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For Immediate Release:  December 2, 2009

Contact:

J.P. Duffy or Maria Donovan, (866) FRC-NEWS

Phil Burress, President, Citizens for Community Values, 513-733-5775

Washington, D.C. – Citizens for Community Values and Family Research Council jointly released a new study today that comprehensively details the effects of pornography on marriages, children, communities and individual happiness.
The study, “The Effects of Pornography on [...]

A Physician Exposes the Lies of Sex Ed and How They Harm Your Child
 
Speaker: Miriam Grossman, M.D.
Host: Chuck Donovan Senior Research Fellow, Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society, The Heritage Foundation
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: The Heritage Foundation’s Lehrman Auditorium
 
Call (202) 675-1752
All events can be viewed [...]

By Val Farmer - 10/02/2009
Many educated and well-meaning people look at the numbers of teenagers and young adults engaging in high-risk sexual behavior and throw up their hands in resignation. The best we can do, they say, is to encourage protected or safe sex in view of such powerful social forces and trends. Accordingly, to [...]

Check this out!  Comprehensive Sex Ed Doesn’t Do Better than Abstinence Ed, Institute Says
Media contact: Irene Ericksen
Phone: (801) 506-3575

Comprehensive Sex Ed Doesn’t Do Better than Abstinence Ed
When Measured by Same Standards, Institute Says
 
WASHINGTON, DC (May 13, 2009).  A sex education researcher reported in a Congressional briefing on April 29th that when measured by the [...]

Robert Rector Tells It Like It Is!
The following are excerpts from an article published by CNSNews.com.  Click here to read the full article.  Mr. Rector’s messaging is strong and accurate.  We encouarge affiliates to quote him as you continue to raise awareness and support in your community for your programs.
Robert Rector, a senior analyst at [...]

Propsed Cut….STAND UP AND FIGHT!
President Obama released his FY 2010 Proposed Budget on May 7th and called for at least $164 million in funding for contraceptive-only education.  This includes competitive grants, research, evaluation and authorization for $50 million in new mandatory condom grants to states, tribes and territories.
The budget eliminates funding for CBAE (Community Based Abstinence Education) [...]

Science confirms: alcohol makes him hot…when he’s not.
Did you hear?  Science has confirmed the existence of “beer goggles”–when a person seems more attractive to you after you’ve had a few drinks.  Enjoy a glass of wine or a couple of beers at a party, and the guy hitting on you begins to look better than [...]

http://drudgereport.com/flashpbc.htm
What?  “…family planning services reduce cost.” Is she serious?  How does teaching kids to have more sex actually help reduce cost to the states.  Condoms, pills, powders and potions will NEVER be the solution to our society’s problems.  How about responsibility, integrity and character.  Perhaps that is what we should be teaching our kids instead of “if [...]

“The cost of teen sex is always more expensive than advertised.”
Dan Bailey, Executive Director of Just Say Yes

On April 29th, Planned Parenthood sent out an email calling out to its supporters to join them in challenging Presidential candidates to talk about sex.  They say, “given that it’s also hard for parents to talk with their children about sex, I guess it’s not all that surprising” (that Presidential candidates can’t talk about it).  [...]