It’s the sort of thing that reminds us why we call Family Institute of Connecticut’s Annual Fundraising Banquet “Standing in the Gap.” There is the biblical reference, of course (Ezekiel 22:30). But there are also moments like this: [Senate Republican Leader John] McKinney listed [Gov. Jodi] Rell’s policy achievements:…helping Connecticut become “the first state to pass […]
[Note: It has not been FIC’s practice to re-post all of our email alerts to our members here on the blog. But the one below, from July 1st, has received a higher-than-normal response rate and so it was suggested that we post it. Please know how deeply grateful I am for all of your kind […]
Posted in General Politics on May 21st, 2013 3 Comments »
Yes, I was there. I arrived just in time to share an elevator with Linda McMahon. Awkward. But let’s talk about Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s speech to the CT GOP and what it means for the Republican Party. Scott Walker told the CT GOP last night that it could win by “empowering people to take […]
Much is being made this week, and rightly so, of the remarkable rise of young Art Linares to the State Senate. If, as CT GOP chair Jerry Labriola has asserted, Latino voters and the GOP are closely aligned on social issues, it may be that Art Linares does indeed represent an “emerging Latino political wave.” […]
Posted in General Politics on November 4th, 2012 2 Comments »
FIC ACTION COMMITTEE For those not on our email list, the following is the third round of endorsements made by the FIC Action Committee. More endorsements may be made. Many factors went into our endorsements, including candidate questionnaires, voting record, viability, and leadership on key pro-family issues. We are endorsing candidates for General Assembly in […]
On October 18th our friends at the Connecticut Catholic Public Affairs Conference emailed this statement from Hartford Archbishop Henry Mansell in response to Vice-President Biden’s erroneous statements about the HHS Mandate: In this month’s issue of The Catholic Transcript I wrote about how in these days in our country, we are coming to realize how […]
Remember the 2008 Constitutional Convention Question? The poll showing 65% of Connecticut voters want direct initiative? The $800,000 smear campaign by teachers unions and same-sex “marriage” activists to prevent your right to vote? Tom Foley does. His think tank, the Connecticut Policy Institute, has just put out a policy paper reviewing that unfortunate history and […]
In the matter of President Obama’s attempt to force Catholic institutions to provide and pay for abortifacients, contraceptives and sterilizations, Family Institute of Connecticut Action has focused on the policy implications, not the politics, of the federal government issuing a mandate forcing people to violate their religious beliefs. (You can view our campaign to win […]
Posted in General Politics on June 15th, 2011 3 Comments »
The Hartford Courant has a good piece today on how far the CT GOP has come since its liberal nadir in 2005. My quick reactions: Democrats blame total GOP opposition to the Bathroom Bill on…the Tea Party? Is it because: a) they fear the Tea Party more or b) they think the Tea Party is […]
The same party that passed the radical Bathroom Bill–which was opposed by several Democrats and every Republican–is now denouncing others as “extremist.” Read all about it here.
