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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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
Most Americans Agree, Hardcore Internet Pornography is Neither Harmless or Morally Acceptable
A new Harris Interactive Poll shows that roughly two thirds of Americans see some danger in hardcore internet pornography, despite industry claims that it is "harmless entertainment." Robert Peters, President of Morality in Media commissioned the study which - while finding good news generally - shows that we have much work to do in bringing this point home to the younger generations which have grown up with easy access to Internet porn. More information on the addictive and destructive nature of pornography, as well as resources for those who want help, can be found at Morality in Media's sister website www.obscenitycrimes.org *Note: Due to the subject matter, caution is advised when listening.* Listen | Download
President Barack Obama's Safe Schools Czar Kevin Jennings has come under intense criticism for the actions of Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), which he founded, but Jennings' radical affiliations go much farther. Peter LaBarbera, President of Americans for Truth, has followed the homosexual movement for more than a decade and notes that Jennings was an active member of the New York chapter of the ultra-radical homosexual group ACT-UP, famous for its attack on St. Patrick's Cathedral. LaBarbera adds that Jennings also has several ties to promoters of "inter-generational sex" -- known to most as child sexual abuse-- and NAMBLA, the North American Man/Boy Love Association. Listen | Download
While it's hard to believe one is needed, the Center for Sex and the Culture has announced a strategic plan to reduce our nation's "hang-ups" about sex. According to Dr. Janice Crouse, Senior Fellow and Director of the Beverly LaHaye Institute, this plan hinges on corrupting the morals and natural inhibitions of our youth. Listen | Download
Just as Americans for Truth (AFT), the pro-family group famous for unmasking the homosexual agenda, prepares for its annual banquet this weekend, radical homosexuals have gone on the attack by placing vile and harassing phone calls to AFT's banquet coordinator and posting scorching book reviews on the Web of "Right Hook" the new book by Matt Barber of Liberty Alliance and the AFT banquet's keynote speaker. AFT President Peter LaBarbera has more on this latest example of homosexual "tolerance." Listen | Download
Grassroots outrage over homosexual activist Kevin Jennings being named the Department of Education's Undersecretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools has been heard in Washington, D.C. Congressman Steve King, R-Iowa, has initiated a letter to President Obama calling for Jennings' ouster. Congressman King spoke with CWA Policy Analyst Martha Kleder about his effort and how you can help these 53 like-minded Congressmen drive their point home. Listen | Download
Tens of thousands of citizens signed petitions saying that they don't want their tax dollars used to pay for abortions. Those petitions have been delivered to Congress by Focus on the Family Action. Ten lawmakers joined representatives of key pro-life groups in making it clear that they will vote against any health care reform plan that uses public funds to violate the morals of the majority of Americans.
Speakers in order: Tom Minnery, senior vice president of government and public policy at Focus on the Family Action - Listen | Download Congressman Louie Gohmert, R-Texas - Listen | Download Congressman Eric Cantor, R-Virginia - Listen | Download Congressman Joe Pitts, R- Pennsylvania - Listen | Download Congressman Lincoln Davis, D-Tennessee - Listen | Download Senator Sam Brownback, R-Kansas - Listen | Download Congressman Mike Pence, R-Indiana - Listen | Download Congressman Chris Smith, R-New Jersey - Listen | Download Congressman Tom Price, R-Georgia - Listen | Download Senator Jim DeMint, R-South Carolina - Listen | Download Senator Ted Kaufman, D-Delaware - Listen | Download Congresswoman Mary Fallin, R-Oklahoma - Listen | Download Wendy Wright, President of Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee - Listen | Download Tom McClusky, Senior Vice President of Family Research Council (FRC) Action - Listen | Download Douglas Johnson, Legislative Director for the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) - Listen | Download Maureen Wiebe, American Association of Christian Schools - Listen | Download Catherine Snow, American Family Association - Listen | Download Joy Yearout, Susan B. Anthony List - Listen | Download Congressman Louis Gohmert - Listen | Download Tom Minnery - Listen | Download 10/21/2009
Shari Rendall, CWA's Director of Legislation and Public Policy gives us this quick update on the status of health care reform legislation and also debunks the popular assumption that a GOP sweep in the 2010 elections will enable citizens to stop this reform before it takes effect in 2013. The time to fight current health care reform proposals is now. Listen | Download
In Britain, where vaccination against HPV is given to all schoolgirls aged 12 and older, more than 2 thousand girls have experienced adverse reactions including convulsions, fever, paralysis, and even death. Dr. Janice Crouse, Senior Fellow and Director of the Beverly LaHaye Institute has more on this troubling story and what it means for parents in the U.S. Listen | Download
