Young Adult Literature “Disproportionately Gay”

Homosexuality

daily_commentary_10_02_15Eric Metaxas has written a commentary at BreakPoint.org discussing a growing trend in literature geared toward children and young adults.

Metaxas writes that the literature is disproportionately portraying homosexual relationships, saying,

“If you know the statistics on rates of homosexuality in the real world, you know that it’s somewhere around 3 percent, maybe less. Not so in the world of Young Adult fiction; there, it’s far more pervasive.

“Book reviewers on the Youth Reads page at our website BreakPoint.org, are noticing that the subject is coming up in more and more contemporary teen novels. It doesn’t matter if they’re romances or fantasy novels or any other genre—the theme runs through all kinds of books for this age group. Acclaimed author Rainbow Rowell is just one prominent recent example. She wrote a bestselling young adult book about a college girl who writes stories about a gay couple—and then Rowell wrote her own young adult book about the gay couple in her character’s stories!

“Given the state of the culture, all this isn’t surprising, but it’s worth a closer look. There are two main factors at work here. Authors who work to normalize homosexuality are trying to promote what they see as compassion, understanding, and acceptance. I believe they’re also trying to break down sexual boundaries of all kinds, to push what they see as ‘freedom’ as far as they possibly can.

“The result is far from healthy or edifying for young readers.”

You can listen to Metaxas’ full commentary below or click here to read it.

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Planned Parenthood Contradicts Itself (Again)

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This week Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards testified before members of Congress about her organization’s practices. Her testimony comes in the wake of a series of undercover videos allegedly exposing Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of organs harvested from aborted babies.

Live Action has pointed out that some of Richards’ testimony appears to contradict public statements she and others have made in the past regarding Planned Parenthood. You can watch video footage of the statements below or click here to see it on Facebook.

Mammosham: Planned Parenthood fact-checks Planned Parenthood.Before Congress, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards admitted that the abortion business has never provided mammograms, despite popular opinion and previous claims by Planned Parenthood.

Posted by Live Action on Thursday, October 1, 2015

 

You may recall a couple of years ago when Planned Parenthood officials contradicted their own scientists regarding the morning-after pill; Planned Parenthood has stated over and over again that emergency contraception cannot function as an abortifacient while their top scientist on the subject pointed out that in certain circumstances it actually can.

Click here to see Live Action’s video on Facebook

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Study Finds Marijuana “Dosing” Unpredictable

Marijuana

320px-Cannabis_PlantWe have written repeatedly how “medical” marijuana is difficult to dose accurately. Because marijuana’s potency varies from plant to plant–depending on a host of factors, including growing conditions–there is no guarantee two samples of marijuana will contain identical levels of active ingredients.

This is simply one reason we feel “medical” marijuana is really a misnomer.

Earlier this year the Journal of the American Medical Association published a study analyzing “dose accuracy of labels from edible medical cannabis products dispensed in 3 U.S. cities.”

Researchers analyzed 75 food products infused with marijuana, checking the levels of THC and cannabidiol in each item.

Of the marijuana edibles they tested, only 17% were accurately labeled. 23% were under-labeled, meaning there was more drug content in the edible than indicated on the label; 60% were over-labeled, meaning there was less marijuana in the product than indicated on the label.

The fact that edible marijuana often is not properly labeled is significant. Many cases of marijuana poisoning and marijuana overdose cited in the news have been the result of people eating marijuana-infused food without realizing just how much marijuana the food contained. If marijuana products are not properly labeled, how can people possibly know how much of the drug they are ingesting?

Of course, inaccurate labeling would not be a problem if marijuana were as harmless as many of its supporters claim, but it isn’t. Researchers increasingly link marijuana use to a variety of negative side-effects ranging from paranoia and reduction in IQ to even stroke, heart attack, and latent schizophrenia.

Uniformity in dosing is a hallmark of modern medicine. Imagine opening a bottle of Tylenol only to find some tablets contained more acetaminophen than others. It would be unthinkable, and yet that’s what we seem to find with “medical” marijuana.

As we keep saying, inconsistency in dosing is just one more reason “medical” marijuana is a misnomer.

You can read the JAMA article here.

Photo Credit: “Cannabis Plant” by Cannabis Training University – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

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