Cornerstone Blog
At Cornerstone, our heart is to educate and speak out on critical issues impacting the lives of families in the Granite State. Here’s the latest Cornerstone commentary. We hope you’ll take a few minutes and read what we have to say.
Cornerstone is Disappointed in Failure to Restore Traditional Marriage
HB 437 was an honest, honorable attempt to recognize one man/one woman marriage as a necessary relationship in society. Proponents of genderless marriage point to polls, but today they rejected an attempt to get the only poll that counts: a question on November’s ballot so that all voters can
Bloomberg Rankings’ Lottery “Sucker Index”
While New Hampshire policymakers have been busy debating whether or not to expand gambling in the state, we tend to forget we already have state-run gambling in the form of New Hampshire’s Lottery Commission–draining $229 million from the wallets of Granite Staters in FY 2011 according to their latest
Cornerstone Applauds House Members Who Voted on the Side of Life Yesterday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ellen Kolb, Legislative Affairs Director, Cornerstone Action, 603-321-2703 Cornerstone applauds House Members who voted on the side of life yesterday: The inhuman practice of late-term abortion and the Women’s right-to-know bill will move on to the Senate. Informed medical consent is every woman’s right –
Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse at St. Anselm’s Monday, March 12th, 7pm
Cornerstone Policy Research Hosts Renowned Marriage Expert and Proposition 8 Veteran Dr. Jennifer Roback-Morse Making the Case for Traditional Marriage in New Hampshire Please join Cornerstone Policy Research, New Hampshire’s Family Policy Council, for an evening lecture on “Making the Case for Traditional Marriage in New Hampshire” given by
Cornerstone Urges New Hampshire House to Approve HB 1659 & HB 1679
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3/7/12 Contact: Ellen Kolb, 603-321-2703 CONCORD, NH, 3/7/12 – Cornerstone Action endorses two pro-life bills expected to be voted on by the New Hampshire House this week. House Bill 1659, the Women’s Right to Know Act, will finally put women’s health on a par in the
On Wednesday, March 7th, the NH House Will Vote on Two Important Pro-Life Bills: Women’s Right to Know and Partial Birth Abortion
Cornerstone Alert: On Wednesday, March 7th, the NH House Will Vote on Two Important Pro-Life Bills: Women’s Right to Know and Partial Birth Abortion This week, the NH House will vote on two important pro-life bills. Their passage depends on your support. New Hampshire is one of the few
Is America’s Debt Crisis Caused by Our Marital Crisis?
photo credit: jorgemejia It is strange that when you talk with a young, recently married couple that one economic reason for finally tying the knot is that it costs less for two people to share a home, furniture, etc. than it does for two separate people. So, why is
Problems with New Hampshire’s Contraception Insurance Mandate
photo credit: 401K Yesterday, the House Constitutional Review and Statutory Recodification Committee’s vote in favor of allowing for a religious exemption in regards to New Hampshire’s contraception insurance mandate. Overall, the contraception insurance mandate is poor public policy for the following reasons: First, this mandate is an affront to
Counting the Economic Costs of Divorce
photo credit: 401K The institution of marriage, as traditionally defined between one man and one woman, is the bedrock of society. Before there can be a government or an economy, there is first the family. It is within the family that children learn the social virtues that made America
Teacher certification: HB 1467 (2012)
Cornerstone Action supports HB 1467, relative to educational requirements for teacher certification in New Hampshire. I believe there are two areas in education that would improve the quality of education for all students in New Hampshire. The first would be improving the curricula, programs and textbooks used in many of
Government-Sanctioned Gambling Monopoly is Not Part of the New Hampshire Advantage
Recently, the Union Leader ran this editorial against expanded gambling stating: It is ironic that Republicans are pushing casino gambling bills, as casinos would destroy the incentive for legislators to behave like Republicans . . . Casinos would erase the discipline Republicans just imposed on the state budget, and any incentive
Does Government Spending Help the Economy?
photo credit: Daquella manera As America continues to recover from the “Great Recession,” we’ve heard a lot from politicians how federal spending was critical to preventing an even worse downturn. You’ll have to excuse us for being a bit skeptical. Now, however, you don’t just have to take our
