World Family Policy Center Newsletter
* News
relative to protecting the family worldwide *
Volume 4 Issue 9 - March 14, 2005
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Quote of the Day: “Children
of parents who nurture loving, patient, sensitive, understanding and playful
relationships tend to be better at regulating their emotions and finding
peaceful resolutions to problems.”
— Craig
H. Hart, Ph.D., World Family Policy
Forum, 2003
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Today’s Contents:
A. Featured Articles:
1. Desperate to Be Housewives: Young Women Yearn for
1950s Role as Stay-at-home Mums
2.http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/feb/05021807.html:
Bill to Allow Religious Texts Passes
3. Bill Would Ban Abortions of 'Gay Unborn
Children'
Related Article: Petition: No 'gay pride'
in holy city
Christian group, rabbis demand mayor
cancel global homosexual event
4. Schools follow the market, pitch all-day
kindergarten
5. Congressional DVD Family Filter Bill Moves
6. To Protect America's sovereignty: U.S. Takes Back
Authority Over Death Sentences for Aliens
7. Dutch Doctors Say They Killed 20 Newborns via
Euthanasia, Want Debate
B. Coming Events
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FEATURED ARTICLES
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1.
Desperate to Be Housewives: Young Women Yearn for
1950s Role as Stay-at-home Mums
By Maxine Frith
10 March 2005
They are the generation of women who grew up expecting
to have it all. No longer forced to choose between children and a career, they
were set to embrace superwomanhood by doing both - while holding down a perfect
relationship and keeping a spotless home in their spare time.
But modern woman has taken a reality check. The
average 29-year-old now hankers for a return to the lifestyle of a 1950s
housewife. The daughters of the "Cosmo" generation of feminists want
nothing more than a happy marriage and domestic bliss in the countryside,
according to a survey.
Research into the attitudes of 1,500 women with an
average age of 29 found that 61 per cent believe "domestic goddess"
role models who juggle top jobs with motherhood and jet-set social lives are
"unhelpful" and "irritating". More than two-thirds agree
that the man should be the main provider in a family, while 70 per cent do not
want to work as hard as their mother's generation. On average, the women
questioned want to "settle down" with their partner by 30 and have
their first child a year later.
To read entire article:
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=618472
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2.http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/feb/05021807.html: Bill to Allow Religious Texts Passes
Mississippi House OKs Ten Commandments, other phrases
in public
March 9, 2005
WorldNetDaily.com
The Mississippi House of Representatives passed a bill
yesterday that allows for the posting of religious texts in public, including
the Ten Commandments, the national motto "In God We Trust" and
pronouncements from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount known as "The
Beatitudes."
In 2001, Mississippi passed the first state law in the
U.S. that requires its public schools post the motto "In God We
Trust."
The action by the House comes just days after the
Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases regarding the public display of
the Ten Commandments.
To read entire article:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43214
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3.
Bill Would Ban Abortions of 'Gay Unborn Children'
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.co
March 08, 2005
(CNSNews.com) - The Pro-life Alliance of Gays and
Lesbians (PLAGAL) is applauding a Maine lawmaker for introducing a bill that
would prohibit the abortion of unborn homosexual babies.
"We recognize that at this time the gay gene has
not been isolated, but with all the advances of genetics, we believe that it
may just be a matter of time" before a test for the predisposition of
homosexuality will be developed, said Jackie Malone, executive vice president
of PLAGAL, in a press release.
PLAGAL hailed Maine State Rep. Brian Duprey, a
Republican, for his solid support of pro-life legislation and said it is glad
he will continue his fight for the unborn, even in the case of sexual
orientation.
"PLAGAL would like to point out that "gay
rights" has nothing to do with so-called "abortion rights," the
group said in a press release. "Gay, straight, male, female, or physically
challenged -- all are human beings that deserve every chance for life."
Abortion is a way to get rid of real human beings who
are threatening or undesirable, said Cecilia Brown, president of PLAGAL.
"Children are routinely aborted now because of gender or disability, so it
is not inconceivable to see people aborting because of a possible gay
gene," she added.
To read entire article:
http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewCulture.asp?Page=\Culture\archive\200503\CUL20050308b.html
Related Article: Petition: No 'gay pride'
in holy city
Christian group, rabbis demand mayor
cancel global homosexual event
March 11, 2005
By Aaron Klein
WorldNetDaily.com, Jerusalem Bureau
JERUSALEM – A world homosexual event planned for
Jerusalem this summer is morally outrageous and highly offensive to religious
sensibilities, a Christian group that is seeking 1 million signatures on a
petition to stop the event told WorldNetDaily.
World Pride 2005, a mass international gathering of
homosexual, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered individuals, is scheduled to
take place August in Jerusalem. The theme for the gathering, according to the
event website, is "Love without borders," with the goal of bringing a
"new focus to an ancient city through a massive demonstration of LGBT
dignity, pride and boundary-crossing celebration. In these times of intolerance
and suspicion, from the home of three of the world's great religions, we will
proclaim that love knows no borders."
