Prepared by: Stop Abusive and Violent Environments www.saveservices.org
Everybody has heard about domestic violence. But do you know how common it is? Who is most affected? And whether we are making progress in the national effort to curb partner abuse? Read more…
Oh, I couldn’t have predicted this with a crystal ball.
No, sirree, Bob. This one was almost impossible to foresee. I mean, really. Who would have even thought that this could possibly be on the horizon.
Nobody. That’s how hard this one was to see coming.
Our wise and sagacious elite have done a lot of monkeying around with the institution of the family. This has left the ordinary citizen with no idea what acts will require him to pay child support (and which acts will sever his parental rights).
I had previously announced a conference on marriage and Catholic Healthcare, that was to be held in Atchison, Kansas. While the conference site is high and dry, the Missouri River flooding has closed some of the access roads into town. I received the following bulletin: Read more…
Regardless of what you think of it, it’s awfully clever. You’ve gotta admit that much.
http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/stethoscope.html
So what do you make of the fact that The Life Style Left avoids debate? I think they want compliance, not discussion. From a defense of Paul Clement’s decision to stay on the as DOMA”s defender:
The truth is never afraid of a good debate. At the core of the First Amendment is the idea that people must be free to speak, because the best ideas should win in the end. The Federalist Society was founded upon that premise in hosting debates at law schools, reasoning that on a level playing field, the best ideas should prevail.
Those who oppose debate do so because they fear that they cannot overcome opposition. Those who try to prevent an opponent from having a good lawyer in court fear that the law may not be on their side.
Dr Miriam Grossman was a speaker at our
“It Takes A Family Conference, 2010″
by Lea Singh
Recently, a possibly tragic event took place: a highly educated young woman I know got married. Radiant in her delicate lace dress, full of joy and optimism about the future, this blushing bride was not yet aware of the reality of her situation: that she has been groomed through her many years of education to be, well, the groom – and this fact is very likely to cause friction for her and her family as she tries to achieve the deepest hopes and dreams of her heart. Read more…
by David French
The numbers don’t lie. American Christians pour their resources into helping “the least of these.”
…I chuckle when I hear the common critique of the religious and secular left: “Evangelicals are obsessed with gays and abortion.” The criticism is so common that it’s often internalized and adopted by the church itself. Similar to our reaction to another leftist refrain (“Christians care about children until they’re born”), we act as if the critique is legitimate—as if it’s the result of some kind of empirical, good-faith analysis of Christian action in America. But it’s not. It is, pure and simple, a talking point.
And it’s false. Demonstrably false. Read more…
Oftentimes I read someone’s comment and wonder if I really ought to let it pass or trash it. Usually I go ahead and approve it because of our very open policy on this blog. However, things have gotten to the point where this blog is not necessarily a fun or safe place to be. We recently had to suppress someone for threats of violence toward me and another commenter. This is clearly not okay. And another commenter has written to say that this blog is becoming too volatile and asked if we could do something to tone it down. To that end, Dr. Morse has come up with what she calls The FTBA Rule:
At our house, we developed the Fun To Be Around Rule. We have a birth child, and adopted child, and had 8 foster kids over a period of 3 years. All good kids for the most part, but…
Some kids are very good at going right up to the line of permissible behavior, and in effect, taunting you, the parent. “I didn’t break the rules. You can’t do anything to me,” like a family is a law court.
My husband and I came up with the Fun To Be Around Rule. When a kid was being obnoxious, without being in explicit violation of any rule, we would say, “Kid, you just flunked Fun To Be Around. Sit.” (Strong sitting is one of our favorite behavior management techniques. But I digress.) Dad and Mom are the sole arbiters of the Fun To Be Around Rule. No muss. No fuss. No woe is us.
To all our resident Trolls here at the Ruth Blog: your comments must pass the FTBA Test. Betsy and I are the sole arbiters of the FTBA Rule. We won’t make you strong sit somewhere in cyberspace. But we do have a very effective “delete” button for your offending comments.
Got it? Good. Go play.
Dr. J
Undoubtedly some of you are reading this and already complaining in your minds about unfairness or hypocrisy or cowardice or some other such whining. Too bad. Our house, our rules. If you don’t like, go somewhere else.
Thanks,
Betsy
Remember when I wrote back in December that some gay activists were upset that Dr. Jenny Morse of the Ruth Institute decided to wear a rainbow scarf? I suggested that we should take back the rainbow (“TBTR”), and made the point that to many the rainbow symbolizes peace. I also suggested that the disagreements between gay activists and Christians could be more peaceful in 2011.
AmP reader Carolyn decided to take this to heart when choosing what cake she wanted to bake for her birthday this year:
About 25 of the sex shops have sued and are hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will come to their rescue.
Otherwise, “They’re going to run all of these businesses out of town,” one strip-club owner told The (Louisville) Courier-Journal.
It’s been a long, hard battle, but Louisville, Kentucky may have figured out how to legally rid their town of the blight of all-nude bars:
Louisville Sends Sexually Oriented Businesses Packing
Hip-hip-hooray!…Hip-hip-hooray!…Hip-hip-hooray!…
So, the bottom line of that story on women’s mental health is this: we are really really depressed. All of us.
Depression is expected to become the world’s second biggest health problem after heart disease by 2020, according to the World Health Organisation.
This is not an easy society in which to live, for anyone.
by Amelia Hill
According to survey of 2,000 girls and women, around two-thirds have had mild to moderate mental health problems.
Almost a third of women aged over 18 have taken antidepressants, according to research published today which its authors claim reveals “generations of women in crisis” with mental health problems. Read more…
The Ruth Institute Launches Contest to Promote
Positive Views of Lifelong Marriage
SAN MARCOS, CA – The Ruth Institute, a project of the National Organization for Marriage Education Fund, announces its first annual Reel Love Challenge, a video contest for young adults, aged 18-30. The contest is open to all young adults, married or single, male or female, in college, out of college, or never been anywhere near a college. This contest is for everyone in the next generation to give their ideas about what sustains love over the course of a lifetime.
Young adults should submit 30 second to 3 minute videos on the Reel Love Challenge website answering either or both of these questions: What makes lifelong love possible? Why is it worth the effort? Contestants should enter soon and take advantage of the Early Bird Contest: $100 to the first 7 videos submitted before January 6, 2011. Read more…
I love this article, “Why this orthodox Jew loves Christmas music.” by fellow San Diegan, Michael Rosen.
Let me be clear: I am deeply proud of my faith, which I practice rigorously. While I genuinely respect the tenets of other creeds, I abhor religious syncretism of all sorts, and I have no desire to observe Christian holidays; …Yet Christmas music exerts a strong emotional and intellectual influence over me every December, for three distinct reasons, in increasing order of importance: its musical beauty; its deep-seated American-ness; and, most importantly, its powerful message of religious tolerance…. Read more…
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