3/25/24 5 O ‘Clock Report
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3/25/24 5 O ‘Clock Report
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Issues in Education – 3/25/24
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Teacher Evaluations
Gym Class “Opt-Out”
Saving SUNY
Lots of “Issues in Education” to discuss this week. Our guest is Dr. Ralph Kerr at the Teaching and Learning Institute
Family Life Noon Report – 03/25/24
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Kids Corner – The story of Esther
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In honor of Purim, it’s another news report from bible times, and today’s report comes from the book of Esther!
113 Rise Up: Dark World, Bright Hope
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World events, election years and struggling economies can threaten your peace—even though they don’t have to. Steve and Tim try to point to the hope we have in the face of it all.
Then: part of the Easter story, from the perspective of the Crown of Thorns…
Rise Up is a morning radio show hosted by Steve, Terese & Tim, on Family Life, a network of stations across New York and Pennsylvania. Our podcast is a weekly conversation designed to help you think, laugh, and keep your eyes on Jesus. If you haven’t already, subscribe today, so you don’t miss a single episode! Listen online and find out more about our show at familylife.org.
3/22/24 5 O’Clock Report
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Capital Connection – 3/22/24
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“Capital Connection” on Family Life
Two family-values watchdogs join the Family Life Noon Report each Friday, to recap and analyze the biggest social, cultural and political stories of the week. Among the events and issues on the agenda for Jason McGuire and Michael Geer this week:
- New York is losing support for government support of legalized marijuana (but doubling down anyway)
- Pro-abortion matters in the PA legislature and pro-life matters in a number of Pennsylvania communities
- Bypassing doctors, Governor Hochul says pharmacies can dispense abortion-inducing drugs, without a prescription
- The start of “March Madness” is a prime time to evaluate sports betting in our two states
Jason McGuire is executive director of an advocacy/educational group which recently updated its name and logo to reemphasize its mission: New York Families.
Michael Geer founded the Pennsylvania Family Institute in 1989, serving as its president since that time.
For further information:
PAfamily.org NewYorkFamilies.org FamilyLife.org/newspodcasts
Family Life Noon Report – 03/22/24
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3/21/24 5 O ‘Clock Report
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3/21/24 5 O ‘Clock Report
Gender, Sports, the First Amendment – Faith Under Fire – 3/21/24
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Gender, Sports, Parental Rights, and the First Amendment – “Faith Under Fire”
A small Christian school has sued its state sports association, after the Vermont Principals Association evicted the school’s teams from the group. The Mid Vermont Christian School’s girls basketball team forfeited a state tournament game, rather than play an opposing team which included a 6-foot tall player who was born male.
Attorney Jake Reed says the forfeit which ended a successful sports season was a sharp punishment in and of itself, but the statewide group retaliated by forbidding that school from all participation in any other sport (and academic competitions) sponsored by the association. Mid Vermont is also out of a state tuition program, taking away advantages for students and families.
This brought a First-Amendment lawsuit, and the next hearing in the case happens in April. Greg Gillispie asked Reed about matters or parental rights and recent trends on how courts have been ruling in transgender cases and allegations of bias against people of faith.
Jacob Reed
is an attorney with the Alliance Defending Freedom, a legal organization which takes on cases related to religious freedom, marriage and family, free speech and the sanctity of life. His emphasis with ADF often centers on schools, students and educational matters.
Details of this specific case can be found here and here.
These are the links to the school and to the state association.
