FIC Blog

It’s famine to feast at FIC Action Committee when years ago an endorsement by a socially conservative, grassroots organization in Connecticut would have garnered little, if no attention – to now, where the mere mention or NOT of an endorsement on our blog is mewed, analyzed, closely watched and reported by Connecticut’s biggest and loudest political [...]

Elect a politician who is a fiscal-conservative-but-not-a-social-conservative and you will soon find that she is not even a fiscal conservative.

Several recent missteps by Connecticut’s senior U.S. Senator have caused some to question his integrity. Today, it’s my turn:
Peter Wolfgang, who leads the Family Institute of Connecticut, said that Dodd’s reversal was motivated by political expediency.
“He took a position against same-sex marriage when he was running for president because that was the most politically palpable [...]

We live in troubling times. Throughout the United States – at the local, state and federal levels of government – assaults continue upon our religious freedom. Recent examples include:

Enforcement action by San Diego County against a local pastor and his wife, for daring to hold a bible study group in the privacy of their home. [...]

 
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts. – Edmund Burke 
While legislation may circumscribe the boundaries of our actions, it is beyond the legitimate reach of government to regulate our thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. In this sense, there is an inextricable link between our “freedom of thought” and “freedom [...]

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 [...]

We had a big victory at the state Capitol last week with the effective defeat of S.B 1098, the bill which would have removed the authority of Catholic bishops over their parishes. I’m just back from the Capitol, where it appears we may have had another major victory today–though I can’t say too much about [...]

Truth has never been a high priority for left wing blogs. So it comes as no surprise to learn that they are falsely attributing to FIC a flyer that was distributed at last week’s Rally. It’s also no surprise that they would fail to post on their websites the flyer we really did distribute, which [...]

We are blessed to live in a country that cherishes freedom - and that includes your freedom to choose with whom to associate and with whom to trade. Even when political machinations may tend to thwart the will of the people, the power of how you choose to spend your money can be an effective [...]

While the political world swirls in Obama mania, there hasn’t yet been much media attention upon the outcome of the marriage amendments in Arizona, California, and Florida. Nevertheless it appears that supporters of traditional family values can find reassurance in all of these contests. Here are the results as they currently stand this morning:

Arizona Proposition [...]