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Montana School Board Invites Pro-Family Expert to Speak on Sex Ed
The debate over offering explicit sex education to students, as early as kindergarten, continues in Helena, Mont. At a recent meeting, parents prevailed in getting the Helena School District to invite renowned author and psychiatrist, Dr. Miriam Grossman to speak at the Sept. 1 meeting. A board-certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist, Grossman recently wrote, [...]
Obama Administration Blocks Release of Pivotal HHS Abstinence Study
The Obama administration is, once again, entangled in controversy over sex education. Yet this time, it is not about what the administration is trying to implement, but about what it is withholding – and apparently for political reasons. A taxpayer-funded study that indicates parental and adolescent support of abstinence education is not being released by [...]
Walker’s ‘Rational Basis’ Problem – 9th Circuit Precedent
There are many, many issues being batted around the blogosphere surrounding the Prop 8 decision. One that I haven’t seen addressed anywhere is something that was raised in ProtectMarriage.com’s brief in support of its motion to the 9th Circuit for a stay of Walker’s Aug. 4 decision. Apparently, the 9th Circuit has already decided as [...]
A Call for Wisdom: Freedom to Build Mosque ‘Yes’; At Ground Zero ‘No’
The contentious debate over New York’s Landmark Preservation Commission decision to permit a 13-story, $100 million Islamic community center – known as the Cordoba House – to be built just two blocks from Ground Zero has morphed into a national debate about the freedom of religion. On one side, the politically correct crowd now favors [...]
Bipartisan Group Urges Justice Dept. to Employ Prison Rape Standards
Leaders from across the religious, political, and human rights spectrum came together today to petition U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to swiftly enforce rape elimination standards throughout the nation’s prison system. Thirty-five organizations –including Focus on the Family, the NAACP, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Family Research Council, the Open Society Policy Center and [...]
Gay Activists Try to Shake Down Target Corp.; Retail Chain Says ‘No’
When the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) – a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) activist group – learned three weeks ago that Target Corp. had donated $150,000 to MN Forward, which runs ads for Republican Tom Emmer, a gubernatorial candidate who supports marriage between one man and one woman, the gay activist group went on [...]
Appeals Court Moves Swiftly, Halts Same-Sex Marriages While Reviewing Case
Surprising court watchers on both sides of the marriage debate, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals moved swiftly and succinctly on Monday to grant a request to keep California’s marriage amendment in place until the appeals process has run its course. In a 3-0 decision, the appeals court reversed District Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision, [...]
A not-so-Rosie outlook on marriage
Rosie O’Donnell stated last week that her same-sex marriage to Kelli Carpenter was “an act of defiance” in response to a statement from then-President George W. Bush. Rosie’s statement adds strength to the point that the push to redefine marriage is driven by adult desires that fall outside of the child-centered purpose of marriage. Specifically, that nature attempts [...]
9th Circuit Grants Stay of Prop 8 Decision
In less words than it took me to explain the whole issue yesterday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 3-0 decision, granted ProtectMarriage.com’s request to stay (put on hold) Judge Walker’s Aug. 4 decision that would have opened the door for same-sex marriages to begin in California at 5pm on Wednesday. Ed [...]