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P.O. Box 566  w  Charleston, WV 25322  w  (304) 553-7616 w  www.familypolicywv.com   NEWS Release   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 15, 2013 CONTACT:  Jeremiah G. Dys, Esq. Phone: (304) 553-7616 E-mail:  info@familypolicywv.com FPCWV calls for immediate safety stand-down of abortion industry in WV   Urges lawmakers to reject a …

Jeremy Dys at Engage Family Minute: And, just because it seems inevitable, maybe its not. Maybe we need to explain to our kids how formerly ‘inevitable’ ideas like Beta, VHS tapes, and the bag phone ultimately lost their novelty too.

Nathan Cherry of Engage Family Minute at Illinois Family Institute: It is stunning to talk with people that believe same-sex “marriage” is the “end of the line” in the fight to redefine marriage. Unsuspecting or perhaps naïve is the best way to describe such a mentality. To believe that homosexual activists would simply seek to redefine marriage to include their lifestyle, while ignoring all other “alternative lifestyles” is simply absurd. The reality is that same-sex “marriage” is just another step in the process to erase the boundaries of what constitutes marriage and family.

Daily Mail: In short, the Supreme Court ought to allow the public – as a society – to decide the future of marriage. Why? Because marriage exists to bring a man and a woman together as husband and wife to be father and mother to any children their union produces.

— The Family Policy Council of West Virginia, which is hosting the 2nd annual Gubernatorial Prayer Breakfast on the National Day of Prayer, announced Monday that famed WVU football coach Don Nehlen will present the May 2 event’s keynote address on the importance that prayer plays in life on or off the field.

Engage Family Minute: This new video shows how our government is seeking to undermine marriage and push redefinition. But national groups like Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and state groups like the Family Policy Council of West Virginia (FPCWV) are actively defending traditional marriage.

Doug Napier on Engaging the Issues with Jeremy Dys. | MP3 audio 14:51 mins

Nathan Cherry at Engage Family Minute: Sure, there is a great chance that legalizing same-sex “marriage” won’t affect you. But I can promise you that your kids and grandkids will be affected each and every day if it is legalized. Is that what you want your legacy to be?

Jeremy Dys at Engage Family Minute: The central point is whether or not getting government out of the “marriage business” reduces the size of government and, ergo, increases liberty.

Jeremy Dys at Engage Family Minute: This morning, I was invited to provide testimony before Subcommittee C of the Joint Committee on Education. The members wished to discuss the potential First Amendment ramifications concerning the state’s new rules related to harassment and bullying at school.

One News Now: Rather than submit to the scare tactics and bullying from the atheist group, Jeremy Dys of the Family Policy Council of West Virginia says students and families of Sissonville High took it upon themselves to defy the Foundation . . . Dys’ organization and Alliance Defending Freedom are offering assistance to help the school create a policy for student-initiated, pregame Christian speech.

WDTV.com: “Christian students have the right to peacefully express their faith at school. They do not shed their constitutional freedoms at the schoolhouse gate or in the stadium parking lot,” said Jeremy Dys, president and general counsel of the FPCWV. “Misinformed public school officials should not cater to pressure from activists who demand that religious students be silenced; rather, they should understand that the Constitution permits students to pray—and pray publicly—before football games.” . . . “Our government and courts have already spoken: students have a constitutionally protected right to participate in peaceful, public expressions of prayer and worship. Alliance Defending Freedom and the Family Policy Council of West Virginia stand with students across West Virginia as they exercise their religious liberty,” said Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Matt Sharp.

Attorneys with the Family Policy Council of West Virginia and Alliance Defending Freedom submitted a legal memoto Kanawha County Schools Wednesday in response to an atheist group’s recent demand that the district prevent public invocations before high school football games.

Nathan Cherry at Engage Family Minute (links to audio): It’s undebatable that America has benefited greatly from the influence of pastors over the years. But, are today’s pulpits free? Attorneys from the Alliance Defending Freedom don’t think so and they are using Pulpit Freedom Sunday as a way to protect not only the proper role of the church in our society, but also your right to hear and speak the truth of the Gospel. On Today’s episode of Engaging the Issues, senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom explains what pastors can do to protect religious freedom and why they should.

