A leading British headmistress is worried that it is not just today’s schoolchildren who lack values and good standards of behaviour but also their parents. Dr Helen Wright, president of the Girls’ Schools Association (GSA), does not blame the parents because she believes they themselves were failed by the education system at a young age. In a speech Dr Wright said: Read more…
Dr J’s interview on Issues, Etc. this week deals with Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey. According to their findings, Americans are most likely to disagree over four issues: physician-assisted suicide, gay/lesbian relations, abortion, and out-of-wedlock childbearing. (The others on the list we’re more and more likely to agree on, culminating in condemnation of adultery.)
All of the findings are interesting, and some are surprising. For example–many of us apparently think physician-assisted suicide is okay but suicide (without a physician) isn’t. If I’m interpreting this correctly, that means that there’s a section of the populace who wouldn’t condone self-suicide but would be fine with a physician ending lives. Did they assume the question included them, or were they applying it only to others? Is this some sort of attempt at checks and balances? It comes across as muddled thinking.
Also, when the respondents were grouped by gender, men tended to be more accepting [of these hot-button issues] than women. However, there was one category where men were less accepting than women: out-of-wedlock childbearing. More women viewed this as “morally acceptable” (55%) than did men (52%).
The interview is now up on our podcast page (and iTunes) for your listening pleasure.
Way to go Lithuania! Stick it to The Man. Stand up for what’s right when so few others are.
Bryan P. Bradley, Mercatornet.com
Sidestepping critics, Baltic nation strengthens family-friendly law on public information.
Lithuania lawmakers ended their year by amending a law on the protection of minors that had been condemned as “homophobic” by the European Parliament and other international bodies. But they did so in a way that strengthens and clarifies legal restrictions on public information which is out of synch with human dignity and family values. The small Baltic nation thus once again stands out for boldness among European states, such as Ireland and Italy, which are resisting the imposition of secularist policies by European Union bodies.
“Lithuania is a European state that holds to traditional ethical values which it has no intention of abandoning.” ~ Irena Degutiene, chair of Lithuanian parliament
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