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Public Opinion on Same-Sex Marriage

Jan 11, 2012JerryCurrent EventsFile Cabinet, Homosexuality

The Witherspoon Institute published an interesting article on its Public Discourse website assessing where Americans stand on the issue of same-sex marriage.

The article found that Millennials (ages 18 – 29) are roughly twice as likely to support same-sex marriage as senior citizens (ages 65 and older). However, if the Millennial attends a Bible-believing, evangelical church, their likelihood of supporting same-sex marriage drops to a level almost equal to senior citizens.

The article also had some interesting findings on whether or not opposing same-sex marriage can be equated with being “anti-gay.”

Read the article here.

From FRC: On TV, Profanity Grows by Bleeps and Bounds

Jan 11, 2012JerryCurrent EventsCurrent Events, File Cabinet

The Supreme Court is weighing arguments in a case that could decide the FCC’s ability to regulate profanity and obscenity on TV.

Network television stations are pushing to have FCC censorship regulations stricken by the courts. If that happens, network TV could turn into “a 24-hour uncensored free-for-all.”

Read the article here.

Lottery Study a Reminder of Lottery’s Poor Performance

Jan 10, 2012JerryArkansas LotteryArkansas Lottery

Arkansas News ran a story today about legislators considering possible changes to the lottery scholarships.

Information in the article served as a reminder of the Arkansas Lottery’s gross shortcomings in the scholarship-department.

The article noted that

59% of the freshmen who received a lottery scholarship in 2009 did not retain it for their sophomore year.
Non-traditional students, arguably the students most likely to retain their scholarships and benefit the State of Arkansas with their degrees, are currently limited in the number of scholarship dollars available to them.
Legislators have already been forced to reduce scholarship awards once in the past two years.

You can read the whole article here.