Legislative Bible Study Continues To Impact Elected Officials

By Eric Walton The New York State Legislature is a part-time legislature. Regular session days occur during the first six months of the year, but not during the second half of the year. Following a terrific first half of the year where we met in-person at the statehouse, the Bible study continues to meet during…

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Age Verification Leads To Decline In Pornographic Viewing

Matthew 5:28: “But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” An innovative new Louisiana law has proven highly effective in protecting kids and combating the pornography industry. Similar laws are springing up in other places, and are receiving bipartisan…

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Church Attendance Continues To Decline

According to The Atlantic, over the past 25 years, 40 million Americans have stopped attending church. Professor Ryan Burge of Eastern Illinois University states that 45% of members of Generation Z (persons born in the 1990s or later) have no religious affiliation. On the basis of this fact and of other data, Professor Burge asserts…

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Heavy Marijuana Use Linked to Mental Illness

A new study from Denmark adds to concerns about the impact of marijuana upon users’ mental health. According to a Wall Street Journal op-ed by psychologist Susan Pinker, a mammoth study of the health records of all 6.5 million Danes over a 26-year period showed a strong correlation between cannabis (marijuana) use disorder and various…

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Marriage Still Matters

“Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” -Genesis 2:24 Last week, Jason McGuire, president of New Yorker’s Family Research Foundation, posted a social media message on the occasion of he and Mrs. McGuire’s wedding anniversary. The post drew a significant…

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NYC Program Crosses The Line With Free Crack Pipes

New York City is giving away free crack pipes. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDHMH) has created a pilot program in which vending machines containing several drug-related products are being provided to New Yorkers at no charge. According to Gothamist, a new vending machine in Brooklyn is “stocked with naloxone…

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Radiant Church’s Right to Worship Called Into Question

A Bible-believing Baptist church in Syracuse is under attack from a local newspaper, a teachers’ union, and a few parents because it meets for worship in a public school building and because it holds an orthodox Christian view of human sexuality. Radiant Church has met for Sunday worship at Nottingham High School in Syracuse since…

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The War on Parents: State Ed Doubles Down on Gender Ideology

New York parents, please take notice: The government and the educational establishment in the state of New York have fully embraced left-wing gender ideology and have taken drastic steps to impose it upon students, faculty, staff, and administrators in schools at all grade levels. On June 12, 2023, the New York State Education Department (NYSED)…

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New York AG Letitia James Sued For First Amendment Violations

The Empire Center for Public Policy and New Yorker’s Family Research Foundation (NYFRF) have sued Attorney General Letitia James over ongoing First Amendment violations at the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) connected to confidential charitable donor records.   In 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in AFP v. Bonta that requiring charitable organizations to disclose the…

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CDC Survey Yields Disturbing Results About Adolescent Sexuality

A recent national survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals the extent to which confusion over sexuality has taken hold amongst American teenagers. Conducted in 2021, the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey asked more than 12,000 high school students aged 14 to 18 about their sexual identities. The survey showed that…

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