Undermining the Family
The 19 states that experienced growth were Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
The report identified two primary trends: sustained growth and rebounding growth. The three states with sustained growth, meaning they experienced no post-COVID-19 pandemic decline, were Louisiana, South Carolina, and South Dakota.
The other 16 states exhibited a rebounding trend, meaning they saw a post-COVID-19 pandemic decline, followed by an increase in 2023–2024.
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Read MoreCBC Gem and other Canadian broadcasters are seeing dismal viewership, which some studio CEOs believe is a consequence of over-relying on government handouts and not producing enough original storytelling.
C21, a global entertainment community for international publishers and digital businesses held a panel discussion entitled View From the Top in Toronto last week, where several industry CEOs gathered to talk about the problem of getting Canadian eyeballs on their content.
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Read MoreROME — Pope Francis’ popularity among North and South American Catholics continues to drop, the Pew Research Center revealed this past week, and nowhere more so than in his native Argentina.
In the seven countries covered by the survey — Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and the United States — the pontiff’s popularity has fallen in all seven.
Back in 2014, the year after his election, Francis enjoyed an impressive 98 percent favorability rating in Argentina, but his popularity has since plummeted by 24 points to a mere 74 percent. Of these, 40 percent see him “very favorably” and the remaining 34 percent see him “somewhat favorably.”
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Read MorePornography use has continued to climb over the past decade, especially among young people who are exposed to explicit images earlier than ever. Yet most Americans today don’t see porn as a bad thing for society, and many Christians say they aren’t worried about its effects.
That’s according to a new report released this week from Barna and Pure Desire, a ministry for people with pornography addic
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Read MoreThe state superintendent, Ryan Walters, said the Bible was a “necessary historical document.” The mandate comes as part of a conservative movement to infuse Christian values in public schools.
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Read MoreThese days, simply acting like a man risks public admonishment, if not a medical diagnosis. In 2019 the American Psychological Association declared traditional masculinity — which it defined as “achievement, eschewal of the appearance of weakness, and adventure, risk, and violence…[and] self-reliance” — to be a “harmful” malady in need of correction.
The term “tonic masculinity” was coined by Miles Groth, a psychologist at New York City’s Wagner College, to highlight the positive and necessary aspects of manliness. Tonic, Groth notes, has two meanings. It is “an invigorating substance” as well as the home key of a musical composition. Tonic masculinity, in other words, represents both harmony and healing.
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Read MoreWith the election four weeks out, the BC Conservatives posted a video of a family eating in a Dairy Queen restaurant while, just outside, two adults are smoking crack.
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Read MoreAttorneys General Warn Academy of Pediatrics It May Be Breaking the Law With Child Gender Statements
I was pleased to see the news that 22 Attorneys General, including our great Texan Ken Paxton, have just sent a letter to the American Academy of Pediatrics, warning that corrupt organization that it may be breaking the law with its misleading statements about so-called “gender dysphoria” in minors and the best way to treat it. As reported in a press release by the Do No Harm organization:
Twenty attorneys general signed a letter to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Tuesday warning the medical association that its statements supporting gender medical interventions for children are “deceptive” and may violate states’ consumer protection laws.
The letter, led by Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador, asks the AAP to substantiate its claims that puberty blockers are reversible and to provide information on its communications surrounding its gender medicine guidance.
“Amid a fracturing consensus among the medical establishment on sex change surgeries and drugs for minors, the American Academy of Pediatrics has refused to reevaluate their recommendations,” said Do No Harm Senior Fellow Dr. Jared Ross. “We applaud Attorney General Labrador and all the other attorneys general who are holding the AAP accountable for endorsing unscientific, experimental, and potentially harmful treatments.”
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