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Shopping for Your Kids, Bioethically Speaking
Questions about the ethics of surrogacy span biology, psychology, class, and the law—and it’s not even clear where the authority to answer these questions might lie.
Read MoreObama Criticizes Black Fatherhood
Senator Obama has contributed to a conception of responsible African American fatherhood as the shocking exception as opposed to the standard norm.
Read MoreIt’s Not Raining Eligible Muslim Men
Given the strictures of Muslim dating, what are all the eligible Muslim women to do in the face of the dearth of eligible Muslim men? Sex? Online dating? Marry outside the faith?
Read MoreThe Real Threat to Marriage? Love!
The Institute on Religion and Democracy tells us that the ideal of romantic love is weakening the bond of marriage. Perhaps they’d like a return to the whole “women as property” thing? Or is it that marriage is solely for procreation?
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Sex Work: In Bed with the Religious Right
Is American sexual culture schizophrenic? Yes, and this has everything to do with the sexual politics of the religious right. Sexual opportunity is everywhere, but sexual rights have, at the same time, been concretely eroded.
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Raising Children the Right Way
James Dobson wants to teach parents how to win the war against their unruly children.
Read More“Marriage Savers” Lobbies for Repeal of No-Fault Divorce
With its new Reform Divorce site, a Men’s Rights Activist group intends to lobby for two new radically conservative divorce provisions.
Read More“Menergy”: Men’s Ministries and the New Masculinity
The Promise Keepers have gone from hugging and shedding tears to doing battle for the Christian Right.
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Planned Parenthood ‘Stung’ By Lila Rose
Lila Rose, a 20-year-old UCLA student, is taking on Planned Parenthood with a phony story, video equipment, and support from a host of Christian Right media outlets and organizations.
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