Engage Family Minute: The American Dream has promised that we are given the freedom to pursue happiness. Many have realized that dream through the growth of their small business. But, what if the government says that you can only pursue the American Dream if that dream is entirely secular? As Senior Counsel to the Alliance Defending Freedom and former U.S. Attorney, Mike Norton, points out, for one Colorado small business owner, the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a., “Obamacare”) has done just that.

Nathan A. Cherry at the Engage Family Blog: My complaint begins with very liberal supporters of same-sex “marriage” that say “Jesus never said anything about it” and therefore justify homosexuality. But that is only the start of the complaint, because let’s face it, liberal and lost homosexual advocates will use absolutely anything they can to drum up support for their cause. The biggest part of my complaint is that some Christians are buying into this notion and starting to repeat the rhetoric verbatim to justify their own support for same-sex “marriage.”

Engage Family Minute: Here is how you can help.  Below is a petition we have started asking WVU to protect religious liberty.  Would you sign it?

Newsmax: Both the Family Policy Council of West Virginia and Alliance Defending Freedom came to the defense of the restaurant chain on Friday after gay advocacy group Fairness WV urged university president James Clements to boot the restaurant, MetroNews reports.”The First Amendment protects Chick-fil-A’s right to express its opinion on marriage and other political and social issues and that any retaliation against Chick-fil-A based on its speech is a violation of federal law,” the Alliance’s senior counsel, David Cortman, wrote. In a separate but similar defense letter, Jeremiah Dys, president of the state’s Family Policy Council noted, “Were your office to approve the disassociation with a company who serves your students by selling chicken, you would undermine the very important lessons of free speech and tolerance that the university seeks to teach to its student body.”

Engage Family Minute: Following reports that West Virginia University (WVU) was considering agreeing to the demands of activists by retaliating against Chick-fil-A and removing them from campus, the president and general counsel of the Family Policy Council of West Virginia warned against the potential violation of Federal law . . . Copies of both letters are available at FamilyPolicyWV.com/action.

Nathan A. Cherry at the Engage Family Blog: It’s no wonder groups like The Family Policy Council of West Virginia and Alliance Defending Freedom are needed to keep watch over what is happening in schools and to protect children and parents rights. Just recently the West Virginia Board of Education decided to invite the homosexual advocacy group GLSEN into our schools to teach our elementary students. FPCWV president Jeremy Dys wrote of the decision

P.O. Box 566 w  Charleston, WV 25322  w  (304) 881-5196  w www.familypolicywv.com NEWS Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2012 CONTACT: Jeremiah G. Dys, Esq.  Phone: (304) 881-5196 E-mail:  jeremydys@familypolicywv.com Family Policy Council of West Virginia Announces 2012 Gubernatorial Prayer Breakfast Hundreds expected to gather in …

Engage Family Blog of the WVFPC: On this week’s edition of Engaging the Issues, Austin Nimocks, Senior Legal Counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, discusses whether nondiscrimination laws can peacefully coexist with religious freedom. (Audio link)

Engage Family Blog: On the final day of the 2012 Legislative Session, the West Virginia State Legislature approved H.B. 4605 a bill creating a premarital education option to applicants for marriage licenses in the state. The measure is aimed at strengthening the more than 13,000 marriages and reducing the more than 9,000 divorces that take place every year in West Virginia.

The Engage Family Blog (includes audio link): Two philosophers recently published an article in the Journal of Medical Ethics promoting the idea of, “after-birth abortion.” Dr. Robert P. George helps us understand the logical implications of what we used to call, “infanticide” and how it reveals the necessary logical implications of the abortion industry itself.

Engage Family Blog: Judy Sloane is the executive director of Labor of Love Ministries, a pregnancy care center in Morgantown, WV. For most of her adult life, Judy has been counseling young women to choose life over abortion, caring for them during their pregnancy, and loving their children once born.
But there is more to it than that . . .

The first part of the interview is available here. Part two can be accessed here.

Engage Family Minute Blog: This Sunday is the “Sanctity of Human Life Sunday” across the nation. It marks the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the day America began legalizing killing our unborn. Since that day more than 50,000,000 unborn children have been murdered “legally” on American soil.

State of the Family Address at (includes audio): My Fellow West Virginians, Tradition, as well as our state constitution, requires that the Governor of the State of West Virginia give an address at the commencement of the regular session of the legislature, “of the condition of the state.”

