Monica Burke is a research assistant in the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation.
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Yet another adoption agency is closing its doors, at a time when thousands of young victims of the opioid crisis flood America’s foster care system…. Read More
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Events at the July 7 Pride in London parade revealed deepening fractures that could lead to a schism in the LGBT community. A group of… Read More
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After a Lexington, Virginia, restaurant, the Red Hen, refused service to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Friday, commentators on the left immediately… Read More
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The Department of Health and Human Services is expected to soon file a proposal that would update regulations of the Title X Family Planning grant… Read More
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Oklahoma is just shy of a major victory for children in the adoption and foster care system—but LGBT activist groups are now threatening the state… Read More
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A parent would go to the ends of the earth for their child. But what if the government forcibly stopped them? What if, instead, the… Read More
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Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn as a haven for political and religious diversity. Now, a Pennsylvania bill poses an existential threat to that history of… Read More
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A new bill in California claims to protect LGBT people, but actually limits their choices, censors speech, and infringes upon religious freedom. AB 2943 would… Read More
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Earlier this month, Hawaii became the sixth state in the U.S. to legalize physician-assisted suicide. Proponents of the law hail the move as a step… Read More
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Philadelphia has taken a wrong turn in its attempts to handle the city’s growing foster care crisis. Last month, the city put out an urgent… Read More
