Family Policy Lecture, and Webcasts

The State of Faith, Family & Freedom 2023
published in FRC Media
February 8, 2023 -

Join Tony Perkins for The State of Faith, Family & Freedom address as we explore the most pressing issues of our time.

Arise Webcast
published in FRC Media
June 2, 2020 -

Join us for a special update from our nation's capital with FRC President Tony Perkins and Lt. General (Ret.) William Boykin Confirmed Speakers: - Ken Blackwell, Senior Fellow for ... (more)

Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center
published in FRC Media
February 25, 2020 -

The Southern Poverty Law Center began its work in the 1970's with noble intentions. But years ago, pernicious internal corruption began to undermine the organization's original mission, while contributing to a climate of fear and hostility in America.

Stories from Iran: Religious Freedom and the Secret Growth of the Underground Church
published in FRC Media
February 5, 2020 -

Iran's prominent place in the current news cycle has put its human rights violations on full display. Meanwhile, Iran's shameless persecution of religious minorities continues to be too egregious to ignore. On a regular basis, Christians are arbitrarily detained, arrested, tortured, and sentenced to lengthy prison terms. Converts from Islam to Christianity are specifically targeted by the regime and labeled a national security threat, while the historic Assyrian and Armenian Christian communities are treated like second class citizens. This religious oppression continues unhindered, and the current international attention on Iran presents an opportunity to raise the issue of religious freedom violations in Iran.

ProLifeCon 2020
published in FRC Media
January 24, 2020 -

On January 24, 2020, pro-life digital activists gathered at Family Research Council headquarters for the ProLifeCon Digital Action Summit, the premier conference for the digital pro-life community. At our 15th annual event, we hosted the most successful digital activists, saw their strategies of the past year, and looked ahead to opportunities in the new year. Activists, policy experts, and legislators were on hand to discuss the issues impacting the pro-life movement and shared practical ways to make a difference for life on prominent digital channels and platforms like blogs, social media, podcasts, and digital entertainment.

The War on Psychotherapy: When Sexual Politics, Gender Ideology, and Mental Health Collide
published in FRC Media
October 30, 2019 - Family Research Council

It is a simple fact that some people who have same-sex sexual attractions experience those feelings as something unwanted. Some of those people, in turn, seek the help of counsellors or professional psychotherapists to resist or overcome those unwanted feelings -- what critics often call "conversion therapy."

Tongil Mom Presents: "I Want To Hug My Child"
published in FRC Media
October 24, 2019 -

Tongil Mom will present the results of research that began in 2018 based on interviews of almost 40 women who defected from North Korea who were forced to leave behind their offspring in China before coming to South Korea, and who also suffered the fate of forced repatriation to North Korea. The event will feature the testimonies of some of the defectors who participated in the survey.

Will Religious Freedom Survive in Northeast Syria?
published in FRC Media
July 16, 2019 - Family Research Council

In the wake of the Syria civil war, Northeast Syria has developed into a semiautonomous zone with a surprising degree of religious freedom for the Middle East.

Religious Freedom and Sports
published in FRC Media
June 19, 2019 - Family Research Council

In 2017 and 2018 the U.S. men's and women's soccer teams required players to wear an LGBT rainbow on the national U.S.A. jersey. A Christian player declined to wear this and thus did not play. Dr. Jennifer Bryson, founder of Let All Play, will discuss the religious freedom issues at stake in U.S. and international sports, using soccer as a case study, and examine how the politicization of sports threatens our civic fabric in America.

Addressing our Military's Mental Health Crisis Through Faith-Based Solutions
published in FRC Media
May 9, 2019 - Family Research Council

Recently President Trump signed an Executive Order that has the potential of lowering the suicide rate in our military/veteran community for the first time. Donald Trump is the first President in modern times to see the potential of faith-based solutions to this national health crisis of military/veteran suicide.

From Orphanages to Escape: An Update on the Current Situation faced by North Korean Orphans
published in FRC Media
May 2, 2019 - Family Research Council

We all know that North Korea is a country where everyone is at risk, and where religious freedom is nonexistent. The government does little to help its own people and actively works to oppress them. But among them, North Korean orphans, or kotjebi, are among the most vulnerable. Under current conditions there is little chance for escape, but there are those working to rescue and resettle these children.

Tony Perkins Hosts Sen. Lindsey Graham for a Discussion on Religious Freedom
published in FRC Media
April 30, 2019 - Family Research Council

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is a leading voice for religious freedom both domestically and internationally. He is the new Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Most religious liberty legislation and court nominees, who are vital to protecting religious freedom, come through the Judiciary Committee. He will be discussing his work in his new role as Judiciary Chairman and what Congress is doing to promote religious liberty.

The Attack on Parental Rights and the Constitution
published in FRC Media
April 25, 2019 - Family Research Council

Parents across America are fighting for the lives of their children, and losing. Doctors, judges, and hospitals are ignoring parental decisions for their children in myriad situations which have created some major lawsuits around the globe. This presentation puts forward the notion that an international children's rights framework pulls kids away from parental protection to instead be guarded by the state.

How Members of Congress are Standing up to the Radical Abortion Agenda
published in FRC Media
February 26, 2019 - Family Research Council

On the 46th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) began a radical abortion trend across the states by signing into law the Reproductive Health Act which allows abortion through all stages of pregnancy and removes explicit protections for babies born alive following a failed abortion.

Religious Freedom, Trade Talks, and China
published in FRC Media
February 6, 2019 -

The "de-linking" of trade and human rights in China decades ago has not advanced human rights and religious freedom in that country; indeed, recent developments show a trend for the worse.

