Sexual Purity - news
Omnibus bill cuts abstinence spending
WASHINGTON—Federal funding for community-based abstinence education has taken a $14 million cut in the omnibus spending bill currently being debated in the Senate, making it one of the few Health and Human Services programs to receive a cut in funding. more »
By Erin Roach - Mar 6, 2009
Topic: Family, Education, Sexual Purity, Abstinence
Hardy crowd rallies for marriage in Raleigh
State legislators were “fish in a barrel” for several thousand people who braved frigid temperatures March 3 in Raleigh to demand that legislators give them a chance to vote on a marriage amendment. more »
By Norman Jameson - Mar 5, 2009
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
Lawsuit seeks federal recognition of ‘gay marriages’
BOSTON—The federal government would be forced to recognize “gay marriage” and to provide benefits to such same-sex couples if a lawsuit filed March 3 in federal court against the Defense of Marriage Act is successful. more »
By Michael Foust - Mar 3, 2009
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation
MARRIAGE NEWS: N.J. gubernatorial election could decide if ‘gay marriage’ is legalized
TRENTON, N.J.—The future of “gay marriage” in New Jersey may come down to who wins what likely will be a tight gubernatorial race this fall.
Democratic Gov. more »
By Michael Foust - Mar 2, 2009
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation
Senate committee OKs nominee who has porn ties
WASHINGTON—The Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday recommended deputy attorney general nominee David Ogden on a 14-5 vote, sending to the full Senate a nomination that has been criticized by conservatives because of his past representation of pornography clients. more »
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Pornography
Troubled by nominee’s porn ties
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—In the United States, attorneys are free to represent whomever they choose. And while I am grateful that I have never had the need for legal counsel in a criminal or civil matter (except for the closing on a home), I feel confident an attorney would seek zealously to defend my interests, despite his or her personal beliefs about my guilt or innocence. more »
By Dwayne Hastings - Feb 25, 2009 - (1)
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Pornography
Penn expresses Hollywood’s Prop 8 regrets
HONOLULU, Hawaii—On the same day that actor Sean Penn told an Oscar TV audience that supporters of bans on “gay marriage” someday will be ashamed of their position, thousands of pro-family citizens in Hawaii were marching in opposition to a proposed same-sex civil unions bill. more »
By Michael Foust - Feb 24, 2009 - (1)
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation
Groups spotlight DOJ nominee’s porn ties
WASHINGTON—With the Senate in recess until Monday, pro-family groups are ratcheting up their opposition to Department of Justice nominee David Ogden, whose previous legal representation of pornographers and opposition to some child porn laws should make him unfit, they say, for the position. more »
By Michael Foust - Feb 20, 2009
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Pornography
‘Love bears all’
Standing before a room of about 20 pastors and ministry leaders from Tuskegee Lee Baptist Association on Jan. 13, Bob Stith introduced a topic he said most Southern Baptists don’t want to deal with — homosexuality. more »
By Brittany Howerton - Feb 16, 2009 - (1)
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
Justice Pick at Odds with Family Values
Suppose someone who has defended the pornography industry before the courts, provided legal counsel to the leading abortion organization, and advocated for the homosexual lifestyle was nominated to the second highest post in the U.S. more »
By Doug Carlson - Feb 10, 2009 - (9)
Topic: Family, Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Children, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Pornography, Life, Abortion, , Citizenship,