On this Father's Day, one pro-family organization is focusing on the importance of fathers in the lives of their children.
Continue reading Focus on the Family Says Children Learn Confidence from Their Dads.
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I find it amusing that Tracy Morgan can say that Sarah Palin, a Christian wife, mother, grandmother, former governor, vice-presidential candidate, and possible presidential candidate, is "masturbation material" on live television, in prime time, before millions of viewers, and hardly anybody says anything to him about that. And I don't know of anyone who tried to get him to apologize to her husband, her, or her children for talking about her in such a gross way.
Continue reading Tracy Morgan, Sarah Palin, and Sodom and Gomorrah.
While the majority of Americans believe that the country's morality is poor and lacking, the gap between those looking for the moral high ground and those who believe we are already morally good is closing.
Continue reading Does Morality Matter in America? .
Christmas
controversies have become as seasonal as candy canes and eggnog. A few
years ago, there was a big flap over Wal-Mart forbidding its employees
to wish customers "Merry Christmas." That reveals how absurd the battles
have become.
Continue reading Should We be Concerned How Society Treats Christmas? .
A new survey out this week from the National Marriage Project
shows that marriage is an institution in decline in many parts of
American society. This "retreat from marriage in Middle America" will
have wide-ranging social and economic consequences, say the survey's
authors.
Continue reading Jim Daly Says Americans Are Afraid Marriage is Changing.
I awoke crying, quickly reaching out to touch my sweet husband, Woody, as he lay beside me, peacefully sleeping. But in my dream - or nightmare - he was the man who walked into our home after a brief absence and quietly began taking pictures off the wall.
Continue reading This Valentine's Day, Know the "Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go".
To put Christmas back into the holiday season, tens of thousands of Christians will be wearing buttons that read, "It's OK, Wish Me A Merry Christmas."
Continue reading Christian Shoppers: 'It's OK, Wish Me A Merry Christmas'.
Recent polls reveal that the majority of Americans oppose federal funding for health care plans that pay for abortions.
Continue reading Most Americans Are Against Abortion Coverage in Health Care Bil.
"Through the grace and mercy of God--and the faithful prayers of more than 200,000 volunteers standing vigil outside abortion facilities--an incredible miracle has taken place," said David Bereit, national director of 40 Days for Life.
Legal experts agree that a student ordered to attend public school after a parental dispute over education does not represent religious persecution. But they also agree that religion and child custody are mixing in messy ways, and that current case law offers few guidelines for resolving such conflicts.
Students in more than 3,000 schools will stick on the familiar red tape over their mouths on Tuesday to stand up for the thousands who are silenced every day by abortion.
Continue reading Pro-Life Students on Over 3000 Campuses to Go Silent.
The small, Asian girl approaches the tall, white girl on a Northern line tube heading out of King's Cross and asks her if she is a model. The tall girl, who is startled but flattered, demurs. "But you are so tall, you should be," the small girl says, before starting up a conversation and introducing a friend who, judging by her striking looks, appears to come from eastern Europe.
Plenty of issues surfaced at a True Love Waits summit for youth workers and student ministry leaders earlier this year.
Continue reading Parents: Help Kids Stay Pure for Marriage .
Lies. Jessica Valenti talks about a lot of them in The Purity Myth: lies about statistics, lies about women, lies about sex. In fact, she talks so much about deception that the main truth she wants to advance gets pushed to the closing and opening pages of the book.
Continue reading Resetting the Conversation About Chastity.
Over the past two months, I have waded into the national debate regarding gay marriage by writing two widely distributed editorials.
Wiley-Blackwell, a major academic publisher, is recalling copies of Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization and scrapping the print run after critics said the entries were "too Christian" and "too anti-Muslim."
Continue reading Academic Publisher Recalls Encyclopedia for Being 'Too Christian'.
There's a half million dollars sitting on the corner of Mississippi and President streets, but no one could possibly steal it. That's because the cash is in the form of pennies - 50 million of them - that collectively weigh 156 tons.
Continue reading $500,000 Collected at Memorial to be Used to Fund Anti-abortion Causes.
Women who have an abortion face a 30% increase in the risk of developing common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety, according to a new study from the University of Otago, Christchurch.
Protests by conservative lawmakers led architects to promise to add "In God We Trust" as the national motto and to engrave the Pledge of Allegiance in the new $621 million Capitol Visitor Center.
Continue reading Another Debate About God Roils Capitol's New Visitor Center.
At the Planned Parenthood of Indiana, 'tis the season of giving health care and contraception. But it's a sentiment that opponents of abortion and artificial birth control say denigrates the holiday season.
Continue reading Indiana Planned Parenthood Offering Gift Certificates.
The Indiana Court of Appeals issued a ruling Monday that affirmed Indiana's "In God We Trust" plates are constitutional.
Continue reading Indiana Court Upholds 'In God We Trust' Plate.
Parents, brace yourselves: The survey results are in, and you may not like what they reveal about girls and sex. More than 10,000 teenage girls and young women took part in an anonymous survey over the summer on TyraShow.com, the Web site of "The Tyra Banks Show."
Continue reading Tyra Banks 'Shocked' by Teenage Sex Crisis
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The state attorney general and sponsors of the ballot initiative that banned same-sex marriage in California urged its Supreme Court to hear a series of lawsuits seeking to overturn the ban, saying the matter is too urgent to be unsettled.
Continue reading CA Supreme Court Urged to Hear Homosexual Marriage Cases.
Bonnie Rabin is fond of saying that divorce lawyers are a bit like liquor stores. They're busiest in the really good times, and the really bad. These, of course, would be the bad times.
Continue reading In Bad Economy, Divorcing is Even Harder To Do.
Members of the Joint Select Parliamentary Committee of Jamaica squirmed with unease in their seats - some even leaving the room - while watching a video depicting various abortion procedures.
Continue reading Jamaica Parliament to Make Important Decision on Abortion.
