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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...
What is a human right?
April 28, 2010 What is a human right? What is a human right? What qualifies something as a universal, fundamental right of all humans? The answer is not as obvious as one would assume. Is it divine declaration? Natural law? Customary law? International consensus? Or...
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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...
Give me that Old Time Religion
by Mekelle Tenney The other day my mom and I came across an old applique pattern from 1905. The pattern was for dish clothes and there was a girl performing a different chore for each day of the week. One day was washing, one was ironing, another dusting and so on....
The Science of Gender
by Diane Robertson On social media, I have read one too many times that saying humans are born as either male or female is not science, rather it is just an opinion. So am I going to quickly go over the science that is taught in basic biology. This is the...
Respectful Dialogues: Starting with Family
by Candice LeSueur As I watch and listen to opinions being thrown at each other, declaring their stances on presidential candidates or the newly-passed laws associated with gender identity and marriage, I feel a sense of uncertainty polluting the air of our...
Tolerance is Eradicating the Sexes
by Erin Weist Just like most weeks, I read a lot of news articles this past week. And, to be blunt, many of them were frankly frightening. Most of these articles were surrounding transgender issues. Gender identity, while still a fledgling area with...
Stand your ground, even when it’s moving…
by Christie Masters Have you ever felt like you were still on the sea even after returning to land? My daughter and I recently arrived home from a four day cruise for her graduation trip and this is exactly what we are experiencing. Standing at the stove making...
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