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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

A 14 year-old boy was suspended for two days for telling a classmate that he believed homosexuality was wrong.

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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

At a time when Girl Scouts USA is under fire for its association with Planned Parenthood, the New Age, and its choice of controversial role models for girls, the organization appears to be tossing more wood on the flames by choosing to mark its 100th anniversary this year by inviting a prominent lesbian mayor to speak at their annual convention.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Lawmakers are calling for "heads to roll" at the Department of Justice (DOJ) following revelations of extravagant spending on conferences that included $16 muffins, $5 meatballs and $32 a-head snack breaks.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

In a country that values religious freedom as much as the right to vote and bear arms, national outrage is growing over a California couple who was fined by the city of San Juan Capistrano for holding Bible studies and religious gatherings in their home.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Researchers are reporting an increase in child abuse, mostly in infants, during the recession, which raises new concerns about the impact the nation's struggling economy is having on the population.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

In response to bioethicists who are offering thousands of dollars in prize money to anyone who can prove the controversial Gardasil vaccine injures girls, a group of mothers whose daughters were injured by the vaccine are challenging the experts to "put your science where your wallet is."

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A new study has found that despite the big promises of the Internet to allow unfettered free speech for all, Christian groups are among the few that are being censored online.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The ink has barely dried on a new civil unions law in Illinois and a same-sex couple is already suing two bed and breakfast establishments for refusing to rent space for their civil ceremony.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Video games have come a long way from those early days of "Pong" and "Pacman" and while some of today's sophisticated games can be good skill-builders for kids, others are dangerously violent.

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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Public schools in the District of Columbia are about to become the first in the nation to test students on their knowledge of human sexuality, contraception and drug use.

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