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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...
MOTHERHOOD SAFER AROUND THE WORLD
April 20, 2010 MOTHERHOOD SAFER AROUND THE WORLD We are pleased to bring to your attention a study issued by the prestigious medical journal, The Lancet. The Lancet is reporting that worldwide maternal mortality rates (women dying from conditions related to pregnancy...
The Future Belongs to Stable Married Families
April 13, 2010 The Future Belongs to Stable Married Families First, the good news The teen birth rate in the United States fell two percent between 2007 and 2008, after rising for the two years prior. The birth rate for the year 2007, however, was an all-time high. ...
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Forgiveness in the Midst of Trauma
by Candice LeSueur All of us on the train huddled together in the middle section away from the windows hoping to not be discovered by whoever was putting us in danger. My friend and I desperately embraced each other in silence as we horrifyingly awaited our fate. I...
Seek and Ye Shall Find
by Erin Weist Trying to write an article this weekend was difficult. I attended a funeral for a sweet 2-year old, mourning with her family and friends trying to grasp some meaning in this tragedy. I woke Sunday to news of a mass shooting in Orlando, Florida,...
Are We Living in a Rape Culture?
by Christie Masters The understandable and warranted outrage against a California judge who recently gave a rapist a lenient six month sentence has brought the terminology “Rape Culture” to the headlines of news articles. There has been a public outcry and a petition...
Paying for Free Stuff with Our Freedom
by Rebecca Mallory “Everyone should be required to take economics and civics!” If I had a dime for every time my dad said that to one of his 9 children, I’d be rich. My dad was an economics and math major in college which unfortunately, didn’t completely transfer to...
Tolerating the Rape Culture
by Diane Robertson Early on the morning on Jan. 18 two men riding bikes on the Stanford University campus spotted a man raping an unconscious woman. The man later identified as Brock Allen Turner, a student and swimmer at Stanford University, ran away when he saw the...
How dangerous can one moment be?
by Cinthia Jahnsen I live in sunny southern CA where pool and beach season can be anytime from March through October, depending on mother natures temperament. As I drive around I always see signs out (huge signs) that say “Prevent Drowning, Alway Watch the Water.” ...