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Ohio Veto Override a Victory for Children and Common Sense

Score one in the Buckeye State for the genius of the checks and balances system of government.

The Ohio Senate’s override of Governor Mike DeWine’s incredulous veto of legislation banning the sexual mutilation of children caps a bizarre legislative odyssey that left many social conservatives heavy-hearted – and vowing action to right the chief executive’s wrong.

Wednesday’s vote ensures that the Saving Ohio Adolescents from Experimentation Act (SAFE Act) will now go into effect in 90 days.

The Act makes it illegal for doctors to prescribe puberty blocking drugs and opposite sex hormones for minors.

Topics: Current Events Tags: faith, news January 24, 2024 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

American Heroes: Serving on the Front Lines

Tomorrow is Veteran’s Day, a day to remember military servicemen and women who have served and sacrificed in defense of our nation’s freedom.

Former Marine and expert in PTSD and military and veterans’ issues Chad Robichaux is joining us on our Focus on the Family Broadcast “American Heroes: Serving on the Front Lines.”

Chad originally joined the military after 9/11 fueled by a desire for retribution against terrorists. During eight tours of duty in Afghanistan, his interpreter, a man named Aziz, became like a brother and saved Chad’s life three times.

Topics: Current Events Tags: faith, news November 10, 2023 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Jim Daly Statement on Yesterday’s Vote on Ohio’s Issue 1

Yesterday’s disappointing vote in Ohio that codified a right to abortion in the state constitution makes clear it’s essential that the critical work of the pro-life movement must carry on with renewed energy and enthusiasm.

No popular vote and no politician can make right the tragic wrong of abortion. This campaign is unlike any other. It’s a rescue mission. We’re determined to rescue women from the lies of an industry that has managed to convince a slim majority of Americans that death is somehow better than life.

Topics: Current Events Tags: news, pro-life November 8, 2023 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Andy Stanley, Pope Francis, and the Idolization of Evangelism

Believing the spirit of the Christian calls for us to assume the best intentions of fellow believers, I was intrigued when I first learned that North Point Community Church in Atlanta planned to host a conference late last month for parents of LGBT children and ministry leaders looking for more effective ways to serve those impacted by the heavy and increasingly controversial issue.

In fact, the outreach brought back memories of a similarly themed conference that my organization, Focus on the Family, hosted for several years well over a decade ago.

Topics: Current Events Tags: faith, news October 18, 2023 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Jim Daly’s Statement on Saturday’s Terror Attack on Israel

The savage terrorist attack on Israel by the Hamas terrorist organization has rocked an already uneven world, spiraling the Middle East into violent chaos. Our hearts break for our Israeli friends, as well as for the unknown number of innocent victims and families from other countries, including the United States, who are caught in the crosshairs of this unprecedented slaughter and war.

The scale and scope of the brutality are not yet fully known, but we do know that hundreds of lives have been lost, families have been disrupted, hostages have been taken, and women and girls have been raped, beaten, and killed.

Topics: Current Events Tags: news October 9, 2023 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

It’s Never a Mistake To Defend Innocent Life

While running for president in 2016, billionaire real estate developer and reality television star Donald Trump made a bold promise concerning the Supreme Court that many of us considered almost too good to be true.

“The Justices that I am going to appoint will be pro-life,” he told moderator Chris Wallace during a heated debate with the Democratic Party nominee, former first lady Hillary Clinton. He correctly added that reversing Roe v. Wade would send the issue of abortion “back to the individual states.”

President Trump kept his promise, appointing three of the five justices who ultimately voted to overturn Roe in June of 2022.

Topics: Current Events Tags: news, pro-life September 27, 2023 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

The Revitalization of American Masculinity is Our Nation’s Most Pressing Need

There is a staggering crisis among American men, and it demands immediate national attention. That is the focus of an important new report recently released by Florida Senator Marco Rubio.

The report, “The State of the Working (And Non-Working) Man,” explains that the number of American men out of work today is greater than it was in the wake of Great Depression. And what makes this crisis even worse, is that their idleness is largely voluntary.

Topics: Current Events Tags: family, news September 20, 2023 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Focus on the Family President Jim Daly’s Statement Regarding President Trump’s ‘Meet the Press’ Interview

“Beginning in 2017, pro-life supporters found a strong advocate in President Trump. As promised, his key appointments to both the United States Supreme Court, federal courts and other agencies helped bring to fruition the fall of Roe, a wicked and evil 1973 decision that contributed to the death of over 60 million innocent children.

“The reversal of Roe and the Dobbs decision made clear the United States Constitution does not confer a right to abortion, and that states are permitted to restrict it.

Topics: Current Events Tags: news September 19, 2023 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Call Out the Evil – and Pray for Law Enforcement

Friday’s release of footage from Tyre Nichols’s fatal traffic stop in Memphis earlier this month has justifiably sickened, saddened and horrified the nation. Images of Mr. Nichols being repeatedly kicked and beaten with batons is gruesome and unconscionable.

Five police officers have been fired and charged with second-degree murder. This week, two additional officers with a connection to the incident were taken off duty.

It’s difficult to watch the body cam footage, and painful to read about the details surrounding the incident.

Topics: Current Events Tags: news January 31, 2023 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s Curious Calculus on Children

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) believes abortion liberates otherwise enslaved women.

Here’s what she said earlier today:

“Forcing poor and working-class people to give birth against their will, against their consent, against their ability to provide for themselves or a child, is a profound economic issue and it’s certainly a way to keep a workforce basically conscripted to large-scale employers and to employers to work more against their will, to take second and third jobs against their desire and their own autonomy.”

Reducing the beauty and joy of children to mere economics is distasteful in and of itself, but such rationale defies common sense logic and reasoning.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: news September 29, 2022 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura