Parent-child relationship further weakened with court order
By Richard Land
The decision by U.S. District Court Judge Edward Korman of New York to order the FDA to make Plan B, post-intercourse contraceptives available to 17-year-old girls without a prescription from their doctor is one more example of the government believing it has the right to interpose itself between parents and their children. It is shameful that the Obama administration has decided it will not appeal this terrible federal court decision.
Allowing drugs with such powerful physiological and emotional effects to be sold over the counter to adults without a prescription, as has been the case since 2005, has no doubt had significant consequences, none of them good. The decision to allow such drugs to be marketed and sold to underage teenagers without a prescription is absolutely incredible. No good can come out of it.
This decision will certainly lead to increased rates of sexual activity for …
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Lessons from the divorce generation
By By Penna Dexter
May 6, 2008
A recent Newsweek cover story, entitled The Divorce Generation Grows Up, chronicles the history of divorce by spotlighting a middle class suburban community. A generation ago, learning that someone was divorced was still a bit shocking. No longer. Back then, divorcing parents reasoned that a split was better for children than conflict in the home. Today, that’s a tough case to make.
Newsweek’s David Jefferson used a captivating device to write his story. He interviewed several of his classmates at Ulysses S. Grant High School in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley to see how the class of ’82 had been affected by divorce.
The divorce rate in 1982 was more than double that of the 1950s. It had grown in the fertile ground tilled by the feminists’ message that “a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.” Then, in …
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The Bible Speaks on Family
By By staff
Jan 24, 2006
Family life today is under siege. Families are beset by divorce, a crisis in roles, absenteeism of parents, a breakdown of authority, preoccupation with things, inadequate time together, financial pressures, and a host of other problems. The Bible teaches that the institution of family is of divine origin and purpose. The Bible also provides guidelines for good relations within the family. A commitment to the Bible’s teachings and principles provides today’s best hope for the recovery of family life.
I. The Family Is Divine in Origin.
1. God created human beings in His own image.
“Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness’… So God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; He created them male and female” (Genesis 1:26-27).
“Then the …
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