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(Below is a slightly edited version of yesterday’s FIC e-mail alert -PW)
Second Circuit Denies Expedited Appeal
When Enfield changed its mind last week and voted to appeal a temporary injunction against holding graduations at First Cathedral, FIC noted that
according to The Courant, the BOE is still not seeking to move this month’s graduations back to First [...]

The Courant Ed Page is right when it says on its facebook that obvious bias is the Ed Page’s job. But there is a difference between the bias of advocating for a position and the bias of making misrepresentations–and The Courant’s bias on Enfield is very much the latter.
We have already discussed why the media [...]

On this Feast of the Holy Family–and second day of the Twelve Days of Christmas–we wish a Merry Christmas to all our members!

FIC is involved in the fight to keep a sexually oriented business (SOB) out of Southington:
SOUTHINGTON — Now that the appeal against the town’s decision to grant a permit to Very Intimate Pleasures has been withdrawn, residents who oppose the adult-oriented store and their allies are considering their next move.
“The battle is not over,” said [...]

Yesterday’s Parade magazine ran an article by President Obama, touting the importance of fatherhood. Media reports pushing the article described it as part of his wider strategy of not alienating social conservatives–a strategy noticeably absent during a high profile visit to Hartford. 
In fairness, the new president has given more attention to the topic of fatherhood than [...]

If you’re an Obot, you might be thinking that June is meant to be LGBT Pride Month.

But for thousands of years, it has been celebrated as a time that signifies the special nature of the union between male and female. Even beyond our Judeo-Christian traditions, the ancient peoples of the earth recognized this time of [...]

FIC wishes a Happy Easter and a Happy Passover to all!

FIC Blog wishes a Merry Christmas to all our Christian members and a Happy Chanukah to our growing number of Jewish supporters. It is thanks to divine providence–and your kind generosity–that we are sustained in our fight for faith and family in Connecticut. May the season’s blessings be upon you!

Teen motherhood is rising for the first time in 15 years and the Courant’s sole libertarian columnist has had enough. Larry Cohen today stepped away from his usual fiscal concerns to speak some indelicate truths about virtue in Connecticut:
The “abstinence” movement in its current form has somehow been transformed into something President Bush and a [...]

The pro-abortion lobbyists behind the sex-ed bills we defeated this year haven’t given up the fight. But they know that FIC hasn’t either. From the June 23rd Journal Inquirer:
Those ‘usual suspects’ include Peter Wolfgang, Executive Director of the Family Institute of Connecticut.
“The bill was written in a very vague manner, so it was never clear [...]