This Week's Viewpoint     The Music Plays While the Ship Sinks     David Fowler, FACT President, explains that the Ship of State is sinking, but we can save it, if we focus on the real problem. Watch     Mark Your Calendar     Early Voting Continues Through Tuesday, February 28     Early voting for the March 6 Tennessee Presidential primary is continuing through Tuesday, February 28.  View your county’s sample ballot and polling locations here.  Please note that on the Republican ballot the candidates’ names are listed on the first page and the following pages contain delegates to the state Republican convention who have pledged their support to a candidate.  Some candidates with delegates listed on the ballot have dropped out of the race while others have not yet designated their delegates. You do not have to vote for any delegates or the complete number of delegates you are entitled to vote for after you cast your vote for a Presidential nominee.     Latest News     National Pray for Marriage Day this Sunday, February 26th     Same-sex “marriage” is being aggressively advanced this year. A federal appellate court has upheld it in California, and Washington and Maryland legislatively enacted it. New Jersey’s legislature also tried but its bill was vetoed. Now more than ever is the time for all believers to pray for the future of true marriage between one man and one woman. Our friends at The Alliance Defense Fund are encouraging this Sunday to be a day for prayer that marriages will be strengthened and God’s design for marriage will be upheld and honored.  More information here.     Vanderbilt's Christian student organizations told to meet in homes like in communist China     The head of Americans United for Separation of Church and State tells Vanderbilt’s Christian student organizations to "stop whining" about school's policy that prohibits them from requiring their leaders to adhere to their beliefs and to start holding their meetings in private homes like Christians in communist China.     Your tax dollars at work: Administration to give more benefits to homosexuals     Openly gay director of the federal Office of Personnel Management is close to finalizing a long list of perks for same-sex partners of federal workers including child care subsidies, insurance and retirement benefits, evacuation pay for overseas work, and survivor annuities among other benefits.     Judge says taxpayers must pay for health benefits for partners of homosexual federal employees     So much for the U.S. Justice Department upholding the nation’s laws.  Department joined with national gay organization to contend federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional. Judge buys their arguments.     14 year old girl receives death threats for testifying in support of marriage     Girl tells Maryland state Senate committee that children need both a mother and father.  Pro-gay commentators respond, “I will kill her. That’s a promise” and “Her parents should be exterminated.”     Student sues school for taking down pro-life posters     Are students more willing to stand up for their beliefs than adults? High school student sues school over removing her posters promoting pro-life day of silence.  School had earlier allowed another student to put up posters promoting gay pride day.     Judge rules pharmacists can't be compelled to violate their consciences     Washington state’s Board of Pharmacy’s rules were “not neutral” but “were designed instead to force religious objectors to dispense Plan B, and they sought to do so despite the fact that refusals to deliver for all sorts of secular reasons were permitted,” according to judge who finds rules to be unconstitutional.     Obama contraception mandate: pastors object and lawsuits filed     Over 2,500 pastors and evangelical leaders sign letter protesting President’s contraception mandate. Two colleges, including one connected to Southern Baptist Convention, sue federal government claiming mandate violates First Amendment. Will pastors and Christian colleges in Tennessee join in?     Tennessee's decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood temporarily halted     Federal Judge in Nashville steps in to keep state tax dollars flowing to Planned Parenthood until Planned Parenthood's lawsuit is finally concluded.

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