Welcome to Five Minutes for Families     What is Five Minutes for Families?     Over the last several months we have been working on trying to make our communications with you more informative and helpful. Thus it is that we have created Five Minutes for Families that will replace the Family Action News.   We hope that Five Minutes for Families will allow you to be quickly informed of the major pro-family developments in Tennessee and around the country while still providing a thoughtful "commentary" or two each week on an issue of importance to our families and religious liberties. In addition to news and commentary, in the right sidebar you will find our calendar of events and other informational items.   So, look for Five Minutes for Families each Friday.  We hope it will better help you stay on top of what FACT is doing and what is going on in our culture affecting our families.     This Week's Viewpoint     What is more under attack in America than the right to life?     The following is an adaptation of a speech David Fowler delivered at the Putnam County Right to Life rally in Cookeville, Tennessee on January 20, 2012. "Over the next several days, thousands of Tennesseans and our fellow Americans will gather at courthouses, outside abortion clinics, and in their churches in solemn remembrance of the fact that abortion is bloody stain on the history of this great nation. Those who gather know that abortion is a blight on the future of our nation if we allow it to persist as a Constitutional right as if abortion is somehow a fundamental tenant of this great Republic." Read the full text here     Latest News     Student's Biblically-based opposition to gay adoptions is "bullying"     Wisconsin school superintendant says student who wrote op-ed in high school newspaper opposing gay adoptions and citing the Bible on homosexuality engaged in “bullying.”  Read Brandon Wegner's essay here.      Liberal groups propose sex ed guidelines for young students     Planned Parenthood and national homosexual organization helped develop the guidelines that include teaching K-2 students the names for male and female anatomical body parts and 3rd to 5th graders about sexual orientation.  With Tennessee’s high rates of teen pregnancies and STD’s, shouldn’t the emphasis be on abstinence, not increasing adolescent sexual activity?  Read more.     October Baby: Free screenings in Tennessee!     The best pro-life movie since Bella will be showing in Memphis, Chattanooga, and Nashville.  Be sure to go see October Baby. Event information is at this link: October Baby Screenings     Supreme Court allows limits on use of Jesus's name in public invocations     Top court leaves standing an opinion by a federal court of appeals that limits the number of references to Jesus in prayers at government meetings.  Government bodies in several mid-Atlantic states must now monitor any “excessive” mentions of Jesus in public prayers.      Evangelical leaders: redefining marriage leads to religious persecution     Leaders of diverse religious groups sign an open letter to America on the dangers of redefining marriage.     Planned Parenthood: more taxpayer funding, more student indoctrination     According to its latest annual report, Planned Parenthood received almost half a billion dollars in taxpayer funds.  No wonder that for the last several years it has sponsored a student acting troupe to teach its view of teen sexual activity to Middle Tennessee students.      Governor Haslam's 2012 legislative agenda     The governor's legislative agenda is spelled out at a new, easy to use and understand website.     Tim Tebow: witnessing is winning     “Win or lose ... one thing is for sure: people will keep talking about Tim Tebow.  And when people are talking about Tim Tebow, they can’t help but talk about the profound faith that drives him....”  Read more.     Landmark ruling upholds religious freedom     U.S. Supreme Court upholds the right of churches to exclusively determine who qualifies as a “minister.”   Alliance Defense Fund’s Senior Counsel for its Church Project comments on the favorable ruling here.  But does The Tennessean show a bias in its headline?     State constitutional amendment on income tax one step closer to voters     The Tennessee House or Representatives has moved a constitutional amendment prohibiting a state income tax one step closer to the ballot.  Approval by the General Assembly to be elected this November is still needed before a vote in 2014. Read more.     Mark Your Calendar     Ken Blackwell Dinner in Memphis         Go beyond Valentine's Day!     Marriage works. It makes people happier, live longer, and builds more economic security. Children with married parents perform better in school. Strengthen your marriage during National Marriage Week.

Video of the Week David Fowler interviewed on CNN Newsroom about anti-bullying legislation in Tennessee. Watch       FACT Report Gov. Haslam's 2012 Agenda First Amendment-safe Schools Resolved to Pray Fact Report Archive Heard weekly on the Bott Radio Network: Memphis WCRV 640 AM  Nashville WCRT 1160 AM (See full station list below)       Current Legislation Track legislation FACT is watching in the Tennessee General Assembly.       Upcoming Events Jan 22 - Cleveland Sanctity of Human Life Event Jan 23 - Lebanon Wilson Co. Tea Party Jan 28 - Chattanooga Men's Ministry Breakfast Jan 29 - Chattanooa Anglican Church of the Redeemer Jan 30 - Chattanooga Westside Baptist Church Jan 30 - Chattanooga SE TN Community Legislative Briefing Jan 30 - Madison Foundations of Liberty Seminar Forward this email to a friend Join our mailing list!

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