From Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh mounted a new legal challenge to the federal health care mandate, arguing that the Obama administration's promise to accommodate objections from faith-based employers turned out to be “empty...
Are you looking for more information on Common Core, and how it affects you in Pennsylvania? Pennsylvania Family Institute has gathered the following links to national and state groups who provide some great information and analysis for parents and others involved...
From Citizenlink: A Gallaudet University official suspended last year after she exercised free speech at church filed a lawsuit against the school. Angela McCaskill was placed on administrative leave after she affirmed marriage after signing a petition for a...
The Pennsylvania Family Institute Judicial Voters' Guide is Now Available Online! What's in the guide? Candidates for retention in: State Supreme Court Superior Court Court of Common Pleas by county Candidates for: State Superior Court Court of Common Pleas by...
“In an ideal world, we’d have no need for abortion.... I feel comfortable with the things I did and the decisions I made.” - Abortionist Kermit Gosnell, serving 3 life sentences for the murder of 3 born-alive babies. In the same year marked by the 40th anniversary...
Seeks to Protect Religious Liberties Against Assault by Federal Government Conestoga Wood Specialties and the Hahn family, which owns the business, filed a Petition with the U.S. Supreme Court today, asking the high court to hear its religious liberty...
Judge Halts Renegade Local Official from Ignoring Marriage Law (Harrisburg, PA) - The Pennsylvania Family Institute applauds the decision today of Commonwealth Court Judge Dan Pellegrini to stop the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses in Pennsylvania. An era of...
From the Washington Times: A husband-and-wife bakery shop team in Oregon were forced to close their shop doors and move to cheaper digs — their home — after gay-rights activists hounded them and drove away contract business because they refused for Christian...
by Tom Shaheen, V.P., Pennsylvania Family Institute We are pounded over and over again in the media and by gay activists with the idea that same-sex marriage is "inevitable," if only those who hold to the time-tested definition of marriage as between one man and...
For more than 10 years and with your help, Pennsylvania Family Council has successfully stood against attempts to amend Pennsylvania’s Human Relations Act to create special protected classes for “actual or perceived” “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.” Why?...