In response to the fifth option, George’s friend said, “What?! What kind of question was that? An ‘ally’ of that community? What’s the alternative if you don’t select that option? You’re not a ally of the LGBT community?”….“The message to all employees is perfectly clear: You are expected to fall into line with the approved... Continue Reading

Sara Hellwege, is a member of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG). When applying for a job at the Tampa Family Health Centers, she was unapologetic about her involvement in life-affirming organizations. She was also candid about her inability to prescribe hormonal birth control drugs that may cause early abortions.   A... Continue Reading

Mr. Machado says this week’s activity is part of a long-range campaign around inclusion and self-expression. He said the message is consistent with Burger King’s personnel policy that offers benefits to employees’ same-sex partners and prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation as well as race, religion or other categories.   Burger King Worldwide... Continue Reading

“Unlike sex trafficking, survival sex is not a financial transaction. Survival sex is, quite simply, exchanging one’s body for basic subsistence needs, including clothing, food, and shelter. While estimates vary, most figures put the homeless youth population in the U.S. around 1.5 million. These are kids under the age of 18 who were often either... Continue Reading

Under the Affordable Care Act, employers must provide health insurance policies that cover preventive services for women, including contraception and sterilization. The administration had already crafted a compromise for religious-affiliated nonprofits that allows them to “self-certify” to their insurance carriers in a form that they object, on religious grounds, to providing contraception coverage. But various... Continue Reading

Andrew Natsios, co-chair for the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and former vice president of World Vision, thinks it will be a long time before people in North Korea regain their rights. The best thing the world can do, he said, is to publicize the nation’s oppression: “I think we should simply be... Continue Reading

The militant group called the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant announced it will now be known as The Islamic State. The announcement could force other jihadist groups to either join or fight the group, which lays claim to billions of dollars in assets, scores of communities and operations that extend into Turkey and... Continue Reading

Overall, there doesn’t seem to be any convincing evidence that reading on screen or paper is better per se. “If the cognitive component is strong,” suggests Benedetto, “the cultural one is even stronger.” For Margolin, “the preference for reading on paper or a screen seems to be just that: a preference.” And, increasingly, younger people... Continue Reading

“Here’s what the modern world should know about World War I: This wretched war, whose reasons still baffle, enabled Hitler in Germany and the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. It helped lead to World War II and the Cold War. The famous British historian A.J.P. Taylor put it plainly, “The first war explains the second and,... Continue Reading

“In fact, Bowdoin was using this policy to wrestle the BCF into place, to force it to deny its commitments to orthodox Christianity’s teachings on conjugal sexuality.” That seems obvious. So, what should the students do? Recall that Jesus told his followers to “render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the... Continue Reading