FIC Blog

I’ll be on Dan Lovallo’s radio program at 5 pm to discuss the first-ever Gallup poll showing that most Americans are pro-life. Go to www.talkofconnecticut.com to find the station near you.

Pastor Eric Thompson of Wayfaring Ministries will appear on the Dan Lovallo Show at 5 pm today to discuss SB 899 and the pro-ssm side’s misuse of analogies to racial discrimination. Go to www.talkofconnecticut.com for the station near you.

The Lawlor-and-McDonald-controlled Judiciary Committee has scheduled a vote on S.B. 899, the same-sex “marriage” bill, for TOMORROW (Monday, March 30th)! In its present form, this bill will lead to the same-sex “marriage”-fueled attacks on religious liberty that we have seen in other states (Catholic Charities forced out of adoptions in Boston, Methodist church losing tax-exempt [...]

FIC Action yesterday called upon Senate President Pro Tem Donald Williams and House Speaker Chris Donovan to remove Sen. Andrew McDonald and Rep. Michael Lawlor from their positions as co-chairs of the Judiciary Committee. You can read the details on our homepage. The best media reports available so far come from The Courant and from [...]

I’ll be a guest on the Laura Ingraham show tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. to discuss R.B. 1098.

Below is our Tuesday e-mail alert (minus the links), which  has since sparked on an online reaction from Courant columnist Rick Green. We’ll have more on this when time allows:
The pro same-sex “marriage”/pro-abortion forces who wield inordinate influence over Connecticut’s politics and culture are legion. And they are coalescing around a campaign to stop the [...]

The Task Force to Study the Causes of Fatherlessness in Connecticut is tentatively scheduled to hold a press conference on Thursday, June 26th at 2:00 pm–and to have its first meeting immediately after the press conference.
Those of you who received FIC Action’s May 22nd legislative wrap-up e-mail know what a significant breakthrough this is for [...]

A curious episode at the state Capitol last week has us thinking of Jonah Goldberg’s book. As a favor to the CT House of Prayer (CHOP), we submitted this announcement to the legislative bulletin about an event CHOP is hosting:
National Day of Prayer Event
Mayor Eddie Perez, Police Chief Darryl Roberts and Peter Wolfgang from the Family [...]

“They converged in big numbers at the state Capitol today to rally against same-sex marriage and for the right to homeschool their children.” That was how Channel 3’s Al Terzi began a 5:30 pm Eyewitness News report about FIC Action’s Pro-Family Rally and Lobby Day yesterday. You can see the report that ran on the [...]

We have received the following from Deanne Kopp, head of UConn’s student pro-life group: 
NEXT WEDNESDAY Norma McCorvey (who was the pro-abortion “Roe” of Roe v. Wade and now pro-life) will be speaking at the UConn Storrs campus!–in the Student Union Theatre, 7:30-8:30pm.  Also the movie “Bella” (www.bellathemovie.com) will be playing in our theatre on Friday [...]