Posts from January 2012

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California Girl Scout calls for cookie boycott over gay agenda

by mafamily

According to the Los Angeles CBS affiliate, a Ventura County (California) Girl Scout is stirring controversy after releasing a video calling for a boycott of the group’s popular cookies for their support of the “radical homosexual agenda.” The girl, who has only been identified as 14-year-old “Taylor,” cited the recent decision by Girl Scout officials […]

Preserving life, from conception to natural death

by mafamily

Friends of the Family, This month, the ongoing work by pro-lifers around the nation gets special attention as the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. takes place. At the same time, the topic of abortion and Roe v. Wade has been a debate subject between the candidates vying for the opportunity to challenge President […]

Woman says her fake male parts got her fired

by mafamily

According to the Philadelphia Daily News, a northeastern Pennsylvania woman is suing a South Jersey-based maker of frozen treats and other snack foods, claiming that she was wrongfully fired because she wore a prosthetic male organ to work. Pauline David, 45, wore the device to the J&J Snack Foods plant in Moosic while she contemplated […]

Judge tells RI school to take down prayer banner

by mafamily

According to U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Lagueux, a prayer banner hanging at Cranston West High School had to be removed immediately. According to the Justice’s decision, “The purpose of the prayer banner was clearly religious in nature,” and that “no amount of debate can make the school prayer anything other than a prayer, and […]

Maine same-sex marriage activists seek voter support

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Supporters of same-sex “marriage”, led by the group Equality Maine in Portland, plan to announce next week whether they will submit signatures needed to place a question on the Pine Tree State ballot this November. Betsy Smith, executive director of the group, said that they had collected nearly twice as many as needed to qualify. […]

Boys raised by mom and dad earn higher marks

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In a major study, researchers have found that family structures have a much more significant effect on boys’ early education than school type or even the gender of their teachers. The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, showed that indiscipline reduced among boys brought up by two parents […]

Record number of babies saved from abortion in Boston

by mafamily

According to the pro-life organization Operation Rescue Boston, a new record was set in 2011 for the number of babies spared from death at area abortion clinics. The total number of babies saved from abortion was 116 after Boston sidewalk councilors confirmed on that day that a young woman chose life to her baby, according […]

Romney wins NH Republican Primary

by mafamily

On the heels of an eight-vote victory in the Iowa caucuses, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the nation’s first presidential primary contest in New Hampshire last night by a comfortable margin. Romney collected nearly 40% of the vote, with Texas Rep. Ron Paul earning about 23% of the vote. Rounding out the top 3 […]

The importance of marriage

by mafamily

Friends of the Family, Marriage between one man and one woman is the foundation for the healthy family. This has been proven time and time again by thousands of social science studies and by history itself. The married mother and father remain the ideal for the raising of children. To encourage the strengthening of individual […]

New sex education standards encouraged by national coalition

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According to sex education guidelines released by a coalition of liberal health and education groups this week, young elementary school students should use the proper names for body parts and, by the end of fifth grade, know that sexual orientation is “the romantic attraction of an individual to someone of the same gender or a […]