The Charleston Gazette: Jeremy Dys, president of the conservative values group Family Policy Council, said he had “grave concerns” about the anti-bullying measure. Dys said it “unconstitutionally limits free speech” and gives “unbridled authority” to teachers to crack down on students who speak out against homosexuality.

Engage Family Minute: Jordan Lorence, senior vice-president with the Alliance Defense Fund, has been the chief litigator on this case. Jordan wrote an instructive blog post on the topic (copied below), but also took the time to join me for a brief discussion over the phone. I hope you will listen to it – especially if you are a pastor or elder committed to planting churches in West Virginia – and share it with your friends. [audio at the link]

ven though no pending legislation exists and, earlier this year, the legislature rejected “anti-bullying” legislation, the state board of education is in the process of implementing an “anti-bullying” policy that has prompted serious concerns from groups concerned with First Amendment-protected freedoms.

“When you single out who is and who is not protected from bullies, that misses the point,” Dys said on Tuesday’s MetroNews Talkline. “Laws and school rules like this should govern objective action and not subjective characteristics of the victim.”

Family Policy Council of West Virginia: Schools should prohibit bullying for any reason. Rules against bullying ought to apply equally and fairly to all. Bullying is defined by a person’s actions, not by the status of his victim. Singling out who is and who is not protected from bullies misses the point.

Jeremy Dys at Engage Family Minute: I cannot think of a single pastor that I know who would answer that question with any answer but, “Christ himself.” Yet, that does not seem to be the way the IRS and some politicians view it . . . To that end, let me commend to you the work of the Alliance Defense Fund and www.PulpitFreedom.org. On Sunday, October 2, 2011 – just 2 days, providentially, before West Virginia’s special election for governor – the Alliance Defense Fund is encouraging pastors to participate in Pulpit Freedom Sunday.

Nathan A. Cherry at Engage Family Minute: I did find some common ground with Ms. Krasnow when she said “You can leave each other…But once you have children, you can’t leave the marriage… it becomes bigger than you.” The best thing, the things worth fighting for are always bigger than we are. Anything smaller than us is not worth our time.

Engage Family Blog: What the outcome will be for West Virginia is not dependent upon what happened in New York, but there are lessons to be learned. One lesson ought to be painfully clear: what we have said from the beginning, what we have continued to predict would be the case has come true. Now is not the time for West Virginia’s lawmakers to ignore the issue. It is the duty of every lawmaker in West Virginia to secure the right of all West Virginians to vote on the definition of marriage.

WVMetroNews (includes video interview with Jeremiah Dys of the Family Policy Council of WV): “Our desire and our mission is to help people live lives that are congruent with their faith,” Exodus International Senior Director of Church Equipping and Student Ministries Jeff Buchanan said. | See also Engage Family Blog: Is the Gazette Right? Aren’t We All Defective?

W. Virginia Gazette: Exodus International plans a May 10 event at CMA Church in Morgantown to teach religious leaders how to minister to people who don’t want to be attracted to members of the same sex. The Family Policy Council of West Virginia invited Exodus to hold the seminar, the first of its kind that the Orlando-based group has held in the state.

Family Policy Council of West Virginia: The Family Policy Council of West Virginia is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for the position of Director of Development. Qualifications for this position are described as . . .

The offending app by religious group Exodus International — which aims to “help” gay individuals through the Bible’s teachings — directly contradicts Apple’s guidelines, and constitutes inappropriate hate speech, argued activists from gay-rights group Truth Wins Out . . . . . . Sure, the Alliance Defense Fund and Focus on the Family and several thousand various Christian organizations have their apps (surprisingly) still in the app store, but where is Apple going to draw the line? If enough petitions come in about those apps, will they be iExiled too?

The Engage Family Blog: As part of it’s “celebration,” the abortion industry re-released this 13-page paper from 2005 with quotes from their leading lights titled, “Why I Provide Abortions.”

