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“Tolerance” of the Homosexual Lifestyle has become “Forced Acceptance.”
June 9, 2010 "Tolerance" of the Homosexual Lifestyle has become "Forced Acceptance." It's International Gay Pride month around the world. From Rio to Rome, Madrid to Moscow the streets of major cities will be flying rainbow flags as men, dressed in drag, parade down...
Is the Employment Non-Discrimination Act the end of discrimination or just the beginning?
June 1, 2010 Is the Employment Non-Discrimination Act the end of discrimination or just the beginning? Earlier this year the concerns over religious freedom for citizens around the world was renewed when London street-preacher Dale McAlpine was arrested in his...
Texas Textbooks: Why the International Community Should Care
May 25, 2010 Texas Textbooks: Why the International Community Should Care An article on Texas textbooks may not appear to be of interest to our international community. However, the world movement toward secularism and one world government may have just met its...
Your child’s school, Sex Education, and You
May 18, 2010 Your child's school, Sex Education, and You In a recent victory for parents of Canadian school children, it was the parents that decided what their children would be taught, not teachers, not "educational experts," not politicians, and definitely...
Domestic Partner Registries: A Stepping Stone to Same-sex Marriage
May 11, 2010 Domestic Partner Registries: A Stepping Stone to Same-sex Marriage Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, as to be hated, needs but to be seen; yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, we first endure, then pity, then embrace. -ALEXANDER POPE Britain...
Mothers Are The Bottom Line!
May 4, 2010 Mothers are the bottom line! There are loud voices around us expounding upon the role of women. Often those loud voices seek to eliminate motherhood as a viable option for contemporary women. Some even go so far as to call motherhood a "negative...
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Right to Live
By Ally Fife Recently, a woman in her twenties who had suffered sexual abuse as a child, was given a lethal injection at her own request to die. Her psychiatrists and doctors all felt it was in her best interest that she be allowed to choose this eternal sleep,...
Capitalism 1, Forced Minimum Wage Earners 0.
by Rebecca Mallory Well that was quick! I never planned such a quick follow up to my post on this subject just a few weeks ago. But no sooner did the government kowtow to the demands of minimum wage lobbyists than the free market took over, as it always does, and...
The Yes to Sex App and the Problems of Promiscuity
by Diane Robertson Every now and then I think of my grandparents and great grandparents and what society must have been like for them. Things were different back then. People married younger and the divorce rate was under 15%. Babies born to unwed mothers was under...
Monkey see, Monkey do
Sexual content and violence on TV and the potential effect it has on our kids. by Cinthia Jahnsen We all have been there. The awkward moment where we feel that what we are watching on television, or at the movies is not appropriate for our kids. (OrUS for that...
Good Begets Good
by Erin Weist There is a saying that my husband and I use regularly in our home that we’ve learned from having kids: sleep begets sleep. As naive parents we thought that if our baby or toddler missed a nap it would make him extra tired so he’d sleep really, really...
Working with Unreasonable People?
by Annalise Jarman You have probably heard that every family has at least one crazy person, and if you don’t think your family has one, it’s probably you, right? The saying makes me laugh, but it’s kind of true. At the very least, we will all have to work with someone...
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