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Sexual Rights at Youth Conference
July 13, 2011 Sexual Rights at the Forefront of World Youth Conference Camps, internships, and youth conferences - they're the stuff of summer for many young people. Few are aware, however, that youth are gathering July 25-26 in New York to celebrate the 25th...
Large Families are Treasures
July 6, 2011 "Without exaggeration, the central problem of contemporary Russia is demography, strengthening the family, increasing the birth rate..." ~ Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation The recently completed Moscow Demographic Summit brought to...
Religious Freedom on Trial
June 22, 2011 Religious Freedom on Trial Religious freedom issues have been brought to the forefront this year in the suburbs of San Antonio, Texas. There, a self-described agnostic couple filed a suit in federal district court claiming their son, a soon to graduate...
Mainstreaming Gender Confusion
June 15, 2011 Mainstreaming Gender Confusion Everybody I know finds it very easy to mark "Male" or "Female" in the appropriate box. So, a few years ago when I was at the United Nations and I was told that there are actually seven genders, I was...
Father’s Day: A Time to Recommit
June 8, 2011 Father's Day: A Time to Recommit It's June and in my corner of the world, that means warmer weather, summer vacations, kids out of school and Father's Day! In just over a week we will be celebrating the influence of dads in our lives. United Families...
Courageous Youth Needed
June 1, 2011 Courageous Youth Needed This July the UN will be bustling with young people as the International Year of Youth (IYY) is formally celebrated in New York City. According to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, this event will be the culmination of...
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Patchwork Families – Loving by Choice
by Laura Friend Family Life Educators, Claudia and David Arp, describe blended families as “patchwork” families. The analogy is apropos. My husband’s grandmother, Anna Laura Tuttle Friend, lived to be 101 years old. Amidst the challenges of raising a large family...
Right-to-Life Instead of Right-to-Abort
by Erin Weist Abortion and the rights of the unborn children have been under debate in Ireland recently. The 8th amendment of their constitution ratified in 1983 provides legal protection for a child in the womb. Thousands attended a rally recently to celebrate the...
Boy or Girl? Is there really such a big difference?
by Tashica Jacobson The past 5 months has given us additional stressors, anxiety, sweet moments, and tons of excitement. While these could be the emotions of any typical month, ours are amplified because we are expecting a baby, and have started to share the exciting...
Praise Their Efforts
By Candice LeSueur According to a Columbia University survey, 85 percent of American parents feel it is important to tell their kids they are smart. It seems honorable, but is praising your children for their intelligence really the smart thing to do in the long run?...
A Reason for Pro-Life Doctors
by Diane Robertson Years ago while living in Toronto, Canada, I found out that I was pregnant. But things were not going right. It was obvious the pregnancy would end as an early miscarriage. I went to a doctor. The doctor, upon finding out that I already had three...
Am I Not Good Enough to Live?
by Jennifer Johnson On a field trip bus ride I overheard some friends debate the controversial topic of abortion. One friend’s personal comment made the topic real for me. This friend is gifted, smart, one of the most capable people I have ever met. Yet before his...
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