Jeremy Dys writes at the Engage Family Blog: “Downtown, 134 lawmakers took the time to affirm the life-saving, women’s health-loving, family-supporting work of the thousands of staff and volunteers who support their local PCC (maybe you call them Crisis Pregnancy Centers). Uptown, supporters of an unfettered abortion industry dodged the rain and the use of the word “abortion” except to point out how mean “anti-abortion” people were and how Planned Parenthood – who performed more than 330,000 abortions in 2009 – does not use Federal Funding to perform abortions (note how they never deny doing them, just not using your tax dollars to do it). I feel sorry for PP, what with all the scandal and proposed cuts in funding! So, I’m offering them some advice to help them tighten their budgetary belts and, while I’m at it, put a few fallacies to rest. So, here’s what I might tell Planned Parenthood if I were their budget analyst . . . ”

Engage Family Blog: “In a joint letter sent on Monday to each candidate running in the special election for governor, leaders from West Virginians for Life and the Family Policy Council of West Virginia (FPCWV) challenge lawmakers to sign the, “Vote for Life” Pledge. The letter, signed by Karen Cross and Jeremiah Dys, also urges the pro-life community in West Virginia to commit to voting only for a candidate who refuses the millions of dollars the abortion industry offers to many candidates today.”

Family Policy Council of West Virginia: Eleven members of the West Virginia House of Delegates introduced the West Virginia Grieving Parents Act (HB3043), or “Bobby’s Law,” on Monday, February 7, 2011. The proposed legislation would close a legal loophole that has prevented parents of the legal means they need in order to bury, and properly grieve for, their stillborn or miscarried child.

Jeremiah G. Dys, president and general counsel of The Family Policy Council of West Virginia, writing in the Charleston Gazette: “Faced with an agonizing loss, Cassandra and her family began making plans for mourning little Bobby James. But, because of a loophole in West Virginia’s law, they were not allowed to do so. Because Bobby did not weigh enough, the law did not allow for the hospital to issue a birth certificate. Because they could not get a birth certificate, they were unable to get a death certificate. And without a death certificate, Cassandra and Jason would not be able to bury their son.” | The Family Policy Council of West Virginia press release.

The Engage Family Blog: “In September of 2010, Cassandra experienced complications with her pregnancy. Rushed to the hospital, the doctors did all they could to save the pregnancy. But, at only 20-weeks into the pregnancy, little Bobby James was born. Too weak to survive, Bobby died within minutes . . . Because of a shortcoming in West Virginia law, the hospital could not issue a birth certificate. Without a birth certificate, Cassandra and Jason could not get a death certificate.” | Jeremy Dys discusses the issue on “The Catholic Connection,” a production of the Ave Maria Radio Network.

Engage Family Blog: “The Family Policy Council of West Virginia (FPCVW) announced Monday that it is asking West Virginia lawmakers to support proposed legislation, the ‘Grieving Parents Act,’ which will close a legal loophole that has prevented parents of the legal means they need in order to bury, and properly grieve for, their stillborn or miscarried child.”

The Engage Family Blog: “In a prepared statement Tuesday, West Virginia Family Foundation spokesman Kevin McCoy discussed a marriage amendment set to appear in the West Virginia legislature. He called the amendment an effort of bi-partisan lawmakers and spoke frankly on what the amendment would accomplish.”

West Virginia Family Policy Council / The Engage Family blog: “A servant organization that advocates for policies that embrace the sanctity of human life, enrich marriage, and safeguard religious freedom released its 2011 Legislative Agenda. Among its legislative priorities for 2011, the Family Policy Council of West Virginia (FPCWV) will encourage lawmakers to strengthen marriage, support grieving parents, protect students, and honor the culture of life.”

Charleston Daily Mail: “Controversy has erupted over a graduation ceremony at West Virginia University-Parkersburg after administrators decided to forgo prayer during the event . . . [Jeremy Dys' group, the Family Policy Council of West Virginia] was alerted by a national group called the Alliance Defense Fund and quickly rallied to support the students who favored the public prayer and call media attention to the university decision to skip it.”

Jeremy Dys writing at the Family Policy Council of West Virginia’s Engage Family blog: “Are we still on this debate? I mean, really, it seems like since I was a kid, the ACLU has been brainwashing people into thinking that their mythical wall of separation of church and state means that the public square must be completely whitewashed of any reference to God. So it seems at WVUP, anyway. According to our friends at the Alliance Defense Fund: ‘When WVU-Parkersburg nursing students voted 40 to 4 to include prayer in Thursday’s pinning ceremony, university officials responded by banning prayer completely because the vote was not unanimous.’” | FPCWV press release is here. | ADF news release is here.

