Once the House of Representatives passed an abortion-neutral health-insurance reform bill Nov. 7, a backlash against life soon followed.

Abortion advocates in the House vowed to remove the Stupak-Pitts language in the final version because, they said, it represents a step back for women’s rights (it doesn’t). Other pro-abortion politicians tried to make us believe that the House bill represents a significant change in federal policy (it doesn’t). The truth is that Stupak-Pitts is sound, common-sense federal policy that respects life without impacting access to legal abortion; maybe that’s why Planned Parenthood and other abortion advocates have resorted to a campaign of lies against it.

Our conviction is that the U.S. Senate should follow the House’s lead in this matter as it considers its version of health-insurance reform. Click here to ask your U.S. Senators to insist upon language like the House’s Stupak-Pitts amendment in the Senate version of health-insurance reform. Click here to remind President Obama of his promise to sign a health-reform bill only if it doesn’t provide federal funds for abortion.

The District of Columbia apparently is just a few months away from becoming the sixth U.S. jurisdiction to offer same-sex marriages, unless Congress intervenes (and it should). If you operate a D.C. business and don’t believe in the legitimacy of same-sex unions, apparently you’d better hold your nose and do the transaction – or face the wrath of the city government.

Click here to ask your Member of Congress and U.S. Senators to block the district council’s attempt to re-define marriage.

The Department of Justice appropriations bill for the 2010 budget year is ready for a House-Senate conference committee. The results of those negotiations will determine how much money will be used to fund programs authorized by the Second Chance Act, a prison re-entry bill CMC supported.

In the context of the federal budget, $50 million isn’t much – but for a new, much-delayed program like the Second Chance Act, it’s the difference between what the House wants to spend and what the Senate has authorized. It could make a huge difference in the future of the program. Click here to ask your Member of Congress and U.S. Senators to support the Senate’s $100 million budget figure for the Second Chance Act.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 9 considered a case that will determine appropriate punishments for juveniles convicted of violent crimes. The overriding question: should teenagers be put away for life with no possibility of parole for crimes other than murder?

Every movement has its cross to bear, and Westboro Baptist Church apparently is Christianity’s. The hate group’s latest stunt is to picket several Washington, D.C., schools, including the one that President Obama’s daughters attend, with messages including “God is your enemy.”

When Jesus healed 10 lepers on his way to Jerusalem, in an account recorded in Luke 17, he was struck by the response. Just one of the men he had healed, a Samaritan (and therefore an outcast among the outcasts), returned to the Lord to give thanks. Jesus replied, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner” (Luke 17:17-18)?

Perhaps you have a better track record for giving thanks than that group of lepers. But if you’re like us, it’s also likely that you need a day set aside for thanking God for his abundant riches – for health, for family, for security, for His calling, but most importantly for the opportunity to live in relationship with Him. God’s Word asserts that He can be known and that He rewards those who diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6). What more could we possibly ask for?

Pastor Rod and Joni Parsley and the CMC staff wish you a fulfilling and happy Thanksgiving holiday. May you spend it with people you love, eating too much and reflecting on the One who brought us into being and drew us to Himself. Be blessed!

Years ago, a popular magazine initiated a one- or two-sentence feature with the tongue-in-cheek headline, “This Week’s Sign That the Apocalypse is Upon Us.” Those of us with a biblical worldview, unfortunately, can readily identify numerous situations each week that demonstrate the decline of our culture.

It’s not easy to battle for functional values in a culture that ridicules the very notion that functional values exist – but it’s necessary. The Center for Moral Clarity works for godly morality because it benefits everyone, not just those who believe in a loving, redemptive Creator. Won’t you help us bring this message to an ever-growing number of activists?

CMC is dedicated to bringing a biblical worldview to bear on the crucial moral issues of the day – life, faith, marriage, family, religious liberties and social justice. The next four years promise to be challenging. But the alternative to accepting the challenge – passively accepting any policy, as if our convictions did not matter – is not an option. Through these e-mails and our informative Web site, we also enable folks like you to make your voice heard in the culture, so you can do your part to fulfill Jesus Christ’s declaration that you are the salt of the earth and the light of the world.

In a time when biblical morality is increasingly challenged as the only standard for behavior that matters, won’t you help us keep you informed on issues that matter to you? If these e-mails and our other resources bless you, please consider supporting CMC with a one-time gift or, better yet, a monthly sustaining offering. Click here to give.

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The House of Representatives narrowly approved its version of health-insurance reform this past weekend, but the most important vote occurred earlier on Saturday evening, Nov. 7. Its result: a welcome and somewhat unexpected victory for values voters on the issue of life, as an amendment championed by U.S. Reps. Bart Stupak, D-Michigan and Joseph Pitts, R-Pa., passed with bipartisan support.

As a result, the House version of this important bill now prohibits the use of federal funds for abortion, and bans any requirement that a government-approved health-benefit plan includes coverage for abortion. That’s the way it should be, if we are going to have health-insurance reform at all.

Abortion advocates may have been blindsided by this development, but they won’t be again. Already, the disinformation machine in their camp has swung into overdrive in an attempt to remove the Stupak-Pitts language from the Senate version and ultimately, the conference report on this bill. It’s time to keep up the pressure!

Click here to send a message to your Member of Congress regarding the Stupak-Pitts amendment, and click here to ask your U.S. Senators to insist upon similar language in its version of the bill.

Advocates of same-sex marriage knew – positively knew – that Maine residents would overwhelmingly vote No on Question 1, giving voter assent to the state legislature and governor’s approval of a same-sex marriage law.

They gathered throughout the state for victory parties that turned into wakes as the evening progressed, as voters narrowly but decisively approved Question 1 instead. What flipped the script?

The University of Florida recently published a study that tries to set up a “religious left” as an alternative to the “religious right,” but does a better job of demonstrating why those labels are increasingly irrelevant.

What’s in the water in Texas that is suddenly causing major players in the abortion industry to start telling the truth about what they’re doing? We don’t know, but we’d love to be able to export it.