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FIC is involved in the fight to keep a sexually oriented business (SOB) out of Southington: SOUTHINGTON — Now that the appeal against the town’s decision to grant a permit to Very Intimate Pleasures has been withdrawn, residents who oppose the adult-oriented store and their allies are considering their next move. “The battle is not […]

Yesterday’s Parade magazine ran an article by President Obama, touting the importance of fatherhood. Media reports pushing the article described it as part of his wider strategy of not alienating social conservatives–a strategy noticeably absent during a high profile visit to Hartford.  In fairness, the new president has given more attention to the topic of fatherhood […]

If you’re an Obot, you might be thinking that June is meant to be LGBT Pride Month. But for thousands of years, it has been celebrated as a time that signifies the special nature of the union between male and female. Even beyond our Judeo-Christian traditions, the ancient peoples of the earth recognized this time […]

FIC wishes a Happy Easter and a Happy Passover to all!

FIC Blog wishes a Merry Christmas to all our Christian members and a Happy Chanukah to our growing number of Jewish supporters. It is thanks to divine providence–and your kind generosity–that we are sustained in our fight for faith and family in Connecticut. May the season’s blessings be upon you!

Teen motherhood is rising for the first time in 15 years and the Courant’s sole libertarian columnist has had enough. Larry Cohen today stepped away from his usual fiscal concerns to speak some indelicate truths about virtue in Connecticut: The “abstinence” movement in its current form has somehow been transformed into something President Bush and […]

The pro-abortion lobbyists behind the sex-ed bills we defeated this year haven’t given up the fight. But they know that FIC hasn’t either. From the June 23rd Journal Inquirer: Those ‘usual suspects’ include Peter Wolfgang, Executive Director of the Family Institute of Connecticut. “The bill was written in a very vague manner, so it was […]

The Task Force to Study the Causes of Fatherlessness in Connecticut is tentatively scheduled to hold a press conference on Thursday, June 26th at 2:00 pm–and to have its first meeting immediately after the press conference. Those of you who received FIC Action’s May 22nd legislative wrap-up e-mail know what a significant breakthrough this is […]

Watch for a special FIC announcement later this week on fatherhood in Connecticut.

We expect it from left wing bloggers or the Courant’s Susan Campbell. But Chris Powell? Below is the letter I submitted to the Manchester Journal Inquirer on April 30th, which the JI published yesterday:   Chris Powell should check his facts before defaming the one group that shares his concern for “arresting the breakdown of […]