Archive for September, 2009



What is the future of abstinence education

By Dr. Allen Unruh
 
Nothing threatens the future of the next generation more than defunding abstinence education.
 
The most deadly disease among young people is the disease of “immediate gratification.”
 
I want what I want,  when I want it,  and I want it NOW!
 
Public policy should always encourage moral restraint and responsibility.   It’s the foundation of freedom.
 
Too many [...]

Census: Majority of Americans Marry Just Once

‘Most Americans esteem marriage as a major commitment.’
Most Americans marry just once, according to new Census data. The survey of 3 million households shows 76 percent of those who have ever been married have married only once.
Nearly 20 percent have been married twice, and 5 percent have been married three or more times.
The [...]

Daughters Under Seige

This is a good article by Rebecca Hagelin:
Daughters Under Siege
Rebecca Hagelin
Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Recently I wrote about the trend in public schools to push an “if it feels
good, do it” brand of sex education on our kids. Those who write the “health
education” curriculum, oversee the lesson plans and have the greatest
authority in education believe that [...]

The Entertainment Code of Decency

1.  The basic dignity and value of human life shall be respected and upheld.
2.  Restraint shall be exercised in portraying the taking of life.
3.  Evil, sin, crime, and wrongdoing shall not be justified.
4.  Detailed, protracted and overly bloody or gory acts of brutality, cruelty, physical violence, torture, and abuse shall not be presented.
5.  Indecent or [...]

            Researchers with the Federal Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System have reported that Gardasil, marketed by Merck and touted as a preventive against strains of human papillomavirus that cause cervical cancer, has a 400 per cent higher rate of adverse effects than another comparable vaccine, the Menactra anti-meningitis shot.
            Gardasil is associated with twice as [...]

by Adam Brickley

Miss Universe contestants compete in Condom Olympics. (Photo courtesy Population Services International)
(CNSNews.com) – The Miss Universe pageant and an AIDS prevention group are under fire for staging a “Condom Olympics” for contestants just three days prior to last Sunday’s competition in the Bahamas.
 
Population Services International (PSI) created the “competition,” which was held [...]




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