U.S. Soldiers Told American Family Association a “Domestic Hate Group”

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According to Fox News’ Todd Starnes, members of the U.S. military were told last week that the American Family Association is a “domestic hate group” because the group advocates traditional values and speaks out against homosexuality.

Starnes writes AFA was listed as a domestic hate group alongside the KKK, the Black Panthers, the Nation of Islam, and Neo-Nazis. Moreover, a photograph taken by a soldier with a camera phone shows the information slide on American Family Association contained a picture of Fred Phelps of Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas, despite the fact Phelps has no known ties to AFA.

American Family Association has issued a response, saying,

“Let me be very clear. Your AFA does not condone the actions of Phelps and his followers, nor have we ever advocated hatred towards anyone, even those we don’t agree with.”

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Obama Admin. Quits Fight Over Emergency Contraception

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The Department of Justice has given up on its appeal to keep emergency contraception out of the hands of children.

A federal judge out of New York previously ruled emergency contraception should be made available to girls of all ages (including children) without parental consent or notification. The DOJ challenged the ruling, appealing it, but decided yesterday to drop that appeal. That means the current ruling stands.

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Love, Marriage, and the Baby Carriage

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The following blog post is by Family Council staff member Christa Adams.

By the time I was in second grade, my friend Amy and I had our lives figured out. I was going to marry Clayton. She was going to marry Kyle. Sitting on top of the monkey bars Amy would say, “Christa and Clayton sittin’ in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Christa pushing a baby carriage!” Then I’d say it back to her, and we’d laugh until the boys playing basketball nearby would ask what was so funny. We’d just snicker and say, “Nothing!”

The article “Two Classes, Divided by ‘I Do’” by Jason DeParle points out that our society over the past 30 years has, in actions, drastically changed that age-old mantra. As of 2009, 41% of carriages came to women before marriages, meaning that nearly half of the children born were to unwed mothers. This is up 24% from three decades ago. DeParle compares two families, showing that the family that waited to have children until after getting married had significant economic advantages over the family with a single mother just trying to survive.

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