By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
After several days of harsh criticism about a comment he made during his China visit about not "second-guessing" that country's brutal one-child policy, the office of Vice President Joe Biden has issued a "clarification" with the hopes of stemming the mounting backlash.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The website of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is now offering sex education advice to the public, such as telling teens it's okay to experiment with homosexuality and assuring parents that even infants are "sexual beings" and therefore curious about their bodies.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Even though the state of Florida's constitution outlaws same-sex marriage, school officials at Mount Dora High School stripped a former "Teacher of the Year" recipient for defending traditional marriage on his personal Facebook page.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Disrespect for human life has reached a new low in China where pharmaceutical companies are allegedly grinding up the bodies of dead babies and using the remains to create "stamina-enhancing" pills.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
According to a new survey, parents are finally waking up to all the mischief their children can become involved in via their cell phones with half of them saying "sexting" is their biggest worry as the new school year approaches.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The recent death threat left on a jihadist website against TV funny man David Letterman is raising the question of whether or not all religions should be off limits to comics, many of whom are well-known for their regular Church bashing.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Not even a month has passed since the furor over the indecent display of a 10 year-old in Vogue Paris and the fashion industry in France is under fire again - this time for a lingerie designer whose website is full of pictures of scantily clad girls as young as four sporting makeup, beehive hairdos and a new line of age-inappropriate underwear.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An analysis of over 250 peer-reviewed journal articles on marriage and family has found that the divorce rate is down but cohabitation rates continue to rise, putting more children at risk than ever before.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Parents Television Council® (PTC) has released the results of its latest study, “Cartoons Are No Laughing Matter,” which documents shocking levels of adult content on networks with the highest-rated primetime animated cable shows among children ages 12-17 such as the
Cartoon Network,
Disney Channel, Adult Swim and
Nick at Nite.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The country's teetering economy points to the need for reform on many levels, including the breakdown of the family, experts say, which can cost taxpayers up to $112 billion a year.
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