Jeremy Dys writing at The Engage Family Blog: “Now, let me sum up: the Canadian military – who has fully embraced open homosexual conduct in their military – has issued a directive concerning individuals who will convince a psychologist to write a note to a surgeon that the person is trapped in the wrong body and that surgeon is to mutilate that individual’s genitals to “correct” what must amount to a birth defect.”

Family Policy Council of West Virginia: “Late Thursday, the United States Senate rejected a measure (57-40) that would have normalized homosexual behavior in the military and allowed taxpayer dollars to be used to fund abortion-on-demand on military bases. The only member of the U.S. Senate to break with his party was Sen. Joe Manchin.”

MetroNews: “Former Army Sergeant Pepe Johnson from West Virginia says it’s good news. ‘I’m pretty excited about it. It reiterated a lot of things that I already knew,’ he said on Wednesday’s MetroNews Talkline . . . The President and General Counsel for the Family Policy Council of West Virginia, though, says the survey sends a bad message.” Audio is here.

Jeremiah G. Dys, president and general counsel of The Family Policy Council of West Virginia, writing in The Charleston Gazette and at the Engage Family Blog: “Christians should never be penalized for expressing their religious beliefs. They have the same First Amendment rights as everyone else. Our government — whether a lawmaker or school administrator — should never single out Christians or Christian groups for simply expressing their religious beliefs.”

“This misperception [about how DADT is enforced] is largely because this debate has focused on sexual identity – a complex and often nebulous concept – when the military is largely looking to govern sexual conduct.”

The Family Policy Council of West Virginia: “Yesterday we asked you to call Gov. Joe Manchin and senate candidate John Raese to ask where they stand on key social issues . . . 1. Does Mr. Raese support repealing the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy? Answer: ‘No. Those decision need to be made by the military and not by Congress.’ . . .”

ADF Attorney Erik Stanley writing at Speak Up Movement / Church: “I am scheduled to speak Friday, September 10, at the ‘Politics According to the Bible’ Conference hosted by the Family Policy Council of West Virginia. The topic is self-explanatory from the name of the event, but the message is long overdue. Many Christians seem to lack any coherent theology for political involvement or have a mixed-up view of how a Christian should affect the political realm.”

Jeremiah Dys writes at the Engage Family Blog: “Don’t dismiss it lightly. If the elections since 2008 are any indication, the issue of whether a candidate supports marriage as one man and one woman has received more voter attention than the economy and ‘cap-and-tax’ combined.”

Jeremy Dys writing at the Family Policy Council of West Virginia Engage Family Blog (see video at the link): “Michael Todd Wilson, one of Exodus’ counselors, has this excellent explanation of sexual identity. In summary, he says any discussion of sexual identity within homosexual behavior must be broken into three parts: 1. Same-sex attractions – This he defines as, ‘erotic pull to someone of the same gender.’ Never degrade these feelings. Attractions are real, they are strong. Still, as Wilson explains, we are not to be mastered by any of our feelings. 2. Same-sex behavior – When feelings give way to actions, thoughts, desires with/about/for members of a person’s same gender, then they are said to engage in same-sex behavior. 3. Gay identity – This is the most complex and potentially subjective of the issues of sexual identity. In part, it is how a person with homosexual tendencies views themselves. In part, it is how that person wishes to be perceived . . . ”

Winston-Salem Journal: “A number of foundations and other nonprofit groups have filed statements of support for Forsyth County as it appeals a federal judge’s decision in May to ban prayers that mention Jesus or make other sectarian references at county meetings . . . The county is being represented by the Alliance Defense Fund, a group that supports public expressions of Christianity. Many of the groups filing friend-of-the-court briefs have similar goals.”

FPC of West Virginia | Engage Family Blog: “It is more than obvious that stronger marriage protections are needed. Constitutional amendments voice the will of the people as they exercise their freedom to self-governance. In West Virginia I can only reiterate what Family Policy Council president Jeremy Dys has said time and again, ‘There is no legitimate reason not to let the people of West Virginia vote to define marriage.’”

