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2005 Issues in Focus

2004 Issues in Focus

2003 Issues in Focus

2005 Issues in Focus

• Why the Individual is the Fundamental Unit of a Just Society: America was founded on the belief that respect for individuals, apart from family and other associations, is paramount to a just and virtuous society. In recent decades, this belief has given way to a "more civil," group-centered, "soft communism" doctrine that places individuals on unequal grounds before the law. (Issue in Focus for 5/1/05)

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2004 Issues in Focus

• Analysis of Amendments, Initiatives, Judges, & Electronic Voting Proposals: Consider an additional perspective on the statewide constitutional amendments and initiative, retention elections for judges, and electronic voting proposals. (10/25/04)

• Is Caesar's Marriage Idolatrous? Accountability Utah vehemently opposes Constitutional Amendment 3 dealing with the question of marriage and the rights of couples. Accountability Utah team members are divided, however, on the particular reasons for their opposition. Consider two different perspectives. (8/28/04)

• How Citizens Enable Political Corruption: What are the political weaknesses that obstruct individuals and society from the pursuit of prosperity, happiness, and peace?  And how can citizens take charge again? (5/23/04)

• Rule by Monarchy: How the House Speaker Manipulates Your Representative: Why do decent bills tend to get bogged down while horrible bills fly through the state legislature? And why do some representatives seem more powerful than others? The answer lies in the subtle rules designed to prevent real accountability. (4/18/04)

• Why Are Jury Trials Crucial to Your Freedom? The Deseret News editorial board denounced your right to be tried by a jury of your peers (in an open court of public record). Why did so many of our nation's founders believe that this right was itself a cause worth dying for? (1/4/04)

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2003 Issues in Focus

• Judge Orders Mother to Stop Teaching Daughter that Homosexuality is Wrong! How did this Happen?
  A Colorado judge ordered a mother who converted to Christianity to stop teaching her son that homosexuality is wrong. Learn what you must do to prepare for their upcoming assault on your family and religion. (11/2/03)

• Will Utah Taxpayers be 'Enron'-ed by the Legislature? The Half-Billion Dollar Workman's Compensation Fund Sell-Out
  Concerned State Auditor Auston Johnson exposes the threat behind recent proposals to "privatize" Utah's Workman's Compensation Fund. Learn what the state's top CPA feels taxpayers should know. (9/11/03)

• Why Pro-life Efforts Fail in Utah: Exposing the Deadly Myths
  Discover why Utahns are losing the battle against infanticide, and how quickly we can turn the tide. (8/17/03)

• AG Shurtleff Sells Your Property Rights for $6,000,000?
  The confiscation lobby is determined to destroy your property rights. Knowing why can help you see through their charades and stop them. (8/17/03)

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