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(This is an account by my wife, Leslie, of what we experienced at NOM-Rhode Island’s pro-marriage rally in Providence this past Sunday. The second photo in this article shows Leslie facing down a group of gay “marriage” fascists who were yelling at our children.–PW)
[UPDATE: You can see NOM's video showing some of what Leslie describes [...]

You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war.
—WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
Connecticut’s anti-family power brokers are at it again. In today’s Hartford Courant, Rick Green has penned a column filled with fabrications and distortions about FIC’s role in persuading Enfield to fight the ACLU.
Rick Green thinks he has exposed a secret conspiracy between FIC and Greg [...]

It was a staple of Colin McEnroe’s former radio program. Whenever my predecessor, Brian Brown, was mentioned, Colin would say he wanted to marry him. I had forgotten his old joke until I came across this totally-bizarre-coming-out-of-nowhere-swipe at FIC in a Sunday Courant column by Colin on a topic totally unrelated to us:
the Yankee Public Policy Institute [...]

From Alliance Defense Fund:
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys and city of Hartford officials have agreed to a settlement that will ensure the protection of citizens’ free speech rights in public areas.  Hartford officials agreed to a permanent injunction against the use of a “breach of peace” statute and a “public disturbance” statute to infringe on constitutionally-protected [...]

[Update: We made our match! Thank you and God bless you! - PW]
Thanks to your generous contributions we have raised $32,209 for our Matching Grant Campaign. We have until the stroke of midnight on Dec. 31st to raise the remaining $17,791 to secure the full grant!
I cannot begin to express how deeply thankful I am [...]

Contact our two Senators and tell them to VOTE NO on Obamacare:
Joe Lieberman:
860.549.8463 (Voice)
800.225.5605 (In CT)
Chris Dodd:
Tel: (202) 224-2823 | Fax: (202) 224-1083
Tel: (860) 258-6940/(800) 334-5341 —CT only
Fax: (860) 258-6958
And be sure to contact your own Congressman and tell him to VOTE NO too:
John Larson:
Washington, D.C. Office
106 Cannon HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
PH: 202.225.2265
Hartford, CT Office
221 Main [...]

This week several Connecticut Congressmen will be holding public meetings in the state concerning the health care bills in Congress. The independent organization FactCheck.org confirms that Obamacare would indeed use public monies to pay for abortions.
FIC, CT Right to Life and every other pro-life group in our state needs your help to tell our [...]

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From today’s Rep-Am:
About 100 people gathered outside Saint Mary’s Hospital on Sunday afternoon in a rally to protest a bill that would force the state’s four Catholic hospitals to make emergency contraception available to rape victims.
The rally, organized by Connecticut Right for Life, was the only one in the state on Sunday. It was a [...]

I’ve received an amazing amount of correspondence appalled at the performance of Mike Lawlor, Andrew McDonald, Ed Gomes, and William Tong in the public hearing.  Because of the Catholic League, Lifesitenews, and Air Maria this story has gone national.  Many of our supporters have found great ways to make their concerns known.  I wanted to share [...]