The global homosexual gathering, organized by
InterPride, the International Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgendered Pride Coordinators, was last held in 2000 in Rome, where it
attracted about a quarter of a million participants. Images of the Rome
festivities, featured on various homosexual websites, shows throngs of
shirtless men in shorts and bikini briefs congregated on the streets, some of
them holding hands.
To read entire article:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43239
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4. Schools follow
the market, pitch all-day kindergarten
By Tim Vanderpool
The Christian Science Monitor
March 09, 2005
TUCSON, ARIZ. – It's a working parent's dream -
kindergartens competing to take your children off your hands all day, and the
promise that they'll learn something, too.
In Arizona, a state with a booming senior population
and dwindling pockets of families with small children, a marketing tug of war
has erupted over who will get to educate Arizona's future.
Competition for students has always existed between
public and private schools. But open enrollment, home schooling, and a growing
number of charter schools have widened parents' choices, and now public schools
are facing one of their biggest competitors yet - themselves.
For Arizona's traditional public schools, the offer of
full-day kindergarten represents a preemptive-strike opportunity: Hook parents
before they opt for a charter school.
To read entire article:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0309/p01s03-ussc.html
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5. Congressional
DVD Family Filter Bill Moves
By Jesse J. Holland
Associated Press
March 09, 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) - A bill that would let parents and
children filter the curse words, sex scenes and violence out of movie DVDs
moved closer to approval by Congress on Wednesday.
The House Judiciary Committee on voice vote gave the
legislation its endorsement, sending it to the full House.
The Senate passed the bill earlier this year. If
representatives now pass it without changes, it would go to President Bush for
his signature.
The legislation was introduced because Hollywood
studios and directors had sued to stop the makers and distributors of
technology for DVD players that would skip movie scenes deemed offensive. The
movies' creators had argued that changing the content would violate their
copyrights.
But the legislation would create an exemption in the
copyright laws to make sure companies that offer the technology like ClearPlay,
a Salt Lake City business, won't get sued out of existence.
To read entire article:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-cong/2005/mar/09/030901332.html
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6. To Protect America's sovereignty: U.S.
Takes Back Authority Over Death Sentences for Aliens
by Keith Peters
Washington, D.C.
March 11, 2005
Bush administration withdraws from international
agreement regarding death sentences given to criminals who are not U.S.
citizens.
The Bush administration is withdrawing from an agreement
that gives an international court jurisdiction over the United states in
reviewing death sentences meted out to aliens.
Some observers say the president is reasserting
American constitutional authority over our laws. The United States originally
complied with the World Court decision to review the death sentences of 51
Mexicans because they were not informed of their right to consult with their
country's diplomats.
Douglas Kmiec, a law professor at Pepperdine
University, said American courts should enforce American law.
"They administer it pursuant to the rights and
protections of the American constitution," he said, "and it is not to
be subverted or added to or changed in any respect by international
precept."
Judge Robert Bork said some recent Supreme Court
decisions citing international law may have been a factor in the president's
decision — and the reversal will help protect America's sovereignty.
To read entire article:
http://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0035831.cfm
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7. Dutch Doctors Say They Killed 20 Newborns via Euthanasia,
Want Debate
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
March 7, 2005
Amsterdam, Netherlands -- Doctors in the Netherlands
have admitted to killing twenty newborn infants they say were too disabled to
survive. They are presenting details of the euthanasia bids to the Dutch
government with the hopes of sparking a national debate on whether euthanasia
should be legalized to include children.
Dutch law allows people over the age of 12 to declare
that they want to end their lives via assisted suicide. Whether to allow
euthanasia for children -- and for people who cannot make their own medical
decisions -- has become the subject of international debate after Dutch doctors
admitted to killing the newborns last year.
The Dutch Journal of Medicine confirmed last month
that at least 22 newborn babies have been euthanized in the European country
since 1997.
According to a Knight Ridder News Service report,
Dutch officials would not say whether there would be any legal action. The
Dutch government has been criticized by disabled activists and pro-life groups
worldwide for not prosecuting the doctors involved.
The doctors at Groningen University Hospital, where
the incidents have occurred, released a statement saying they want the Dutch
parliament to address the issue.
"It's time to be honest about the unbearable
suffering endured by newborns with no hope of a future," Dr. Eduard
Verhagen, the head of pediatrics for the hospital, said. "All over the
world, doctors end lives discretely, out of compassion, without any kind of
regulation."
To read entire article:
http://www.lifenews.com/bio750.html
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Sixth World Family Policy Forum
July 11 - 13, 2005
Provo, Utah
Sponsored by the World Family Policy Center, Brigham
Young University
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Note: The preceding article excerpts are highlights of
current events and
do not necessarily represent the views of the World
Family Policy Center
or Brigham Young University.
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