West Virginia Record: “On May 21 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Law Offices of Robinson and McElwee in Charleston, the Family Policy Council of West Virginia (FPCWV) will host ‘Church and State AND Tax Exempt? Religious Freedom and Nonprofit Organizations in Light of Citizens United,’ a CLE designed to provide practitioners with the answers to many of the questions raised by the Supreme Court’s decision in this only-one-of-its-kind CLE in the State of West Virginia . . . Also, David Langdon, a national expert on the law of nonprofit organizations and campaign finance, and [Erik Stanley], senior legal counsel at the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) and lead attorney for ADF’s innovative project, ‘the Pulpit Initiative’ will speak.”

AP on Myway: “A West Virginia congressional seat that’s been held by a Democrat for generations is now up for grabs after 14-term incumbent Rep. Alan Mollohan was swept out of office on a wave of voter unrest that an opponent called a referendum on President Barack Obama . . . ”

Engage Family Minute Blog: The Family Policy Council of West Virginia (FPCWV) praised the ouster of a 14-year incumbent on Tuesday, calling it a victory for life, marriage, and religious liberty. ‘West Virginians want candidates who will embrace the sanctity of human life, enrich marriage, and safeguard religious freedom,’ said Jeremy Dys, president and general counsel of the FPCWV.’”

Engage Family Blog, Family Policy Council of West Virginia: “As part of it’s mission to educated the voters of WV on issues of life, marriage, and religious freedom, the Family Policy Council of WV (“FPCWV”), has released its West Virginia Nonpartisan Values Voter’s Guide for the May 11th primary election . . . ”

CitizenLink: “Attorneys from the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) secured a court order on Friday that extends care for a 40-year-old woman on dialysis . . . Jeremiah Dys, an ADF-allied attorney, said hospitals ‘should not be allowed to cease care for a family’s loved one when state law gives the family the right to make medical decisions in such circumstances.’”

Family Policy Council of West Virginia, The Engage Family Blog: “Fiction is a story that describes imaginary people and events. After reading through this captivating legal thriller penned by [Alan Sears], President, CEO, and General Counsel of the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), you will walk away wondering if you have actually read a fictional work, or just pulled yourself away from current events . . . This fictional fight and struggle over religious freedom is one that is very real today. People from all walks of life are presently facing such secularization and the erosion of religious freedom.” | Barnes and Noble: In Justice

Jeremy Dys writes at the Engage Family Blog of the Family Policy Council of WV: “Last night, the Health Committee of the House of Delegates advanced this year’s pro-life bill (SB 597) after the defeat of numerous amendments that were merely desperate attempts by pro-abortion lawmakers to derail the measure.”

Family Policy Council of West Virginia: “’I’m voting for marriage’ petitions introduced during Friday’s floor session, thousands more call in support of marriage as one man, one woman . . . The West Virginia Senate has until early Monday morning to move SJR 14 from the Senate Committee on the Judiciary to the Senate floor . . . For more information, or to add your name to the petition, visit www.wv4marriage.com.”

Charleston Gazette: “State Republican delegates say they’re tired of waiting on Democratic legislative leaders to open debate on issues like gay marriage and certain tax breaks. House Republicans plan a series of procedural motions this week to force floor votes on proposals they say Democrats have allowed to die in committees.”

Family Policy Council of West Virginia: “If approved, the resolution, SJR 14, would allow West Virginians to settle the legal definition of marriage at a special election in 2010. It proposes a simple 19-word definition of marriage: ‘Only the union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as marriage in West Virginia.”

Family Policy Council of West Virginia: “On Wednesday, the Family Policy Council of West Virginia (FPCWV) announced an aggressive campaign to garner 2,500 signatures on a petition asking legislators to let the people vote on the definition of marriage . . . Those wishing to add their names to the petition may do so electronically at www.wvformarriage.com/petition.”

Family Policy Council of West Virginia: “The Family Policy Council of West Virginia (FPCWV) today announced results of a poll . . . Among its findings, the poll revealed that 78 percent of registered democrat voters agree that marriage should be defined as one man and one woman. When asked whether lawmakers should allow a judge to redefine marriage or invalidate West Virginia’s Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), 84 percent of registered democrat voters said that voters, not judges, should define marriage . . . ”

Citizen Link: “The Family Policy Council of West Virginia has released its final online video on the importance of one-man, one-woman marriage.”

The Charleston Gazette: “The Family Policy Council of West Virginia issued a news release Wednesday saying that policies that help adolescents access birth control would lead to more teen sex.”