The Foundation for Life — Overrule Roe v. Wade!
Jan 26, 2014 No Comments ›› John EidsmoeAfter four decades of studying, lecturing, debating and writing on this subject, I am prepared to say that Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision by which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the duly-enacted laws of nearly all of the 50 states and mandated abortion on demand as a national policy, is wrong. It is ...
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No Freedom of Speech From the Pulpit
Jun 29, 2012 No Comments ›› Site AdministratorThe following post was guest-authored by 3rd-year law student Adam Parker, a 2012 summer intern at the Foundation for Moral Law. SHH! Freedom of Speech… As Long as That Speech isn’t Coming from a Pulpit! Most people that are a part of church ministry know of the travesty that is often referred to as the “Johnson Amendmentâ€â€”if not ...
Continue ReadingIn the Aftermath of a Landmark (?) Decision
Jun 28, 2012 No Comments ›› John EidsmoeON THE EVE OF A LANDMARK DECISION John Eidsmoe, Colonel (AL), Alabama State Defense Force  [Note: This article is written in two parts, Part One the day before the health care decision, and Part Two in the hours thereafter.] During the March 27th oral arguments before the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of President Obama's health care legislation, ...
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Obama Declares June as LGBT Pride Month … Again
Jun 4, 2012 1 Comment ›› Site AdministratorThe following post was guest-authored by 3rd-year law student Adam Parker, a 2012 summer intern at the Foundation for Moral Law. President Barack Obama recently declared the month of June as LGBT Pride Month for the year 2012. President Obama has declared June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride month every year since he took ...
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More Freedom than Ever?
Mar 16, 2012 No Comments ›› John EidsmoeWilliam Simon, who had served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Gerald Ford, wrote a brief book titled A TIME FOR TRUTH (Berkley 1979). Milton Friedman called it "a brilliant and passionate book by a brilliant and passionate man." After detailing government regulation of the economy and its repressive effect on individual incentive and ...
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Lutherans for Life on HHS: “Here We Stand!”
Feb 20, 2012 1 Comment ›› John EidsmoeLast Saturday 18 Feb 2012, during our Lutherans for Life Board of Directors meeting at Concordia Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO, the Executive Director asked me to prepare a statement concerning the recent Health & Human Services directive requiring religious organizations to provide contraception for their employees. I drafted the statement, and with a ...
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Response to “The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers” — Who Were They Hiding It From?
Jan 6, 2012 12 Comments ›› John EidsmoeChristian Pinto and Adullum Films have produced a DVD titled The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers in which they argue that America was not founded as a Christian nation. Rather, Pinto says, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were the products of Enlightenment thinking and the influence of Freemasonry, the Illuminati, and other ...
Continue ReadingOtto von Hapsburg: The Prince, the Professor, and the Sinner
Jul 19, 2011 4 Comments ›› John EidsmoeOtto von Hapsburg (Habsburg) (1912-2011), the last Crown Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, died at the age of 98 on 4 July 2011. After a 13-day period of mourning, he was entombed in the Imperial Crypt under the Capuchin Church in Vienna. The funeral embodied the dignity and regal splendor that befitted the heir of the ...
Continue ReadingWhat Would Jethro Do? A Biblical Voting Guide
Oct 27, 2010 1 Comment ›› Ben DuPréWith only 6 days left until election day, now seems like a good time to tell you who you should vote for. No, you will not find any candidate endorsements here, but the Bible does tell us what kind of candidate we ought to choose. And the standard is WWJD: What Would Jethro Do. ...
Continue ReadingCongressman Bart Stupak — Pro-life Hero?
Mar 22, 2010 2 Comments ›› John EidsmoeCongressman Bart Stupak (D-MI) may have emerged as a pro-life hero for some, but not in my book. Were it not for Rep. Stupak, the entire bill probably would have been defeated last fall. After his amendment prohibiting abortion funding was added to the health care bill last fall, with his support the bill passed the ...
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