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 Wendy Wright, president of the Concerned Women for America, a group that supports biblical values, questions the legitimacy of a 25-year study concluding that children raised in lesbian households are psychologically well-adjusted, with fewer behavioral problems than their peers. Ms. Wright stated, “It just defies common sense and reality."
The study was funded by gay advocacy groups, but its author, Dr. Nanette Gartrell, a Williams distinguished scholar at the UCLA School of Law, wrote that "funding sources played no role in the design or conduct of the study." Lesbian mothers and their children at 2, 5, 10 and 17 years of age were interviewed. (Those children are now 18 to 23 years old.) The kids were assessed on their psychological adjustment, peer and family relationships and academic progress through the use of the Child Behavior Checklist, a common standard to measure children's behavioral and social problems. This data was compared with data from children of non-lesbian families. Children from lesbian families rated higher in social, academic and total competence. They also showed lower rates in social, rule-breaking, aggressive problem behavior. Question: What factors do you think contributed to the results of this study? |
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 This ad for dating service EstablishedMen.com recently appeared in the Miami Living magazine's Spring/Summer issue, which features Courteney Cox on its cover. It features two lingerie-clad women with a penis-shaped shadow appearing over the chest of one of the women (the circle in the photograph is not part of the original ad).
"Did they not see this, or have magazines become so desperate for ad space that they'll 'overlook' something like this?" media and publishing expert Penny C. Sansevieri asked FoxNews.com. "But I find that every time something like this happens it elevates the exposure, good or bad - and issues will get snapped up very quickly." A rep for the dating site told FoxNews.com that they never expected the ad to be approved. "When we created the ad, we never imagined a magazine like Miami Living would approve it, but judging by the amount of sign-ups we received since the magazine has come out, this 'shadow penis' ad seems to work and might become a staple of our campaign," the rep said. "This ad is definitely a true reflection of what EstablishedMen.com is all about - connecting professional men with beautiful women for mutually beneficial relationships." Question: What do you think about the ad - should it just be viewed as an ad or is it too racy for mainstream media? |
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 In the six weeks since BP's giant's offshore rig exploded near the Louisiana coast, igniting what has become the worst oil spill in US history, the oil company has been accused of “iron fist” censorship of information concerning the spill. Workers who are cleaning beach areas 24/7 are forbidden to take photographs of any dead, oil-covered marine life they find. BP has quartered off the coast like its guarding a war zone and actually chased a CBS news crew from a beach in South Pass, Louisiana when they tried to film a thick coat of oil.
Question: Do you think BP should be allowed to suppress this information, and does this media blackout benefit anyone other than BP? |
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 Al and Tipper Gore shocked the nation this week when they announced that they are separating after 40 years of marriage. Break-ups among long-term married couples -- who have invested 30, 40 or more years into a relationship -- is an uncommon phenomenon compared to the skyrocketing divorce rates among naive newlyweds or parents overwhelmed with children, marriage experts say. But the number of long-term relationships headed toward separation -- like the Gores -- is becoming more frequent with longer life spans and a growing acceptability of divorce, they say.
Question: After the Gore's, which political couple would you be most surprised to see break-up: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Todd and Sarah Palin or Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni? |
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 When a 27-year-old pregnant patient of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix developed life threatening pulmonary hypertension, she was counseled to make the heart-breaking decision of aborting her 11-week fetus to ensure her own survival. However, St. Joseph’s is a Catholic hospital and abortions are are prohibited. The hospital’s ethics panel, made up of several doctors and hospital administrator Mercy Sister Margaret McBride, consulted with the young woman. The 27-year old had the procedure and survived, but Sister McBride was rebuked and barred from participating in the Catholic Church by Bishop Thomas Olmsted, leader of the Phoenix Catholic Diocese, for approving the live-saving procedure.
Question: Is it fair that the Catholic Church swiftly excommunicates a nun for making this decision (which saved the young woman's life) while it takes years to excommunicate pedophile priests across the globe? |
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