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Superior Court Judicial Candidate Information
May 10, 2013 // 0 CommentsThe Superior Court race is the only statewide race in the May 21st Primary. There are three candidates.
Action Alert: Ask Your State Rep to Support HB 1349
May 8, 2013 // 0 CommentsLast week Rhode Island became the tenth state to legalize so-called same-sex “marriage.” Yesterday, Delaware became the eleventh. Also, yesterday here in Pennsylvania, Representative Daryl Metcalfe introduced HB 1349 , a Marriage Protection Amendment. The process to amend the PA Constitution is longer than many states. A bill with the exact same language to the proposed constitutional amendment must be passed in two consecutive legislative sessions, then a voter referendum with that language is placed on the ballot and the voters decide whether they want to add that amendment to the PA Constitution.
News Release: Rep. Metcalfe Commended for Introducing MPA
May 8, 2013 // 0 CommentsThe American Family Association of Pennsylvania (AFA of PA) commends Representative Daryl Metcalfe for once again taking the leadership role in introducing a Marriage Protection Amendment which will allow Pennsylvania voters to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman within the Commonwealth. HB 1349 must be approved by the General Assembly in two consecutive sessions; at that point a voter referendum will be presented to the people to amend the state Constitution.
Action Alert: HB 818 to be Voted on in Senate Committee
May 6, 2013 // 0 CommentsHB 818, the bill to keep abortion coverage out of Pennsylvania’s state exchanges under Obamacare, is up for a vote in the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee tomorrow. Remember it passed in the State House on April 23 by a vote of 144-53. Now it’s the Senate’s turn to start the process of getting this passed!
News Release: Philly Scouts Give in to Homosexuals’ Demands
May 3, 2013 // 1 CommentAfter years of battling the City of Philadelphia and winning a five year court battle, the Cradle of Liberty Scout Council has given up and will leave their headquarters the end of June! The American Family Association of Pennsylvania (AFA of PA), a statewide traditional values group, warns that this relentless attack on the Cradle of Liberty Scout Council (COLBSA) should be a stark warning to others who pass so-called anti-discrimination ordinances.
News Release: William Penn Would Be Very Offended
May 2, 2013 // 0 CommentsPhilly.com is lamenting that “Equality Forum” has opened in an “unchanged” Pennsylvania — meaning they are unhappy that PA has not legalized same-sex “marriage” or changed the PA Human Relations Act to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” language. The American Family Association of Pennsylvania (AFA of PA), a statewide traditional values group, would like to remind the Philadelphia Inquirer and others in Philadelphia that the majority of Pennsylvanians would be offended by what is presented at his week’s Equality Forum.
Action Alert: Atheist is Pentagon’s New “Religious Tolerance” Advisor
May 1, 2013 // 1 CommentMikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, cited Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, as “illustrating the extremist, militant nature of these virulently homophobic organizations’ rhetorically-charged propaganda.” Regarding those who teach orthodox Christian beliefs from the Bible, Weinstein concludes, “Let’s call these ignoble actions what they are: the senseless and cowardly squallings of human monsters.
Action Alert: National Fast Day
April 29, 2013 // 0 CommentsThere is no doubt that our nation is in dire need of revival. As America has pushed God out of the public square, rewritten our history to omit the faith of our Founding Fathers and forgotten who we are and where we came from, we can see the consequences all around us. In the midst of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for a “National Fast Day” on April 30, 1863.
Action Alert: Have You Contacted the FCC Yet?
April 25, 2013 // 0 CommentsRemember the end of April is the deadline for you to leave comments on the proposed changes to the FCC rules on broadcast television and radio obscenity. They propose to allow expletives and “brief non-sexual displays of nudity” during family hour — 6:00 p.m. till 10:00 p.m. The FCC wants to focus on penalizing only “egregious” cases not what they consider “minor” transgressions.
Action Alert: DOJ Wants to Deport This Family
April 23, 2013 // 0 Comments
The Romeike family is a German homeschooling family which moved to the United States in August 2008 seeking freedom to homeschool their children. It has been illegal to homeschool in Germany since Hitler’s time. When they left Germany, the parents were facing hefty fines and the government threat of a lien on their home simply because they wanted to homeschool. In January 2010 a federal immigration judge granted the Romeike’s asylum, however in May 2012 the Obama Administration revoked the asylum seeking to deport the family.
