Read more family values stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10797/family-values.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:55:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69021/calif-pol-quits-after-boast-of-spanking-sex-with-lobbyist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome lobbyists will apparently do anything for work. A California assemblyman and family-values crusader has quit after boasting about spanking sex with a utility company lobbyist and "hot" sex with another. He went into graphic detail over a broadcast mike he didn't realize was live, reports the Los Angeles Times...http://www.newser.com/story/69021/calif-pol-quits-after-boast-of-spanking-sex-with-lobbyist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 2:10:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63382/scandal-dogs-family-values-republicans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagApart from the sex scandals, what do John Ensign and Mark Sanford have in common? They’re both members of the much-hyped GOP House class of 1994, Politico observes. Those Republican revolutionaries swept into Washington promising a focus on family values, but 14 years later, no fewer than a dozen of...http://www.newser.com/story/63382/scandal-dogs-family-values-republicans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Jul 2009 8:44:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51444/christian-films-tempt-hungry-hollywood.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLurking behind the mainstream film industry is a low-budget, high-return business poised to break through: the world of Christian filmmaking, NPR reports. Fireproof , a tale of marital woes and redemption, was the highest-grossing independent feature of 2008—a fact trumpeted at a Christian film festival in San Antonio last month....http://www.newser.com/story/51444/christian-films-tempt-hungry-hollywood.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Feb 2009 17:34:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49573/teen-sex-on-abc-family-sparks-debate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEdgier programming by the Disney-owned ABC Family channel may have boosted ratings and advertising, but many parents are angry about the changes. New series, particularly The Secret Life of the American Teenager , have sparked debate about whether the offerings are truly family programming, reports the Los Angeles Times . Parents concerned...http://www.newser.com/story/49573/teen-sex-on-abc-family-sparks-debate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 01 Feb 2009 7:07:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40637/gay-marriage-vote-highlights-calif-divides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCalifornia’s looming referendum on gay marriage is highlighting the cultural divide between coastal and inland regions, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Polls show 37% of voters in coastal counties supported Proposition 8—which would amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage—in a June poll, while 54% in the...http://www.newser.com/story/40637/gay-marriage-vote-highlights-calif-divides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Oct 2008 16:22:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36811/palin-politics-family-inseparable.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSarah Palin slides seamlessly from perfectly coiffed GOP attack dog to doting hockey mom —so just what is life in the Palin clan like? “Sarah Barracuda” has always intertwined her family and her political life, the Washington Post reports, from her working-mom, Wal-Mart-shopper image to her husband’s "First Dude" hands-on...http://www.newser.com/story/36811/palin-politics-family-inseparable.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 07 Sep 2008 15:10:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36692/how-did-dems-inherit-ozzie-harriet-mantle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe enthusiastic evangelical reaction to a working mother with an unwed pregnant teenage daughter on the GOP ticket highlights the dramatically changing face of conservative Christian America and could spell trouble for the Dems, Hanna Rosin writes in Slate . Evangelicals now actually score worse than the rest of America on...http://www.newser.com/story/36692/how-did-dems-inherit-ozzie-harriet-mantle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Sep 2008 5:31:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27571/6-ways-the-gop-can-get-back-on-its-feet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSix months before an election in which some estimate Republicans could lose 20 seats in the House and five in the Senate, insiders tell Politico how the GOP can pick itself up: Write some policy. “It’s critical that our candidates have a very clear set of principles,” says Mitt Romney....http://www.newser.com/story/27571/6-ways-the-gop-can-get-back-on-its-feet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 May 2008 13:50:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22408/gops-strength-frays-at-local-level.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTheir national candidate needs support, but the Republican Party's state chapters are in no position to lend John McCain a hand, Politico reports. From New York to Alaska, local organizations are rife with dissension, debt, and scandal. "We are clearly rebuilding," says the Michigan GOP chairman.http://www.newser.com/story/22408/gops-strength-frays-at-local-level.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Mar 2008 15:44:00 CDT