By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Rebecca Kimbel, who escaped from imposed polygamy at the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) says the so-called "reality" show known as
Sister Wives is not reality at all but an attempt to deceive the public into accepting polygamist cults.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A case involving the constitutionality of polygamous relationships is set to begin in British Columbia (BC) on Monday and could result in Canada becoming the first country in the developed world to lift the prohibition on multiple-partner marriages.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The latest movie in the Harry Potter series opened this weekend and sparked a new rash of warnings about how Potter and other occult fiction films and books encourage children to dabble in the occult.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
While investigating a foul smell emanating from a Buddhist temple in Bangkok last week, Thai police discovered more than 2,000 human fetuses in the complex's morgue which are believed to have come from abortion clinics.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study conducted by the Pew Research Center has found that attitudes toward marriage are changing in America, but two-thirds of Americans remain optimistic about its future.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Officials at Georgetown University have told students that they are willing to consider "gender-blind housing" on campus that would "not take into account gender when assigning housing to students."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
For those consumers who wish to make a statement with their Christmas purchases this year, the American Family Association (AFA) has just released the 2010 "Naughty or Nice" list of stores that are either promoting or censoring Christmas.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Concerned citizens need to be aware that a Senate subcommittee is planning to hold a hearing today on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), a treaty that promotes abortion, disparages Mother's Day, and would put all aspects of life under the scrutiny of "gender experts."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The newly elected vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) says that if the courts strike down Proposition 8, a voter-approved constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage in California, the cultural impact on marriage will be "akin to Roe v. Wade."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A group of seven homosexual teachers at the Concord-Carlisle High School in Massachusetts led an afternoon assembly last month in which they described how they "came out" as homosexuals and how their lives improved as a result.
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