RS: Marriage as Purposeful Institution

RED STATE, by Ryan T. Anderson
When a baby is born, a mother always is nearby. The question is whether a father will be involved in the life of that child and, if so, for how long. ✧ Marriage increases the odds that a man will be committed to both the children that he helps create and to the woman with whom he does so. ✧ The recent oral arguments at the Supreme Court highlighted this and other key questions about redefining marriage as we’ve always understood it in America. That is, marriage is the union of a man and woman as husband and wife to provide any children of that union with a father and a mother. Read more including thoughts from the justices at Red State... Read More......

RS: An Open Letter to Senator Marco Rubio

RED STATE, By Daniel Horowitz (Diary), April 24, 2013

Dear Senator Rubio,
As the public finally gets an opportunity to read and analyze the bipartisan gang of 8 immigration bill, it is clear that there will be some irreconcilable differences between your vision of immigration reform and that of many conservatives across the country. However, we should all agree that this is an extremely consequential bill and must go through a long process – one which will allow all points of view to be heard.

Several months ago, you promised Rush Limbaugh that you would never be part of a process “that comes up with some bill in secret and brings it to the floor and gives people a take it or leave it.” Unfortunately, the process that has commenced thus far is ostensibly a ‘take it or leave it’ approach. Read more at Red State... Read More......

U.N. Leader Blames U.S. for Boston Bombing

U.N. Leader: U.S. ‘Israel First Ethos’ to Blame for Boston Bombing - While our nation continues to deal with the aftermath of the Boston Marathon terrorist bombings, which killed three people and wounded more than 260, jihadists and their sympathizers gloat, rationalize or turn the blame for the bombings back onto the United States and Israel. Leftists, who were so quick to accuse Tea Party members or right wingers for the bombings, have remained mostly silent as the truth of the Islamist roots of the bombing suspects became known. ✧ The suspects, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, now dead, and his younger brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, now in custody, were described by one U.S. government official as “aspiring jihadists.” They were led to their alleged evil act by their understanding of their Muslim faith. Tellingly, on the Russian social networking site Vkontakte, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev described his world view as “Islam.” Read more at Front Page Magazine... Read More......

Conservatives concerned Boehner could build coalition with Dems on hot-button bills

House Speaker John Boehner is being pressed by the conservative wing of the Republican Party not to allow a vote on major pieces of legislation -- from gun control to immigration -- without majority Republican support, after recent signals that he could be open to building a coalition with Democrats. ✧ Tea Party favorite and second-term Rep. Tim Huelskamp is among the most recent to express concern, saying Tuesday that Boehner “assured us” that he'd seek a majority Republican coalition before proceeding on controversial bills. Read more at Fox News

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