Catholics and evangelicals need to remain allied, and in solidarity, against the increasingly aggressive secularism of our age.

Republican values - strong families, faith, personal responsibility and freedom, among others - are not unique to specific subsets of the electorate. They are universal values, and it is Republicans' job to remind Americans of that fact.

Obama often criticizes policies that place the interests of the powerful ahead of the powerless. But through his administration's support of abortion rights, Obama shows his lack of empathy for society's most powerless.

I would prefer every [American] state keep the definition of marriage that's prevailed in Western civilization for a couple thousand years.

On the issues of religious liberty, the Supreme Court continues to scrape against the bedrock of the American spirit.

Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior.

If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of life. Instead, they should tell Americans that they believe in the dignity and value of every human being, from the defenseless unborn child, to the newborn with a disability, to the 90-year-old dealing with dementia.