LGBTTQQFAGPBDSM? Housing for 15 Alternative Sexualities Is OK, but Men-Only Fraternities Are Not, Wesleyan University Says
Campus housing specifically for 15 alternative sexualities, including sadomasochists, is acceptable, but fraternities that just allow men are not, at Wesleyan University
“The move to make fraternities accept women was in response to concerns about campus rape. A group of faculty and students argued last Spring that frat parties encourage sexual assault by men against women. The solution was to place more women in fraternities.” Campus housing specifically for 15 alternative sexualities, including sadomasochists, is acceptable,... Continue Reading
Indiana Considers Drop Boxes for Abandoned Babies
Indiana could become the first state to legalize infant drop boxes, a controversial method for parents to safely and anonymously surrender a baby they might otherwise abandon.
Safe-haven laws require a face-to-face interaction at drop-off. Indiana’s new law would eliminate that requirement and allow a mother in crisis to place a child in a secure, 2-foot-long “newborn safety incubator” that is heated and equipped with a motion sensor. She could leave without ever interacting with a person. (WNS)–Indiana could become the... Continue Reading
Supreme Court Says Obama Admin Can’t Make Notre Dame Obey Pro-Abortion HHS Mandate
The Supreme Court ordered a lower court to reconsider its ruling that denied a Catholic university the freedom to follow its faith.
“This is a major blow to the federal government’s contraception mandate. For the past year, the Notre Dame decision has been the centerpiece of the government’s effort to force religious ministries to violate their beliefs or pay fines to the IRS.” said Mark Rienzi, Senior Counsel of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which filed... Continue Reading
Oxford University Warns Authors Not To Write About Bacon, Pork To Avoid Offending Muslims and Jews
The largest university press in the world has warned its authors not to mention pigs or pork in their books to avoid offending Muslims and Jews.
Oxford University Press (OUP) defended the move by saying it needs to make its books available to the “widest possible audience.” “Many of the educational materials we publish in the U.K. are sold in more than 150 countries, and as such they need to consider a range of cultural differences and sensitivities,” a spokesman told... Continue Reading
Anti-Semitism A Big Problem At Us Colleges, Report Says
A comprehensive survey of anti-Semitism at American colleges recently released shows that significant hostility is directed at Jews on U.S. campuses
Kosmin and Keysar’s survey follows the 2013 Pew Research Center’s “Portrait of Jewish Americans,” which found that 22 percent of young Jews reported being called an offensive name in the previous year because they are Jewish, a far higher percentage than older Jews. It also comes 10 years after the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights declared that... Continue Reading
Arkansas Bans Webcam Abortions
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed a bill Wednesday banning remotely administered abortions, a preemptive strike designed to protect women’s safety.
The now-banned procedure, known as telemedicine or webcam abortions, allows an abortionist in one location to administer abortion-inducing drugs by remotely unlocking a drawer in the pregnant woman’s location. But the distance between the abortionist and woman places the woman at risk should complications occur, said bill sponsor state Sen. Missy Irvin. (WNS)–Arkansas Gov.... Continue Reading
3 Reasons A Post-Racial America Is A Myth
Are we really living in a post-racial America?
“I know, pointing out issues in our justice systems sounds like a broken record. But tell that to the countless number of men and women who are broken by their records; men and women who are further dehumanized when we take away their right to vote, receive government assistance, and secure gainful employment.” I... Continue Reading
A Perfect Storm Is Heading Toward Higher Education
With too-high tuition and unhappy parents, college administrators better get ready for some changes.
So what should colleges do? First, they need to recognize the inevitability of change. Change is coming, and those schools that embrace it are far more likely to survive. Second, they should start listening to the constituency that is paying the bills. Providing real job skills and job placement assistance—along with a solid education—should take... Continue Reading
Calling in the Big Guns to Fire at the San Francisco Archdiocese
The first casualty of this PR war is the truth; Singer says that his mission is to “push the facts as our clients see them.”
As expected, the first casualty of this war is the truth. Singer has said that himself, suggesting that his mission is to “push the facts as our clients see them.” Noting that Singer “has a complex relationship with the truth,” reporter Joe Eskenazi wrote in the Weekly that “the truth, after all, isn’t exactly Singer’s... Continue Reading
Euthanasia Comes to Canada
Are we next?
This month, the Canadian Supreme Court trampled democratic deliberation by unanimously conjuring a constitutional right to “termination of life” for anyone who has an “irremediable medical condition” and wants to die. Note the scope of the judicial fiat is not limited to the terminally ill: The ruling grants competent adults a right to die if... Continue Reading
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