The Denver Democrats and the St. Paul Republicans did something almost as important as nominating candidates during the past two weeks – they told America where they stand on a host of issues, including crucial questions of morality.

With each passing week, liberal arguments that human life must be destroyed to be preserved are being resigned to the ash heap of history. The latest: scientists have discovered a way to reprogram cells to reverse chronic diseases including diabetes, heart disease and strokes.

Click here to ask your Member of Congress and U.S. Senators to abandon efforts to provide federal funding for human embryonic stem-cell research, which has always been unethical and is quickly becoming unnecessary.

We told you last month about the tragic case of 2-year-old Jedidiah Hyett-Glazer, who was kidnapped by one of his adoptive fathers and taken to Tel Aviv without his other adoptive father’s knowledge. Last week, the alleged kidnapper returned to the United States, and was quickly arrested.

Any teenage pregnancy, for both responsible parties, is undoubtedly filled with fears, anxieties, anger and other emotions. How much worse must it be for Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston that the whole world now knows they’re going through it?

There are many lessons to be learned from the pregnancy of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s oldest daughter. In particular, we’re struck by the recklessness of the liberal blogosphere, who needlessly brought this situation to light. It’s frightening to realize that these folks have become an influential force in our nation’s politics.

Michael Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, has formally proposed regulations to give teeth to existing conscience-rights laws. Simply put, the regulations would ensure that federally funded health-care facilities cannot retaliate against pro-life doctors and other health-care workers who decline to perform abortions or other objectionable practices. Predictably, Planned Parenthood and other anti-life organizations are mobilizing to stop these regulations from being implemented, and you can help to counter their deceptive rhetoric.

It’s time for action! Click here to tell HHS that you support the proposed regulations. Click here to ask your Member of Congress and U.S. Senators to support the administration’s position. Click here to send a letter to the editor of your local newspaper drawing attention to the proposed regulations.

California has been the nation’s focus concerning the battle over the definition of marriage, and rightly so. The Golden State has been sanctioning same-sex marriages since June, and a defeat of Proposition 8 there Nov. 4 would have the effect of giving public approval to the state Supreme Court’s wildly overreaching decision changing the meaning of marriage in May.

Two other states, Arizona and Florida, will also decide on marriage-protection amendments this fall as well, and for pro-family advocates there the stakes are just as high as they are in California.

The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life recently released a study suggesting that a majority of Americans want churches, synagogues, mosques and other houses of worship to stay out of politics. One can’t read the report however, without wondering if the researchers would have gotten better answers if they’d asked better questions.

A federal appeals court has upheld an Ohio law that regulates protests within 300 feet of a funeral or burial service. This is good news for anyone who supports giving grieving families a measure of dignity during their most trying times.