Family Life 5 O’Clock Report – 11/09/23
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Family Life Noon Report – 11/09/23
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Capital Connection – 11/03/23
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Family Life’s “Capital Connection“
PA House Bills Infringe on Religious Freedom / Pregnancy Care Centers subject to Discrimination / A Rocky Rollout to Marijuana Inc.
Christian Watchdogs Jason McGuire and Michael Geer work everyday to preserve faith and freedom in the public square. They’re also talking about it on the radio. Here’s what’s happening this week in Albany and Harrisburg.
For their voters guides, banquet information, position papers, issues updates and banquet information:
- Pennsylvania Family Institute: PAFamily.org
- New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms: AlbanyUpdate.com
A Special Family Life Interview – Riley Gaines & Protection of Women’s Sports – 10/31/23
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Riley Gaines has been one of the prominent speakers on issues of trans-gender inclusion in women’s sports. The University of Kentucky graduate put her grad school and future dental career on hold, and now travels the country to advocate for women’s sports. She tells Family Life’s Greg Gillispie that her message is not about personal attacks on people who transition to the opposite gender. Rather, she is standing up for safety, dignity and fairness among women and girls — be that in single-sex locker rooms, athletic competition, and dangers when stronger trans athletes share the arena with women. Her advocacy extended beyond sports. She is concerned about men who swap genders going into women’s prisons, safety and decorum in public restrooms, and the lack of truth expressed as this debate roars along.
In this Family Life interview, she also previews her upcoming presentation at Hershey, Pennsylvania, on November 6 (well over 1,000 people are expected to attend). She talks about how her Christian faith has strengthened her calling. She tells how her identity from the Lord helped her face the opposition, cancellations and even a few confrontations she has experienced from those who hold other views.
Riley Gaines Barker won five SEC swimming titles and has been named an All-American 12 times. At a 2022 NCAA Championship, she tied (down to the exact 1/100th of a second) with swimmer Lia Thomas who was born male, and who shared a locker room with born-female athletes. Thomas was awarded that trophy, despite the tie, because a meet official saw the occasion as an opportunity to support trans athletes succeeding in women’s competitions.
She has testified at the U.S. House and Senate, speaks to college audiences and state legislatures, and is a frequent guest on national and local media outlets. She also started a podcast on women’s rights, sports, and faith. Riley Gaines commends to her supporters this report on Single-Sex Competition in American Sports in our time.
For information (and tickets availability) for her keynote speech at the Pennsylvania Family Institute’s Annual Banquet on Monday, November 6, go to PAFamily.org
Capital Connection – 10/27/23
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Family Life’s “Capital Connection“
Voters (at least some of us) go to the polls soon for the smaller-but-important odd-year elections. A preview of the 2023 PA and NY issues, plus the voting schedule
Why Ava’s Law is Worth Supporting (with an eye toward its intersection with abortion)
Transgender Surgeries on Kids in our two states
Christian watchdogs Jason McGuire and Michael Geer offer their weekly commentary on the latest news from the state capitals in Albany and Harrisburg.
For further information on the issues and events discussed this week:
- PA Family’s banquet November 6: Riley Gaines (University of Kentucky swimmer) & Seth Dillon (The Babylon Bee)
- New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedom’s commentary on Ava’s Law and loss of an infant
- November 7 Election Previews: New York & Pennsylvania
Faith Under Fire – PA taxpayer funds pulled from pro-life pregnancy centers – 09/07/23
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“Faith Under Fire”
Reaction continues to the Pennsylvania governor’s decision to cut off state money from Real Alternatives, a network of pregnancy resource centers across the Commonwealth. Alexis Sneller, a policy analyst with the Pennsylvania Family Institute says previous governors — Democrats and Republicans — have been okay with those funds going to Planned Parenthood and to pro-life organizations.
Sneller says Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania has extensive and expensive lobbying efforts to shut down pro-baby options and to emphasize the only option Planned Parenthood favors for women and couples who come to them: abortion.
In this interview, Sneller gives her take on why Planned Parenthood has been so active in befriending the new governor and lobbying Pennsylvania’s lawmakers. She also talks about what Pregnancy Resource Centers offer to women, babies and families, during pregnancy and afterwards. She also talks about current trends among the general population in the state about support for and opposition to abortion.
Staycation Destinations – a Labor Day Weekend Special
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It’s “Staycation Destinations” on Family Life!
Each Friday afternoon, our Noon Report took you to a unique location in the Family Life listening area. Our goals were to find a variety of places which connect with a variety of interests, fairly close to home, and fairly affordable — whether for a day trip or a longer journey.
Click here {https://familyliferadio.blubrry.net/?s=staycation} to hear extended versions of these conversations, take a “radio tour” of other stops along our 2023 journeys, or scroll back into previous summers as Family Life took you to many, many other unique and intriguing places in New York and Pennsylvania.
(Use the older posts and newer posts links at the bottom of the page so you can scroll through more of these Staycation Destinations features across the years. You also can enter a specific item or location in the search bar.)
Sounds of 2023 – expanded segment 2 – Year in Review
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More of the Sounds of 2023
It’s the annual “Year in Review” from Family Life News.
Segment two of our expanded collection of how newsmakers and reporters described the events and the issues of of the year begins with the cardiac event of Damar Hamlin as radio listeners and television viewers were watching a much-anticipated Monday Night football game.
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