by Wendy Cloydcitizenlink.org The New York Times compared apples to oranges in pronouncing that marriage is headed for extinction. An article in The New York Times Monday reported that married women are now a minority, but marriage and family experts say that’s a distortion of U.S. Census data. According to the Times report, 51 percent
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America On Religious Freedom Day, we commemorate the passage of the 1786 Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, authored by Thomas Jefferson, and we celebrate the First Amendment’s protection of religious freedom. Across the centuries, people have come to America seeking to worship the Almighty freely.
by Pete Winn, associate editor Scientists — and family advocates — say the House should consider the new research before voting to expand funding for destructive stem-cell science. Opponents of embryonic stem-cell research rejoiced today at news that scientists from Wake Forest and Harvard have discovered a new source of stem cells that doesn’t involve
by Greg Koukl Probably no concept has more currency in our politically-correct culture than the notion of tolerance. Unfortunately, one of America’s noblest virtues has been so distorted it’s become a vice. There’s one word that can stop you in your tracks. That word is “intolerant.” The modern notion of tolerance is seriously misguided. The
– Tween-targeted toys and fashions are prime examples of marketing attempts to make young girls, even those under the age of eight, grow up much too fast. – Marketing aimed at children from ages eight to twelve, a group commonly called “tweens,” now targets them with advertising previously pointed at teenagers. – This past Christmas
(January 3, 2007) The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has just released its annual Hall of Shame Awards. This list details the world’s top ten persecutors of Christians. This report calls attention to a growing trend that shows the source of Christian persecution shifting from nations with Communist governments to
Living in a democracy, we often hear the terms human rights and pluralism, but we don’t often stop to think about what they really mean or how they’re related. In its recent decision in the case of Konrad v. Germany, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the German government could outlaw homeschooling based