Mark Harrington, director of Created Equal, discusses the undercover investigative videos revealing the behind the scenes grotesque piecemeal selling of human body parts.  OCA President Chris Long discusses with Mark how these videos have shocked the nation, revealing the inner workings behind the scenes by top officials at Planned Parenthood.  The cavalier attitude demonstrated by top officials at Planned Parenthood while discussing the acquiring and selling of body parts to the highest bidder has sickened the nation.  In response, a nationwide protest of Planned Parenthood facilities is scheduled for Saturday, August 22nd in over 300 cities across the country.  Click here to find a protest near you.  

Right to Life Directors of Northeast Ohio and Cincinnati discuss the shocking Planned Parenthood videos and the legislative push to defund Planned Parenthood on the federal and state level.  

                  Denise Leipold                       Paula Westwood

Chris Long discusses with Denise Leipold of Northeast Ohio Right to LIfe and Paula Westwood, Director of Cincinnati Right to Life, the undercover videos that the Center for Medical Progress has produced.  Six videos in a series, revealing the inner workings of Planned Parenthood, reveal the distrurbing and gruesome details of the piecemeal sale of human body parts of aborted children for the highest bidder. These videos have shocked the nation. Hearings on Capitol Hill are being conducted on what criminal activity Planned Parenthood and its affiliates conducted as detailed in the revelation of these videos.  The U.S. Senate,  U.S. House of Representatives, and states across the country are now moving swiftly to enact legislation to defund Planned Parenthood.  In a bipartisan effort, State Rep. Bill Patmon and State Rep. Margaret Conditt  have introduced H.B.  294, legislation that will defund Planned Parenthood in Ohio.  

Part II -  The Ohio Supreme Court Orders Ohio Justices to Perform Same-Sex Marriages

In an opinion brief from the Ohio Supreme Court in response to a question about a Toledo judge who is a believing Christian and an elder at his church who refused to conduct same-sex marriages in his court, the Ohio Supreme Court Board of Profession Conduct issued this opinion.  Though the opinion states that it is a non-binding resolution, it comes with a velied threat.  In discussing it in detail with Attorney Daniel Schmid,  Litigation Counselel for Liberty Counsel, a constiutional advocacy legal organization, it was apparent that  this order by the State Supreme Court is forced tyranny against people of religious conscience.  You can hear the whole interview by clicking on the link.  SHARE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.  

Larry Tomczak discusses the SCOTUS decision on homosexual marriage and the legal-cultural moral erosion that is accelerating. 

Larry Tomczak graduated cum laude from Cleveland State University where he served as president of the student body.  After a position at the AFL-CIO Headquarters in Washington, D.C., he became involved in a city-wide teaching ministry and for the past forty years has given himself to planting churches, training leaders and authoring eight books, including the quarter-million best seller, Clap Your Hands, plus Divine Appointments and Reckless Abandon. He is Executive Director of The Awareness Group (T. A. G.) and has 4 children. Larry and his wife Doris were wed in 1976 and live in Nashville, Tennessee.

Bill Federer gives us an historical perspective of what it was like in early America for Christians and how the church formed the state. Now the state wants to dictate to the church.  His outstanding historical and educational research of world events and his innate ability to communicate history in the light of modern events enable the listener to understand and appreciate the Judeo-Christian influence that exists throughout world history. From the Pentagon to the classroom, from Congressional members to the local church, Bill's writings and lectures have captivated audiences across the nation.

Joseph Kassab                                       Bill Johnson 6th District

The crisis of Iraqi Christians one year after ISIS invades Northern Iraq.  Joe Kassab, Director of the Iraqi Christians Advocacy Institute.  Congressman Bill Johnson of Ohio's 6th District weighs in on what the problem is.  1.2 million Iraqi Christians are now refugees in Kurdish territory, waiting for the international community to give the green light so that they may relocate to other countries.  The Kurds are currently hosting 2.2 million refugees from both Syria and Northern Iraq.  

First Presidential Candidate guest on News in Focus - Former Senator Rick Santorum.  Senator Santorum weighs in on the SCOTUS decision on homosexual marriage.  Rick is the first in a series of Presidential candidate guests that we will be hosting in the coming months on News in Focus. Also joining us is President of Pro-Family Network, Greg Quinlan. Greg left the homosexual lifestyle years ago and now shares a compelling argument of why we need not embrace this cultural change being thrust upon us by the radical homosexual lobby.  It is time for Christians to take a stand for truth in today's culture. God's Word is that standard.  

CHRIS LONG

This week's broadcast featured the speeches of John Fund and State Auditor Dave Yost as they presented at the 2015 Spring Freedom Banquet of the Ohio Christian Alliance. 

John Fund is National Affairs Columnist for National Review magazine and a Fox News contributor. He is considered a notable expert on American politics and the nexus between politics and economics and legal issues.

He previously served as a columnist and editorial board member for The Wall Street Journal. He is the author of several books, including Who's Counting: Bow Fraudsters and Bureaucrats Put Your Vote At Risk (Encounter Books, 2012); Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy (Encounter Books, 2008) and The Dangers of Regulation Through Litigation (ATRA Press, 2008). He worked as a research analyst for the California Legislature in Sacramento before beginning his journalism career as a reporter for the syndicated columnists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak.