New porn study prompts warnings to parents about online dangers
February 27, 2007
- A study by University of New Hampshire researchers finds that online pornography's threat to children and teens may be more serious than previously thought. In light of the recent study, one Internet security advocate is warning parents that they must be proactive about protecting their children from Internet porn. According to the study, in a... Full Story...CA family group says spanking ban proposal not dropped
February 27, 2007
- Family advocates in California are warning that the rewritten version of a controversial bill introduced by Assemblywoman Sally Lieber in the state legislature last week, just ahead of a submission deadline, is just as much a ban on spanking as previously alleged in media reports -- despite claims to the contrary by Lieber and liberal media outl... Full Story...
MD school district creates furor with sex-ed program
February 27, 2007
- Parents groups are calling on the Maryland Board of Education to dump controversial new sex-education lessons approved by the state's largest and wealthiest school district. The groups are calling for a halt to plans to introduce curriculum to eighth-grade students that promotes homosexuality and other deviant lifestyles such as transgenderism a... Full Story...
Conservative Anglicans ask ECUSA leaders to change unbiblical policies
February 27, 2007
- A leader with the Institute on Religion and Democracy says he's not surprised that conservative Anglican leaders are formally calling on the Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA) to reverse the denomination's course regarding issues such as the blessing of same-sex unions. Last week, leaders of the Anglican Communion provinces, who are known as "primate... Full Story...
Liberty Counsel Founder says federal marriage amendment needed to protect parental rights
February 27, 2007
- On February 16, the Utah Supreme Court refused to grant a lesbian petitioner parental rights to her former partner's child. Mat Staver of the pro-family legal group Liberty Counsel, which is currently handling two similar cases, calls the court's decision a "commonsense ruling," but he says a federal marriage amendment is still needed in order t... Full Story...
Ed chief accused of 'playing hardball' with higher ed accreditation
February 27, 2007
- The head of a conservative online university is opposing efforts by Education Secretary Margaret Spelling to change federal rules that govern college and university accreditation. Secretary Spellings has declared that one of the most important accrediting associations for conservative colleges may be forced not to accredit new institutions for ... Full Story...
Another Bogus Claim Against Christianity
February 27, 2007
Another bogus claim has been made against Christianity in a documentary entitled "The Lost Tomb of Jesus." James Cameron has made the claim that he found the lost tomb of Jesus who was actually married to Mary Magdalene and they had a son together. Full Story...
Complaint Filed Against Kansas Abortionist for Concealing Child Rape
February 27, 2007
A complaint has been filed with the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts, (KSBHA), asking that Kansas City abortionist Sherman Zaremski be disciplined for failing to report the rape of an 11-year old girl that resulted in a pregnancy. Full Story...
CWA Releases Report on Feds' Failed Obscenity Enforcement
February 26, 2007
Concerned Women for America (CWA) today released a report on the failure of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI to prosecute the adult pornography industry, which is banking on kids becoming the next generation of addicts. Full Story...
Pro-family groups welcome Merck pullback from HPV campaign
February 26, 2007
- The Family Research Council is welcoming drug manufacturer Merck's decision to stop lobbying states to mandate the vaccination of pre-teen girls with its human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil. The announcement by Merck comes in the wake of widespread criticism from conservative groups and parents who oppose the mandatory vaccinations. Mea... Full Story...
Perspectives: The Ultimate Gift -- Book review and interview with the author
February 26, 2007
- Red Stevens was what some of us might call "obscenely wealthy." The Texas oil baron is a central character in Jim Stovall's The Ultimate Gift. When Red dies, it is no surprise that his descendants' eyes turn green with dollar signs. They gather around the boardroom table, greedy lawyers in tow, eager to see what Daddy (or Grandpa or Uncle Red) l... Full Story...
Perspectives: Who you are
February 26, 2007
- There is a mental component to every sport; an emotional one, too. They're hard to see and quantify. So the ultimate measure of an athlete is found not in what he thinks or what motivates him, but in what he does. He is defined by his actions, and sports is all about action. Full Story...
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