“Not Born That Way”
The fight over “curing” homosexuality is the front lines of upcoming gay-rights battles
With same-sex marriage in line to become a civil right, all sides in the gay-rights debate are considering their next political fights. Gay-rights advocates have targeted “conversion therapy,” a controversial approach that believes people can be treated for homosexuality and issues of gender identity. The fight over “curing” homosexuality is the front lines of... Continue Reading
Married to Darwin
For the sake of the children, must we abandon Genesis?
Therefore, we should sing to theistic evolutionists, “Pack up your bags and try not to cry. / The Bible trumps Darwin, there’s three reasons why. / The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost too, / For the sake of the children, we must teach what’s true.” Nashville, a fine 1975 film directed by... Continue Reading
JPMorgan Chase Asks Staff to Identify If They’re LGBT ‘Allies’: Employees
JPMorgan Chase Bank is forcing employees to inform them whether they are “LGBT” or an “ally of the LGBT community”
In response to the fifth option, George’s friend said, “What?! What kind of question was that? An ‘ally’ of that community? What’s the alternative if you don’t select that option? You’re not a ally of the LGBT community?”….“The message to all employees is perfectly clear: You are expected to fall into line with the approved... Continue Reading
Woman Denied Job Because of Pro-Life Views
A Christian legal group is suing a Tampa, Fla., health center on behalf of a woman who was denied a nursing position because of her pro-life associations
Sara Hellwege, is a member of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG). When applying for a job at the Tampa Family Health Centers, she was unapologetic about her involvement in life-affirming organizations. She was also candid about her inability to prescribe hormonal birth control drugs that may cause early abortions. A... Continue Reading
LGBT Equality: Burger King Unveils the Rainbow-Wrapped Whopper
Burger King Worldwide Inc. is serving up a new Whopper to trumpet its support of gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgendered people
Mr. Machado says this week’s activity is part of a long-range campaign around inclusion and self-expression. He said the message is consistent with Burger King’s personnel policy that offers benefits to employees’ same-sex partners and prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation as well as race, religion or other categories. Burger King Worldwide... Continue Reading
Exchanging Sex for Survival
So-called "safe harbor" laws may help, but they overlook the vast number of teen runaways who use their bodies as their only form of currency
“Unlike sex trafficking, survival sex is not a financial transaction. Survival sex is, quite simply, exchanging one’s body for basic subsistence needs, including clothing, food, and shelter. While estimates vary, most figures put the homeless youth population in the U.S. around 1.5 million. These are kids under the age of 18 who were often either... Continue Reading
Supreme Court Awards Wheaton College Temporary Exemption On Obamacare Birth Control
The Supreme Court gave Wheaton College a temporary exemption from birth control coverage required by Obamacare
Under the Affordable Care Act, employers must provide health insurance policies that cover preventive services for women, including contraception and sterilization. The administration had already crafted a compromise for religious-affiliated nonprofits that allows them to “self-certify” to their insurance carriers in a form that they object, on religious grounds, to providing contraception coverage. But various... Continue Reading
North Korea Deserves Unrelenting Attention for Unrelenting Atrocities
The only person born in a North Korean political prison who is known to have escaped, still bears the scars of his experience
Andrew Natsios, co-chair for the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and former vice president of World Vision, thinks it will be a long time before people in North Korea regain their rights. The best thing the world can do, he said, is to publicize the nation’s oppression: “I think we should simply be... Continue Reading
Iraq Militants Announce New Islamic State
An al-Qaida breakaway group that seized large swaths of Iraq in recent weeks declared June 29 the creation of a new religious state in Iraq and Syria
The militant group called the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant announced it will now be known as The Islamic State. The announcement could force other jihadist groups to either join or fight the group, which lays claim to billions of dollars in assets, scores of communities and operations that extend into Turkey and... Continue Reading
Ebooks v Paper
Which do our brains prefer? Research is forcing us to rethink how we respond to the written word
Overall, there doesn’t seem to be any convincing evidence that reading on screen or paper is better per se. “If the cognitive component is strong,” suggests Benedetto, “the cultural one is even stronger.” For Margolin, “the preference for reading on paper or a screen seems to be just that: a preference.” And, increasingly, younger people... Continue Reading
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