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Pastor Voddie Baucham: Gay Is Not the New Black

Jul 20, 2012JerryCultureCivil Rights, File Cabinet, Homosexuality, Marriage

“… while it’s difficult to watch a coordinated, well-funded, well-connected propaganda strategy undermine thousands of years of human history, it’s especially disconcerting to witness the use of the civil rights struggle as the vehicle for the strategy,” writes Pastor Voddie Baucham. He goes on to say that some “would have us believe that the homosexual struggle for a redefinition of marriage puts them in the same category as my ancestors. However, they would rather you didn’t take a closer look, lest you see how flimsy the comparison turns out to be.” Click here to read Pastor Baucham’s entire column.

More Than Dinner and a Movie

Jul 16, 2012JerryCultureCultural Commentaries, Culture, Dating

The following post is the continuation of a weekly blog series called “Cultural Commentaries” by Family Council Communications Director Josh Mesker.

The pervading cultural attitude on dating appears to be that it is an end unto itself. Our culture says that dating casually is the way to have fun—merely something you do—until you’re ready to get serious about being in a relationship. I’d like to discuss this popular message and propose that dating isn’t just another activity. It should be treated as a means to an end, not simply as dinner and a movie.

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50 Shades of Grey and Magic Mike: Disturbing Cultural Markers

Jul 10, 2012Jerry1 CommentCultureCultural Commentaries, Culture, Pornography

The following post is the beginning of a weekly blog series called “Cultural Commentaries” by Family Council Communications Director Josh Mesker.

Pornography has been problematic for modern society ever since Playboy magazine began mainstreaming it for men in 1953. Since then, pornography use and addiction has skyrocketed—especially since the advent of the internet, which has made it much easier to access explicit content discretely. It’s no secret that men are the heaviest users at an alarming rate of 72%, but if the novel 50 Shades of Grey and the movie Magic Mike are any indication, women are now a market to be mined.

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