By
Rev. Thorin Anderson
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04.16.12
The suicide of a Greek pharmacist has triggered reaction around the world, and has focused attention on the economic crisis in Greece and the European Union. However, it appears that many will take the wrong lesson from it. There will...
04.11.12
In 2010, the US crossed a significant threshold: for the first time in our history, married couples no longer form the majority of American households.
This decline in marriage was an important subject of discussion at our recent “Breaking the Spiral of Silence” conference, and a close look at the numbers tells us why.
“Christians divorce at roughly the same rate as the world!” It’s one of the most quoted stats by Christian leaders today. And it’s perhaps one of the most inaccurate.
Based on the best data available, the divorce rate among Christians...
03.09.12
Glenn Stanton, Focus on the Family’s Director of Family Formation Studies, published an article in National Review Online recently entitled, “Marriage, Class and Social Justice.” Stanton points to statistics indicating that marriage rates in the U.S. have divided along class...
02.29.12
Illinois Supreme Court accepts brief filed by ADF, allied attorneys in defense of parental notification law
Parents matter when their minor children seek abortions, according to the arguments of the Alliance Defense Fund and ADF-allied attorneys with the Chicago firm...
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Dr. Michael L. Brown
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02.28.12
According to a popular 2010 movie, the children of anonymous sperm donors are often successful at tracking down their donor dad(s), and in the end, to use the movie’s title, “The Kids Are Alright.” The AnonymousUs.org website, which features the...
By
David E. Smith
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02.23.12
The beginning of the article in the New York Times says it all: “It used to be called illegitimacy. Now it is the new normal.” More than half of births to American women under 30 occur outside marriage. The fastest...
By
David E. Smith
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02.14.12
Are you ready to take your family’s economy to the next level? Is your family ready to start a family business, but you just don’t know where to start? Join Generations with Vision in Wheaton for the third annual Family...
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David E. Smith
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01.07.12
A new study released by Boston University’s School of Public Health warns that teen group sex is on the rise. Researchers found as many as 1 in 13 teenage girls surveyed admitted to participating in group sex. Emily Rothman, an...
I love Christmas. But I hate plastic. When our children were very young, it seemed as though we would amass an enormous amount of plastic at Christmas. The Christmas aftermath was usually marked by a sea of broken plastic pieces...
12.20.11
Meet the academics who try to redefine pedophilia as “intergenerational intimacy.”
The anger and disgust that most of us experienced when we learned of the allegations of sexual abuse of boys in the sports programs at Penn State and Syracuse...
The legalization of “medical” marijuana is certainly a complicated issue. I am against legislation that would sanction the use of this drug for a number of reasons. I do not want to sound as though I have a lack of...
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12.15.11
If tradition is not a good reason to limit marriage to a man and a woman, it is also not a good reason to limit it to only two people.
Earlier this year, I was part of a Constitution Day...
By
David E. Smith
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11.30.11
Longtime U.S. Representative Barney Frank (D-MA) announced on Monday that he would retire after his current term expires in January 2013, leaving an important Massachusetts district open for next year’s election. Several individuals from both the Republican and Democratic parties...
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David E. Smith
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11.18.11
In a significant victory for pro-marriage forces, the California Supreme Court ruled this week that the sponsors of Proposition 8 have standing to defend the referendum in court when state officials refuse to do so.
Propositition 8 was a constitutional...