Should We Pull Our Kids Out of Public School?
published in FRC Media
February 5, 2019 - Family Research Council

Millions of parents with children in public schools can't believe they're asking this question. But they are. What is different now? The gender revolution. It's a game-changer - and it affects every child.

The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies are Destroying Lives
published in FRC Media
January 22, 2019 - Family Research Council

In her new book, The Sexual State, Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse rips the mask off the Sexual Revolution to expose the toxic ideologies which are destroying families and killing our society.

The Reality of Faith-Based Adoption Services
published in FRC Media
November 14, 2018 -

Anti-faith policies on issues like abortion and same-sex marriage have led some states to start discriminating against faith-based adoption providers. These emerging threats to faith-based adoption providers are occurring at a time when the number of children being adopted in the U.S. is declining.

Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality
published in FRC Media
October 3, 2018 -

Why the call to Love Thy Body? To counter the hostility toward the human body and biological facts of life driving many of today's headline stories. Many people absorb pre-packaged media mantras on watershed moral issues without being aware of their hurtful real-world implications.

Should Your Tax Dollars Be Used to Fund Abortions?
published in FRC Media
September 27, 2018 - Family Research Council

Should your tax dollars be used to fund abortions? Congressman Ron Estes talks Title X funding with David Christensen, Vice President of Government Affairs at Family Research Council.

The Conservative Response to Social Libertarianism
published in FRC Media
May 17, 2018 - Family Research Council

Social libertarianism is one of the fastest growing and most powerful political forces in America. Its influence is captured in studies by Gallup finding that, "Americans Hold Record Liberal Views on Most Moral Issues."

The Inclusion Act: Defending Kids, Faith, & Freedom
published in FRC Media
April 26, 2018 -

Faith-based adoption providers have historically played an extraordinary role in caring for our country's most vulnerable children. Sadly, liberal state and local governments -- with the help of activist groups like the ACLU -- are targeting these providers and forcing them to choose between renouncing their religion or shutting down.

Losing Our Voices: Who Owns Free Speech on the Internet?
published in FRC Media
April 17, 2018 - Family Research Council

In an era when 69% of American adults use social media platforms to express themselves, the free market powers of digital giants like Facebook, Google, and Twitter have collided with the free speech rights of citizen internet users.

Pastor John Robinson: Shepherd of America
published in FRC Media
March 23, 2018 - Family Research Council

The four hundredth anniversary of the arrival of the Pilgrims will soon be upon us in 2020. The Pilgrims have had little notice for decades, comprising only footnotes in most history books.

Frederick Douglass: His Faith, His Family, Our Future
published in FRC Media
February 15, 2018 - Family Research Council

This February, one of the most notable African-American Statesman and Abolitionists, Frederick Douglass, will be honored for the bicentennial of his birth.

Programming Our Children: The Social Engineering Agenda of 'Social Emotional Learning'
published in FRC Media
February 6, 2018 - Family Research Council

"Social emotional learning" (SEL) is a new catchphrase that now permeates public education policy. An organization called the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) is SEL's primary mover. CASEL claims that injecting its SEL agenda into all pre-k and K12 curricula will cultivate in children the attitudes, feelings, and behaviors necessary for academic achievement, such as empathy and regulation of emotions.

The Anti-American Bias of American Higher Education
published in FRC Media
December 5, 2017 - Family Research Council

citizenship when Progressives who had entered Academe were given free rein during the Great Depression to change the content of courses in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century
published in FRC Media
October 20, 2017 - Family Research Council

John Paul II and Ronald Reagan, a pope and a president, two leaders, one spiritual and one temporal, both shot and nearly killed just six weeks apart in 1981 -- only to survive and come together one year later, at the Vatican, in June 1982, where they confided to one another that they believed that God had spared their lives for a special purpose: to confront and defeat an atheistic and genuinely evil Soviet empire.

Not a Day Care: The Devastating Consequences of Abandoning Truth
published in FRC Media
August 1, 2017 - Family Research Council

What has happened to the American spirit? We've gone from "Give me liberty, or give me death!" to "Take care of me, please." Our colleges were once bastions of free speech; now they're bastions of speech codes. Our culture once rewarded independence; now it rewards victimhood. Parents once taught their kids how to fend for themselves; now, any parent who tries may get a visit from the police.

The Battle for Humanity: How Conservatives Can Fight Human Trafficking
published in FRC Media
July 25, 2017 - Family Research Council

In a free country such as ours, it's easy to forget that slavery still exists: human beings are being trafficked and sold for sex against their will. Human trafficking is a horrifying scourge that continues to haunt America, particularly through the proliferation of illegal online transactions between traffickers and buyers.

ProLifeCon 2017
published in FRC Media
January 27, 2017 - Family Research Council

On January 27, 2017, pro-life digital activists will gather at Family Research Council headquarters for the ProLifeCon Digital Action Summit, the premier conference for the digital pro-life community. At our 12th annual event, we will be joined by friends old and new as we discuss the most successful online strategies of the past year and look ahead to the opportunities before us under a new administration. Activists, policy experts, and legislators will be on hand to discuss the issues impacting the pro-life movement and share practical ways to make a difference for life on blogs, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and your online platform of choice.

State of the Family Webcast 2016
published in FRC Media
January 11, 2016 -

While the state of the union waxes and wanes with changes in government leadership, the American family has always been the backbone that makes this country strong.

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