Albany, NY—New Yorker’s Family Research Foundation (NYFRF) has released its 2018 Voter Guide, available at NewYorkFamilies.org. Rev. Jason J. McGuire, President of NYFRF, made the following remarks: “NYFRF is pleased to announce the release of our 2018 Voter Guide. On Tuesday, November 6, New Yorkers have important decisions to make at the ballot box. To…

No doubt you’ve heard that Governor Andrew Cuomo handily bested his opponent in the Democratic Primary. The real story though, is the Democratic turnout in that race—27% (or 1.5 million Democrats) showed up to the polls on Primary Day. That was more than double the turnout at the last statewide Democratic Primary. In 2014, 573,350 (or…

By Stephen P. Hayford Pope Francis’s recent pronouncement on the death penalty has drawn public attention to important questions about respect for human life. On August 2, the pontiff announced that the Roman Catholic Church no longer regards capital punishment as morally acceptable under any circumstances. Until now, the Catechism of the Catholic Church has…

Friends and followers of New Yorker’s Family Research Foundation know that our organization is strongly committed to preventing physician-assisted suicide from becoming legal here in the Empire State. However, some New Yorkers—even Christian New Yorkers—may have mixed feelings about the issue. Terminally-ill patients often experience pain and suffering as they approach the end of their…

Speaking to an ancient culture that did not know the wonder of electric lighting, Jesus reminded His followers that they must be engaged in their work while the sun was still shining (John 9:4). He warned His disciples that the night was coming–when no one will be able to work. Jesus’ words are just as…

The horrendous Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade (410 U.S. 113 [1973]) was handed down on January 22, 1973. In Roe, the Court held that the “right to privacy” was a fundamental right under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and that this “right” encompasses a woman’s “right” to choose abortion.…