VVS 2014: Rand Central Station!
Two weeks from today, the biggest pro-family event in Washington gets
underway at the Omni Shoreham Hotel -- and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) will
be there to help kick it off! FRC is happy to welcome back the Kentucky
favorite, who joins Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Governor Bobby Jindal
(R-La.), Sen. Rick Santorum, Governor Mike Huckabee, Reps. Jim Jordan
(R-Ohio), Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), John Fleming (R-La.), Vicky
Hartzler (R-Mo.), and Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.), Mark Levin, Lt. Col.
Oliver North, Erick Erickson, the Benham Brothers, the Duggar Family,
Star Parker, and many more!Also, don't miss a special Gala dinner on Saturday night in honor of freed Sudanese Christian Meriam Ibrahim. Tickets for the event start at just $99 for adults and $50 for students (free scholarships are available). To find out more, check out ValuesVoterSummit.org!
Meanwhile, Back in the Senate...
Let's
face it: no one likes to be criticized, especially politicians in an
election year. Debating opponents can be a messy ordeal and, when you
don't have the truth on your side, it's a whole lot easier to silence
your critics than engage them on the issues.That's exactly what former Rep. Steve Driehaus (D-Ohio) attempted to do when Susan B. Anthony List ran billboards in his district that exposed his support for taxpayer-funded abortion under ObamaCare. Under Ohio's "false statement" law, Driehaus dragged SBA List's claim in front of a politically-appointed government panel who challenged the statement. Smelling a violation of their First Amendment freedoms, SBA List filed a lawsuit and yesterday in a victory for free speech, Ohio District Judge Timothy Black ruled that the Ohio law unconstitutionally burdened the pro-life group's ability to engage in the public square.
In his decision, Judge Black agreed with SBA List's argument that they have the right to not have the truth of their political statements judged by the government. Incredibly just as the court was ruling to get Ohio's government out of the business of regulating political speech, an alarming number of senators were lining up to vote in the opposite direction.
Led by Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, 52 Democrats voted yesterday for Senator Tom Udall's (D-N.M.) amendment to the Constitution. The amendment would have granted sitting Members of Congress the power to write the rules on the political speech they don't like.
Ultimately the amendment failed to garner the 60 votes it needed to proceed, but the move marked the first time Congress has taken the extraordinary step of amending the Constitution to restrict First Amendment protections recognized by the Supreme Court. The answer to criticism is not to silence your opponents but to more ably defend your position -- or come up with better ideas -- of which the Senate Democrats appear in short supply of.
Two Days to Star Spangled Sunday!
Two
hundred years ago this weekend, a Georgetown attorney penned what would
later become the most meaningful song in American history. Hunkered
down on a truce ship under Royal Marine guard, the novice poet had a
front row seat to one of the greatest military feats in the young
country's history: surviving the 24-hour bombardment of Fort McHenry -- a
turning point in the War of 1812."Oh! Thus," the exuberant Frances Scott Key wrote, "be it ever, when freemen shall stand, between their loved home and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land. Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation." Today, our country is under a different kind of bombardment, a cultural and spiritual assault on the virtues that made our nation great. This weekend, FRC looks back over the two centuries-old anthem, telling the untold story of sacrifice, faith, and God's providence at a special event, "Star Spangled Sunday."
A fast-paced event with a jam-packed line-up, the live event kicks off at 7:00 p.m. with Gov. Mike Huckabee, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), his father, Pastor Rafael Cruz, David and Jason Benham, Dr. Mark Harris, Penny Nance, Dr. Mark Harris, Dr. Rick Scarborough, and the President of both Hobby Lobby, Steve Green, and President of Conestoga Wood Specialties, Anthony Hahn. Join us this Sunday, September 28 -- and sign up your church and home group -- for this historic event centered on faith, family, and freedom! Click here for details.
Common Core a Sold Mine for Feds
Are
you keeping track of the government's Common Core standards for
education? If you're not, you can rest (un)easy that the government be
keeping track of your children. You've heard about the Common Core State
Standards Initiative (CCSSI) and its lack of parental involvement.
However, there is more to this government-run education agenda than
curriculum standards -- data mining. The federal education system seeks
to collect information on our children for the supposed purpose of
helping them learn.But just how much information tracking of our kids is needed to help them learn? Jane Robbins, Esq. of the American Principles Project joined us on our special program "Common Core: The Government's Classroom" to talk about the information that government is inquiring, facts about data mining, and ways that parents can get involved in this discussion. Watch what she had to say below:
Tony Perkins' Washington Update is written with the aid of FRC senior writers.
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