enjoy religious freedom, while others are actively persecuted. One of the strongholds of for religious persecution is the Sudan in North Africa. Ed Lyons, Ministry Advancement Coordinator for the Persecution Project has more on his ministry's efforts there to comfort Christian refugees and minister to nonbelievers through the simple gift of clean water through its 100 Wells Campaign. Listen | Download
President Obama's first judicial nominee, Judge David Hamilton, is expected to receive a vote in the Senate this Tuesday. Judge Hamilton is the judicial activist that once ordered prayers in the name of Jesus at the Indiana State House be stopped and later said that praying in the name of Allah was okay. Mario Diaz, Esq., CWA's Policy Director for Legal Issues, has more on what you can do to stop this nomination. Listen | Download
Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121.
11/12/2009
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Concerned parents recently gathered in Washington, D.C. with one message in mind: Put kids first! Politicians are threatening to take away the Opportunity Scholarship program that has helped thousands of kids for the last 5 years. For more information visit www.SaveSchoolChoice.com.
The debate over health care reform now moves to the U.S. Senate. In the hours leading up to the weekend House vote on health care reform, citizens descended on their representatives to make their voice heard. At the same time, Dr. Carl Walker, a urologist and a good friend of CWA, was in town for a professional conference, but took time to share his views with lawmakers. Dr. Walker talks with CWA President Wendy Wright about the imact of the proposed changes on his practice, other physicians, and his patients. Listen | Download
11/9/2009
Rep. Michelle Bachmann's House Call on Capitol Hill With hardly any advanced notice, citizens by the busloads dropped what they were doing and came to Washington, D.C. today to drive home their opposition to government-run health care, higher taxes, and the public funding of abortion. Following a nearly 2-hour rally, they went knocking on the doors of key Congressional offices. Click here for more.
Residents of Maine voted to preserve traditional marriage on Tuesday. That result was courtesy of a gracious Lord and untold numbers of grassroots volunteers across the state. Charla Bansley, State Director for CWA of Maine, says that members of CWA of Maine were among those tireless workers that didn't see the fruits of their labor until late into the night. While celebrating the victory of the "Yes on 1" campaign, Charla says that much work remains to be done if Maine is to preserve this victory in the months ahead. Listen | Download
In off-year elections across the nation, citizens sent a clear message to political leaders that traditional values, both family and Constitutional, are still valued by the voting public. Matt Barber, Director of Cultural Affairs for Liberty Counsel and Associate Dean at Liberty University School of Law, says that message should be a wake-up call to leaders of both political parties. Listen | Download
Members of TEA Party Patriots, Freedom Works, and other conservative grassroots organizations are headed to Washington, D.C. this week to make their voices, and YOUR voice, heard by elected representatives. TEA Party organizers are calling for citizens who can't make the trip to Washington, D.C. to call key Senators starting at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday and at 11:30 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday. If the phone lines are busy, everyone is urged to email or fax those offices until you get through. As Robin Stublen, a member of the Leadership Council for TEA Party Patriots and local organizer for Punta Gorda, Florida, the effectiveness of the effort depends largely on overwhelming grassroots support of those who are there in person.
Obamacare Line: What a phone call for health care may sound like in the near future
Under Speaker Pelosi's latest health care bill (p.110), the public health insurance option is required to provide coverage for abortion. And, in a most bizarre way, the bill provides that nothing prevents them from funding abortions for which public funding is prohibited! You can understand why abortionists are so excited about supporting the government take over of healthcare. Click here for more.
Because the government has the regulatory power, it has the ability control the market and drive out competition. Stifling competition not only affects prices, which the government of course can make up with taxes, but it also can affect the quality of care. Some argue the government is putting some restrictions to prevent itself from doing that, but that is a very dangerous proposition that will basically be driven by whoever is in power. Click here for more.
Because of the amorphous standards delineated under current health care legislation, which included "standards, as appropriate, for the collection of accurate data on health and health care" based on "sex, sexual orientation [and] gender identity"— Obamacare may provide cosmetic "gender reassignment" surgeries for those who suffer from the APA recognized "Gender Identity Disorder" free of charge, courtesy of the American taxpayer. Click here for more.
Not only are your medical records at risk under Obamacare, but your financial records too. The proposed bill expressly gives a new Health Choices Commissioner the right to look at an individual's tax return to determine what medical benefits or subsidies that person qualifies for. Click here for more.
Under Obamacare, you could face substantial fines and even punishment for violating the plan's mandatory insurance requirement. It looks like the IRS may play enforcer for President Obama and the Democrats, even deciding if your insurance coverage is acceptable or not. Click here for more.
If the Obamacare is so great, why don't Members of Congress want it for them and their families? Rep. Dean Heller (R-NV) offered an amendment that would have required Members of Congress to get their health insurance through the proposed government-run plan. Needless to say, the amendment was killed in committee. Click here for more.
Rationing care is inevitable under Obamacare. And those who are more vulnerable, like the elderly, will find their care restricted the most. Click here for more.
Under Obamacare, abortion providers like Planned Parenthood could be the official government "community provider" for clinics at or near schools. Click here for more.
Join CWA to help stop the government takeover of our health care. Click here for more.
In Ohio a young Christian girl, Rifqa Bary, is scared her own parents might kill her because of her conversion from Islam. In cities across the U.S. law enforcement officials are making dozens of arrests after penetrating Islamic terrorist cells. Meanwhile, education, political, and business leaders embrace the aims of a supposed "moderate" Islamic group. Brigitte Gabriel has a warning for our nation based on her experiences growing up in Lebanon, another open, predominantly Christian, democratic nation, that was slowly taken over by radical Islam. Brigitte Gabriel is the author of They Must Be Stopped, Why we must defeat radical Islam and how we can do it. She is also the founder of www.actforamerica.org, a grassroots organization aimed at waking Americans to this threat, and stopping the infiltration and eventual takeover of our nation by radical Islam. Listen | Download
From his firing by a major corporation over a commentary he wrote on his own time, to the preemptive bashing of his new book, Matt Barber has seen the works intended for evil against him turned to good in a number of situations. In his new book, The Right Hook - From the Ring to the Culture War, Matt Barber, Director of Cultural Affairs for Liberty Counsel and Associate Dean at the Liberty University School of Law, tells about his early days in the boxing ring and how lessons learned there equipped him for his current role in the culture war. The book also contains a collection of Matt's acerbic commentaries on issues of the day from health care, the radical homosexual agenda, and the right to life. Matt talks about his book, and the news it has created before it was even released. Listen | Download
