Family and Liberty
Ensuring that the link between family and liberty remains strong is a prime commitment of the Sutherland Institute’s Center for Family and Society. Based on this commitment, pro-family conservatives ought to be natural allies of the Tea Party movement.
The Tea Party response to the dramatic expansion of government in the last two presidential administrations has usefully highlighted the serious threat to liberty posed by a large, active and centralized state. The movement has also focused attention on crucial responses to this threat, ranging from reclaiming the historical role of states to decreasing government spending to eliminating wasteful government programs.
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Utah's Freedom Conference: Saturday, September 18
We encourage you to plan now to participate in Utah’s Freedom Conference: Reclaiming Our Constitutional Heritage on Saturday, September 18, 2010, at the Radisson Hotel Salt Lake City Downtown.
Sponsored by Utah United, A Coalition of Utah's Pro-Republic Organizations, this day-long educational event will feature locally- and nationally-respected specialists, including Dan Byfield, president of the American Land Foundation, and Karen Budd-Falen, a successful defender of land-use cases in federal courts. Two of Utah's congressmen, Rep. Rob Bishop, and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, will address the Tenth Amendment and related topics, and Bill Howell, co-author of the book Statehood and an expert on state and federal lands, will speak on Utah's recent state sovereignty legislation. Other presenters and workshop facilitators will include members of the Utah Legislature and leaders among the state’s citizen-advocacy groups.
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