As legislators returned to Albany this year, members faced a new situation: A Democratic Senate majority. For most legislators, this was a first. The State Senate has been a Republican-dominated legislative body for some time. Between 1940 and 2008, Republicans enjoyed a Senate majority for 67 out of 68 years. In the 2008 elections, Democrats…

As the nationwide furor over the Reproductive Health Act (RHA) continues, a group of Roman Catholics and evangelicals has released a statement affirming their shared commitment to the sanctity of life. On February 1, 2019, Evangelicals and Catholics Together released a Statement on the New York State Abortion Law of 2019. In the Statement, the…

Did you know that National Marriage Week USA is being celebrated from February 7-14, 2019? According to NationalMarriageWeekUSA.org, “National Marriage Week USA seeks to mobilize individuals, organizations, and businesses in common purpose to strengthen marriage in communities and convey what the social science clearly tells us: marriage leads to greater wealth, health, longevity and happiness.”…

“And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of…

By Christopher P. DeSanctis On August 28, 1963, against the backdrop of the Lincoln Memorial, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. forever imprinted the words, “I have a dream” on America’s memory. Recalling the Declaration of Independence’s vision for a color-blind society, Dr. King offered his vision of a hopeful future that embraced the…

A new study on the impact of marijuana legalization in Colorado conducted by the Centennial Institute found that for every one dollar in tax revenue from marijuana, the state spends $4.50 as a result of the effects of the consequences of legalization. This study used all available data from the state on hospitalizations, treatment for Cannabis Use Disorder (CUD),…